[hellbanTHIS]

No I think these people are either being paid or are smoking crack, I haven’t used it much but when I have all (edit: “much of”, not all obviously) I’ve seen is soft-core porn and white nationalist or men’s rights propaganda. It’s actually really awful.

Even the soft core porn made me disgusted with humanity because of the terrible music. Someone will probably pop in and say “oh you have to let it learn what you like!” No I don’t.

[bonoboTP]

I just see child level brain development content. Meaning, extreme cliches, gooey/sticky materials, household objects in weird context or used strangely, weird recipes, animals making strange noises, pretty people dancing, one dimensional emotional stories like I helped an old lady cross the street, wedding clothes, weird iPhone "hacks" and tricks etc. Surely depends on location, this is Germany.

Actually quite similar to the so-called "chumbox" content types.

I agree there is unnatural behavior in this comment section. No way the enthusiasm is organic.

[trompetenaccoun]

That's exactly what it's like. The strategy is to keep users engaged and entertained, while keeping them dumb. Talk about Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, the Indian border conflict or a ton of other topics and you might find your content shadow-banned or your account gets suspended. Since they try this as much as they can get away with, you can be sure the recommendations and trends are manufactured based on what ByteDance/the CCP wants you to see.

It's telling the type of content is almost exactly the same as on Douyin, the Mainland Chinese version.

[ehsankia]

You haven't used it much yet you somehow in your very short experience know everyone's experience with it and anyone who has had a different experience must be paid or on drugs? I hope you realize how bad that sounds...