You don't need to say "not interested" to get rid of a niche that you watched a little bit of a while ago. You just need to stop watching those videos. The "not interested" option certainly speeds up the process, but if you reliably skip past videos of a given type then TikTok will start suppressing them.
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Re:I Trained My TikTok
by BeenChilling on Sunday May 15, 2022 @04:59AM
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When I had TikTok for the first time - I was like, “is this really for everyone? I don’t get it. I’m getting endless videos of hot women dancing or showing off their figure. I could see why teenage boys get into this but women???” I didn’t even watch many of them but you watch a few (cause boobs) then it can sometimes think that’s the only thing it should show you until forever.
It’s not a perfect algo by any stretch. I was not the only guy who fell victim to this pattern and was interested in TikTok at first but gave it up for a bit because it was showing nothing but booba.
Same with a lot of videos. You watch a few and it decides you should see them forever even if you just had an interest for a few minutes one particular day. It requires specifically saying you’re not interested in order to get it to go away. It requires adjusting.