I agree with this take, mostly.

I think it’s highly likely the app collects far more data than it should on you. And there are probably subtle things they can do to manipulate the broad sentiment without entirely changing everyone’s feeds. That being said, yes, the algorithm really is just what you make it to be.

I just imagine if there’s something that the government doesn’t like they identify, it disappears. But TikTok is so big it’s hard to catch everything I’m sure. Even with AI etc…