Wisch und weg: In der Schleife von TikToks For You Page
摘要
Starting from the observation that the For You Page (FYP) on TikTok is the pivot point for content reception, this article seeks to understand this feed as a digital artifact and a product of collaborative human and algorithmic creation, whose existence and nature as a loop only emerge through the actions of human actors. In the first chapter, scrolling is described as a particular affordance of the FYP that repositions the viewing of images and interaction on the touchscreen. The second part focuses on the consequences of this interaction, the making of the FYP that materializes in fingerprints, introducing the concept of produsage and redefining the role of TikTok users and their cooperation with the algorithm. The last thematic chapter deals with the messiness of the FYP and the mode of its reception through scrolling that creates audiovisual noise. The final chapter elucidates questions and topics that may be pursued by subsequent scholarly investigations.