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Re:I tried replacing Google with TikTok, and it worked bette... by bilsbie on Saturday September 24, 2022 @10:30AM (#32962918)
If nothing else here’s something TikTok search results have going for them:

I don’t have to pause to allow cookies before I can see the content

I don’t have to close a full screen overlay that wants me to subscribe to a newsletter

There’s a good chance the content was made by a real person

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Re:I tried replacing Google with TikTok, and it worked bette... by whyoh on Saturday September 24, 2022 @11:50AM (#32963827)
Searching videos on TikTok greets me with an anti-bot puzzle. And it still doesn't let me see the results unless I log in. It's pretty much unusable for me.
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Re:I tried replacing Google with TikTok, and it worked bette... by bilsbie on Saturday September 24, 2022 @12:35PM (#32964223)
I meant the app. Might be bad on the website.
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Re:I tried replacing Google with TikTok, and it worked bette... by rchaud on Saturday September 24, 2022 @10:54AM (#32963165)
What's faster, closing a cookie popup or watching a 7-10 second video that may or may not be related to your search query?
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Re:I tried replacing Google with TikTok, and it worked bette... by KaoruAoiShiho on Saturday September 24, 2022 @11:33AM (#32963640)
There's just as good of a chance you'll need 7-10 seconds to parse that the google article is also not related to your query after clicking the cookie popup.
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Re:I tried replacing Google with TikTok, and it worked bette... by rchaud on Saturday September 24, 2022 @11:44AM (#32963757)
But when I search, I click based on a one-line description on the results page. Can you really tell anything based on the result thumbnails you see on the TT search page?

N.B. I last used TT in January, so if they have changed the search UI since then, I wouldn't be aware of it.

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Re:I tried replacing Google with TikTok, and it worked bette... by bilsbie on Saturday September 24, 2022 @12:36PM (#32964233)
It takes me 5-10 seconds to get to the meat of a webpage these days.
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