[knowknow]

Interesting that TikTok is the 3rd highest on the block list (considering Pinterest links as one). I wonder why since it’s not often that I get it as a search result on Google . Is TikTok showing up as a result common on kagi or is TikTok just that bad?

[bcoates]

Tiktok has a lot of deep-ish search keyword spam that doesn't actually lead to anything related to the query, just some generic videos and a pitch to install the app. It's basically useless as a website.

[KomoD]

Tiktok is just really annoying, they rank high for a lot of keywords but the results will either just redirect you to tiktok's homepage or a bunch of "discover" pages with random videos that contain those keywords.

If you're on mobile you'll get asked to install the app, if you try to view a video on mobile you'll probably get asked to solve a captcha and again asked to install the app.

Say you search something related to repairing a bmw, you might get results that are "bmw mechanic", "bmw repair inclusive", "bmw maintenance meme" which just lead to those tiktok discover pages.

[theshrike79]

Requires login to actually do anything, like Twitter.

Making both completely useless as sources

[carlosjobim]

You can get a login if you want.

[mid-kid]

What bothers me the most is getting an image result I want the full res version of, and being redirected to a discover page that doesn't have what I wanted

[janalsncm]

Likely because it requires a login?