Inspired by @curamax, I have jumped into TikTok and sharing photography/video content. A few stats so far. Interesting seeing what generates engagement and what instantly flops.
Awesome! It's indeed a good test on whether one's content is engaging enough with the viewers. I'm still learning though 😁 will share more of my research and experience about it
I've noticed that their little prompts asking for certain types of content genuinely helps increase viewership. Even on videos that didn't get seen before. One video of mine was a submission to historic cities and the views and interest from that moved on to an unrelated vid
Oh yeah, I like those prompts and participate in them too. The ones I posted through those prompts bumped my view and follower counts. I'm still trying to figure out the video post that will become viral :D
I can really see an algorithm at work though. The way it instantly kills off a video's exposure. Even the ones that do good don't gradually lose interest, it's like they hit a wall. But I guess the more you post and gain followers, you climb above that wall and see higher views
I did a bit of search about it and what I gather so far is that the algo will push your post to 200-300 viewers and the what happens next depend on the reaction you'll get from those initial viewers. If your post gets like or commented or shared then it will get viral.