[meej]

I installed it out of spite a couple months ago and it's one of the best decisions I've made during the pandemic. It has brought me so much cheer. I expected it to be dumb, instead it's been delightful. I'm not sure it's possible to understand the appeal of TikTok without trying it yourself and seeing what the algorithm does.

[joshstrange]

Literally my "origin" story as well. I installed it to make fun of how stupid I "knew" it had to be. The funny clips friends had shown me could not have been surfaced easily, they must have spent hours and hours to find these gems.... Nope, within a few days it was showing me stuff regularly I found even funnier than what my friends had shown me before.