Has anyone's FYP completely changed overnight? I feel like I'm going crazy

Hey guys, I'm just curious if anyone else has experienced this recently.

My FYP changed almost overnight. Instead of showing the content I usually watch, it's now mostly showing videos in languages I don't speak (Arabic, Turkish, Korean, Russian, etc.) and topics I've never interacted with before.

I've been using TikTok for years, so it feels really unusual. I even checked my recent activity and couldn't find anything that might have caused it.

I tried things like reinstalling the app, using "Not Interested," adding keyword filters, and spending time watching content I actually enjoy, but nothing seems to make a difference.

So I contacted TikTok Support, and this is the response I got (it's in Spanish). Is this actually a real TikTok experiment, or did support just send me a generic response? And if it is an experiment... has anyone managed to get their normal FYP back?

I'm seriously starting to feel like I'm using someone else's account.

I contacted TikTok, and they told me my experience may be related to a test they're running and that my case has been forwarded to another team.

Has anyone else had something similar happen? If so, did your FYP eventually go back to normal?

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Darthmondot7 days ago1

Mine randomly exclusively became thirst traps, white supremacist, xenophobic, homophobic and anti Islam. its genuinely driving me nuts as i cant get rid of it

thetorpidposting7 days ago1

That Spanish response is almost certainly a copy-paste template, not a real explanation. TikTok support sends that "we're running an experiment" line to all sorts of complaints because it technically covers anything they want to change without admitting fault. The "your case has been forwarded" follow-up is the other half of the playbook, it sounds proactive but usually goes nowhere.

What you're describing does happen, though the language jump is particularly strange. Sometimes the algorithm latches onto a single brief interaction you don't even remember, and if it misreads that signal, it can drag your FYP into completely different territory overnight. Reinstalling and using "Not Interested" usually nudges things back within a few days, so if it's been longer than that, something on their backend is likely stuck.

I'd take the experiment framing with a grain of salt. TikTok A/B tests plenty, but they don't typically overhaul someone's entire feed into foreign language content as a planned feature. It reads more like something broke on their side and they're hiding behind the experiment line to dodge accountability.

ellla123347 days ago1

It seems that its happening to a lot of us, one person commented on another post saying 12 hrs later it randomly went back to normal. Honestly I have no idea whats happening but I think they'll have to fix it unless they want to lose a bunch of people off the app

Update- I think it must be 12 hrs because mines back to normal again thank goodness good luck waiting!!

Katriti7 days ago1

Mine randomly started showing me AI Shows, Korean Shows, thirst traps and extremist stuff all of the sudden too. Im able to revert back to my normal fyp by going back into my likes and reliking the stuff I actually want but it always comes back