@Maggiel6
Margaret Latenser
@Maggiel6 · 1:14

How do you use TikTok?

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Hi swell. So at the end of every day, my roommate and I usually find ourselves scrolling on TikTok across the room from each other, and last night I started listening to what she was watching. Her For You page consists of dance trends and funny sounds, ones that are popular at the moment. Her page is definitely more on the comedytrendyside. I, however, rarely see a dance video pop up on my For You page

#foryoupage #tiktok

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@JonathanGossett
Jonathan Gossett
@JonathanGossett · 0:42
I really have a complex for you page. It just depends on the day. But yeah, I think it's crazy how the for you page can be very different for everyone, but I think it's also really cool
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@alihobson
Alexandra Hobson
@alihobson · 2:05
Hey, Maggie, TikTok is interesting because what you mentioned about how it can be creepy, about how relatable it can be. I think the creepiest part is this algorithm. And I believe that our phones are listening to us because I'll be talking about something, whether it's, like, with a friend or just bringing something up. And that video is specific. It will pop up on my for you page about what I was just talking about. And I'm like, this is so weird
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@Swell
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15

Welcome to Swell!

@samuelpenate
Samuel Penate
@samuelpenate · 1:06
My Tektor feed is like very broad because I have a little bit of everything. I have trends. I have the owl from. I think it's Duolingo. It's like all over the place is I have this really weird feed with cupcakes, like change, like music, eggs. Like all over my feet. I have a lot of videos about manifestations and a little bit like witch aircraft, which is totally cool with me, though. I usually get videos about cooking
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@cassidywat
Cassidy Waterson
@cassidywat · 1:08

#tiktok #fyp

I really never see dancing videos or anything other than funny videos, emotional videos, stuff that makes me cry sometimes, like spiritual videos, animal videos. That's, to be honest, but sometimes I'll see like political videos or trending videos, but really not all the time. I have to search for them, which is kind of weird, but
@eliz
Elizabeth Latenser
@eliz · 0:27

I’m too old for TikTok :)

Hi, Maggie. I think I'm getting too old to maintain any additional social media platforms. So I think I'll stick with my old Instagram post every once in awhile. And then for TikTok, I just watched them. My family members send me funny videos to watch. So I think I'll just stick with that. And that's going really well because then other people just send me what makes them laugh. And it's a fun way to connect
@ChicagoCat
Luke Wheeler
@ChicagoCat · 0:20
Generally I find myself on pet Tik Tok so cute dogs, funny dogs, cats, etc. And occasionally I find myself stumbling into exotic pet TikTok. Just yesterday I was watching a video of a porcupine named Pumpkin. To be very cute would highly suggest looking her up
@ksaraf1312
Kritika Saraf
@ksaraf1312 · 0:02

#sayitonswell

Braids? When
@gsalzer
Grace Salzer
@gsalzer · 1:15
I don't really use it for constructive reasons. I don't post either because I think that's a little embarrassing. I make them though. I make funny ones and then I save them to my drafts and then I show them mostly to my sister. I recommend doing it. They're really fun to make, but you don't have to post them, you know? They can just be for you and your friends and your family. That's it
@cosette
cosette tsai
@cosette · 1:39
But that is more the side that I'm on and then random stories of things happening. Also I get sort of rundowns of TV shows like theories like Oven Kato or Luke different movies. And as someone who cannot sit still through Luke movies, it's like pretty cool to see different points of views of the movie that I Google searched and of Luke theories that are less than 20 minutes long
@kyliemiller
Kylie Miller
@kyliemiller · 1:25

The algorithm is scary sometimes!

So I think it really just depends on what you're liking, what you're all the way through, like how you're interacting with it, and that's kind of how they decide to put what's on your TikTok, because I don't think it's completely random. I think that it's tailored to fit, like, what you like
@livblair
Liv Blair
@livblair · 1:16
Luke really weird, but I honestly just really enjoy it and I think it's so fun. And then sometimes I use TikTok if I need information on astrology. I find that TikTok with the people on there are very good for astrology. But I don't know, I was really into the big manifesting TikTok trend, which I did it maybe it's like for a day I'd be like, I'm going to manifest this and just never actually happen. So I don't know
@gracepouri
grace pouri
@gracepouri · 0:34
I feel like I see the same sound like, ten times in a row, but by different people trying recommendations. I do love when I see those, but those aren't as often as I wish. But Yeah
@ksaraf1312
Kritika Saraf
@ksaraf1312 · 0:07

#sayitonswell

@emmameyer
Emma Meyer
@emmameyer · 1:02
So my Tik Tok is pretty funny. Honestly, the reason why I have it is for a good laugh. So on my for you page, it's either like really, really weird but funny videos or it's more more like trendy sounds. And it's honestly probably because we just quote TikTok sounds all day and the phone listens, so the phone can come up with the right for you page for you. But yeah, no, mine is mainly comedy
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