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January 20, 2023 10:35 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/20/23564242/tiktok-heating-view-boosts-creators-businesses
TikTok confirms that its own employees can decide what goes viral
TikTok has confirmed to Forbes that some of its US employees have the ability to boost videos in order to “introduce celebrities and emerging creators to the TikTok community.” The statement comes as part of a report about TikTok’s “Heating” button, which Forbes says can be used to put selected videos onto users’ For You pages, helping boost views by sidestepping the algorithm that supposedly drives the TikTok experience.
Jamie Favazza, a spokesperson for TikTok, told Forbes that increasing views to particular videos isn’t the only reason for heating. TikTok will also “promote some videos to help diversify the content experience” (read: make sure your feed isn’t entirely made up of one or two trends), he said. Favazza also suggests...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/20/23564242/tiktok-heating-view-boosts-creators-businesses
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