Bored of the videos offered to you in the “For You” tab on TikTok? The social network will allow you to update the selection algorithm of this thread to obtain more relevant videos. TikTok announced this novelty a few weeks ago but today it formalized its arrival in France in a press release.
Users will be able to update their recommendations through this new function that will offer “a ‘For you’ feed as if they had just signed up for TikTok,” says the social network.
Steps to follow
To do this, users need to go to the app’s settings, then “Content Preferences,” then “Update your newsfeed for you.” Note that this action is irreversible but does not affect the “Follow-ups” thread or the user’s profile.
TikTok explains in this way that users will no longer have access to two consecutive videos from the same account or that use the same music. The Chinese social network already offered options to hide unwanted or unpopular content. By filtering out certain keywords or hashtags, videos with these unwanted terms disappeared from both of the platform’s video feeds.
It remains to be seen if this profound renewal of news feeds will have consequences on the virality of certain videos, which are sometimes considered inappropriate.
Source: BFM TV
