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You don't have to look that far for proof, there are plenty of people who made videos complaining about how they don't get good views anymore, they aren't pushed out anymore. Search "why isn't my tiktok account being pushed anymore" and you'll find similar outcry on various forums. You see it by scrolling through their profile enough, they go from 300k views and 50k likes to 1k views and 100 likes. Massive drops, where they haven't reached "self-sustaining" status yet like a Selena Gomez account.

Also as another potential source of proof, tiktok is really effective at pushing alt pages to people's FYP. Which is interesting because their old account will stagnate, but their alts will get pushed quite aggressively despite the content being very similar. So obviously it's not a content issue, tiktok is evaluating them equally and thinking you'll like it, but their old account(s) don't show up as much anymore.

Tiktok isn't as overtly aggressive with this method though, it seems like there's a cooldown period of sorts where it might start pushing you out again if you remain committed to the platform. Still, it's severe enough for people to make note of it and feel seriously demoralized by it.