The algorithm simply accurately reflects what people like. It turns out most people, perhaps subconsciously, actually kind of hate poor and ugly people.

I have some friends that went from overweight/obese to looking fit. Their very first reactions were “wow, I cannot believe how differently I am being treated.” Seeing the pettiness of human society, as expressed by the massive difference in how they were being treated, turned many of them into misanthropes. It is a completely different world for good-looking people.

However, solving this problem isn’t really TikTok’s job. Whether a video interview or a physical one, if you’re pretty and rich, you’ll have massive advantage regardless.

As a formerly obese person, I can absolutely confirm this. Respect is a big issue for me, because for the first ~25 years of my life, disrespect and even disgust were the default with every new person I interacted with.

Still, I mostly like videos posted by attractive people on TikTok, because I’m not about lying to myself to pretend to be woke. It’s a visual medium. Just like you don’t hire stupid engineers, it doesn’t make sense to watch ugly people. It’s about knowing your strengths, if you’re not going to maintain your appearance, maybe do podcasts instead. Or one of the millions of TikTok videos that don’t show your appearance, because that is 100% optional.

Tiktok is blamed for that, but it's pretty clear by followers metrics that people mostly want to hear about pretty and rich people foremost.

Oh no! Algorithm correctly reflects reality then.