TikTok is kind of bad now, right? The emphasis on shopping really bums me out.

• My beloved TikTok, the app I used to spend endless hours delighted by, has changed. 
• The emphasis on shopping and TikTok Shop ads has really bummed me out.
• There's something else off – there's a sameness, and less of the surprising whimsy that made it fun.

Something's changed with TikTok; I know you feel it, too. I used to happily scroll for hours, finding weird new things I never knew I wanted to see, finding funny videos to send friends.

But something recently is off.