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The recommendation algorithm generally tries to avoid showing directly similar content. It's surprising it is all cats especially if you ever swipe. Perhaps this is an A-B test and you are in a group with lower boredom avoidance settings :)

Can you explain a bit more about Elite TikTok? I found this article but it contains quite a jumble of ideas https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jun/22/what-is-elit...

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These articles explain it a bit better but what it boils down to is that a group of kids create strange content around a theme (beans, frogs, etc.) and then try to go viral within their peer group, e.g. other kids that are too cool to like what everyone else likes. Impersonating real brands is also a big part of it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/style/elite-tiktok.html

https://www.distractify.com/p/elite-tiktok-meaning

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