For beginners, we have prepared a detailed TikTok user guide, from TikTok terms to hashtags, videos to content producers.
TikTok, the new favorite of the social networking ecosystem, has been on the agenda for a long time with its extraordinary content and growth. The application, which has a young user base, stands out with humorous dance videos. However, under certain genres such as games and comedy you may encounter different content.
If you are not yet a member of TikTok, or if you are new to TikTok, you can use this TikTok guide to familiarize yourself with the social network and use it easily.
TikTok terms you should know
First of all, in order to better understand TikTok, you need to master the terms used in TikTok. These terms fall under a few headings.
Duet: One of the most preferred content types of TikTok users. It can be described as a new user’s interpretation of a video previously taken by another user. In videos shot by new users, the user acts as if they were part of the original video. Sometimes the harmony between videos can reach amazing levels.
Cringe: Cringe is the name given to the videos of those who are usually trying to make a good video but fail. You can see in the Cringe hashtagi or Cringe themed accounts who show strange behavior or become embarrassing. In fact, Cringe videos have defined the TikTok app for a long time. In fact, these videos found themselves in YouTubers’ videos. The videos that reacted to the shape of the Cringe videos also dominated YouTube for a short time.
Challenges: The Challenge culture you’ve seen on YouTube so far makes you feel intense at TikTok. The challenges in TikTok are often the focus of all users on the same action. For example, within the scope of the stair challenge with 14.1 million views, all users dance on the stairs with different movements. While these challenges often stand out as community-generated trends, sponsored hashtags can also be instrumental in this content. It is also possible to say that the challenge content is popular because it makes users feel like part of the community.
Video Contents
After the terms, it is useful to examine the video content. First of all, let us say that TikTok’s community has a serious diversity. Gamers, animal costume dressers, dancers, singers, actors, influencers and young people who embrace the “meme” culture are frequent users in the community.
You can use challenges and hashtags to find content you might like. Because most of the categories are self-explanatory. Users produce content according to their interests while adding hashtags to them. For example, you can meet gamers under the #Pubg hashtagi and find the athletes you want to follow under the #freeruning hashtagi.
During this search, you may encounter confusing terms such as Eboy or egirl in TikTok. These terms are used to refer to popular content producers who adopt their fully online staff at TikTok. In this hashtag, you will often find that the grunge and punk look meets anime and rap music. And you may be surprised that this is done by Z generation children. For those who wonder, Musically and the star shining Jacob Sartorius’dan example.
One of the prominent content types in TikTok is breast. Take advantage of the database of the popular Breasts Know Your Meme that has been viral on the platform in recent months. Thus, you will learn more about the TikTok culture. Likewise, you may encounter content producers who may be interested in this database.
For You Page
When you login to TikTok, you first see the For You page. On this page you can see the viral content in TikTok selected by the company. By scrolling down the screen, you can browse through these content and find content that may be of interest to you. Newcomers to TikTok can get serious insight into the platform through the For You page.
A good resource for finding out what kind of content is in demand before uploading content to the social network and to learn categories, filters, and terms. However, TikTok’s fast switching between contents can cause you to lock the screen for 30 minutes. For this reason, it is useful to start following up the content producers as soon as possible.
There are many ways to access content outside the For You screen. As mentioned above, you can use songs to find new content as well as Hashtagler and Challenges.
Songs
As the contents of TikTok are shaped according to the song that is played in the background, you can easily reach different interpretations of Challenge and Meme by searching for a song. For example, one of the most prominent songs on the platform, Harsha Patel’s “Oh na na na” song, used in more than 78 thousand videos, “Foot Dance Challenge” has become the background music.
Hashtags and challenges at TikTok
TikTok owes much of the interaction rate to the Hashtag-oriented working principle. Hashtagler makes the application fun, while all the activities in the app are shared by the community. Likewise, hashtags allow users to share.
You can easily view what users are doing to get to the “For You” page by clicking on the specially created for challenges. Because many videos containing #ForYou hashtagini basically aims to go to the page for you. After all, going to the Explore page on social networks for users makes the video taken viral and with the help of new account followers.
On the other hand, TikTok, which is preparing to launch advertising models within the application, may also enable users to generate revenue through the platform in the near future. At this point, using Hashtag for users is the most important way to increase their views to get imaging.
Along with Hashtagler and Challenges, it is worth mentioning that TikTok, like other social networks, uses an algorithm for video suggestion. If you watch 20 videos of a particular challenge, the next time you open the app, you’ll be able to see only the content of that challenge on the For You page.
Before we begin…
Finally, as mentioned above, prepare yourself for an unusual audience and unusual content in TikTok. In the platform dominated by Gen Z, you will meet new concepts, interconnected contexts and a different sense of humor. The speed of transition between videos will make it harder to digest all of this. Still, if you’re looking for a truly “different” social network, you’re in the right place.
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