Hi, new user here and I have a problem…

I created my TikTok account about a week ago for my gameplay content but I can’t follow anyone. Every time I follow someone, it just keeps unfollowing automatically. I’ve seen people say it might be a newbie shadowban or something to filter out bots, but it’s already been a week and I’ve posted a few videos and photos too. So far I’ve only managed to follow 4 accounts and that’s it. Is there really no fix for this…?