[libraryatnight]

At the risk of going down a rabbit hole for no real reason, I don't use tiktok but when I speak to those that do I've not yet heard this softcore porn/sex worker thing.

For example, in my mind, not all ASMR content might lead to sexualized recommendations, but a girl in a bikini top with cat ears doing ASMR might generate both recommendations for ASMR and other more cam-girl like content. So I guess my question is, when you're starting off in tiktok seeing cooking videos, do you trend towards ones that feature 'sexier' hosts? They might not be sex workers to you, but they might be making tiktok think you're interested.

Also, what does tiktok know about you to start? What info do you have to give it to start an account?

[MuffinFlavored]

so you agree that tiktok is able to classify "cooking videos" and "cooking videos with slightly sexualized hosts"? and that they "willingly" "try to push in recommendations" posts with higher "sexuality" attached content?

[libraryatnight]

No, again, my assumption is that the user would trend towards that content. You don't need to push people towards it if you have a nuanced enough profile of each video.

(all things made up for this example)

cookinglady39 does a beach bbq recipe tiktok, in a bathing suit. You watch it. They give you another cookinglady39 video where she's back in the kitchen, you skip it, they give you a new cooking host also female, also dressed in summer attire cooking outside. You watch til the end. It gives you a man cooking outside, you skip. Nothing you've seen so far has been sexual, but tiktok is probably picking up on some trends that might lead them to give you more and more things done by women, then women in a certain setting, dressed a certain way and so on.

[spullara]

TikTok gives you the content you enjoy. When someone complains about TikTok content I basically assume they don't understand how good the algorithm is and that you just like that kind of stuff. I don't care whether you do or not but TikTok thinks you do because of the feedback you are giving the app. I mean, you clicked their profile and followed their links all the way to onlyfans. They have to assume you like it.

[nemothekid]

I think you are anthropomorphizing the algorithm. The algorithim likely isn't ranking sexuality. It just knows people really love this content.

[brookst]

You’re kind of outing yourself here.

All it’s doing is giving you more of what you show the most interest in.