Its super big in SEA region already.
What is the SEA region? Edit: thank you to those replies.
South East Asia.
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#43In the UK, I've seen a fair amount to TikTok shop fads pass on my For You Page already, mostly seem to be things like cleaning products or some clothing stuff.
I could see the model being moderately effective as an advertising method, they tend to look more "organic" than professional adverts, which might make people think they're more authentic.
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#44Honestly, every time I get on TikTok, it degenerates into thirst traps and OF adverts. I explicitly block these creators and never click like in any of these themes, but the algorithm thinks I want to see that stuff no matter how much I try to tell it that I don’t.
The only element I'm aware of that you didn't mention is quickly swiping away from thirst traps- TikTok counts how much time you spend watching that video as a signal.
Other than that, if you're representing your use correctly, it sounds like a bug, or that someone else is using your account (on a shared device?) to watch the sexy people.
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#45Honestly, every time I get on TikTok, it degenerates into thirst traps and OF adverts. I explicitly block these creators and never click like in any of these themes, but the algorithm thinks I want to see that stuff no matter how much I try to tell it that I don’t.
There is a saying in TikTok, “you are responsible for your own timeline.”
The enshittification of tiktok is almost complete. The famed recommendation algorithm that would figure out and show you want is there but it doesn't generate money. At this point, it is the exploitation phase of the users.
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#46Already huge in Thailand (at least going by my gf's purchasing habits). Didn't realize it wasn't already a thing in the US
what are ppl buying feom there? is it 100% useless junk and clothes with 99% margin?
Everything. It is basically treated like Amazon. Why search "dog beds" on a shopping platform when you can search it on TikTok and see videos from people with real dogs on the beds. But also yes probably mostly clothes
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Prove it? I do not give the benefit of doubt to large corporations, especially those backed by governments. I save that for individuals.
This is impossible without working at TikTok, and being intimately aware of their algorithm, neither of which I am. But I would lend credence to this saying because it seems to be so obvious to the users of the platform. They learn quite a lot about how it works through observation alone.
Agreed, without working there, you're just speculating.
Given the possiblity for abuse, and the value from abusing it, I assume the worst: they are abusing it and probably worse than either of us can imagine.
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#48This is genius, but distresses me. I can see this being a huge success for TikTok. I don't have an account and never will, but there's almost a guaranteed slam dunk for them here.
same.
it feels like QVC for generation z
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#49Honestly, every time I get on TikTok, it degenerates into thirst traps and OF adverts. I explicitly block these creators and never click like in any of these themes, but the algorithm thinks I want to see that stuff no matter how much I try to tell it that I don’t.
There is a saying in TikTok, “you are responsible for your own timeline.”
Apologies for the lack of civility, but anyone who says that without irony is an idiot. Why? Because they are granting legitimacy to a multinational over the words of actual people.
Claiming that "the algorithm is always right and therefore you must be lying" is as close as thoughtcrime as one can get. When in doubt (and I see no evidence here), side with the human and not with the algorithm!
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#50That's pretty insane that TikTok will also do fulfillment! That has to be a major differentiating feature from all of the other social media companies right? I would be very surprised if Meta or Google did anything close to that when it comes to shopping. Not hard to imagine a new generation of shops that are exclusively on TikTok and don't even use Shopify or some other e-commerce stack.
China in general seems to really like the concept of superapps, so it coming out into the physical domain seems like the next logical step.
Asians are already using TikTok Shop like crazy to sell reps (replica merch). I get dozens of live feeds which are clearly being made by the factories themselves to sell their knock-off Guccis etc.