Have you ever had this happen to you?
Let’s say you’re browsing through your phone, and you see a number next to the TikTok app indicating there’s a notification. Or perhaps TikTok just randomly decided to send you one.
You open it up, get distracted by the first thing on your For You page, and without realizing it you’ve spent 20 minutes browsing TikTok when you otherwise had no intention to.
Kind of annoying, right?
TikTok has a problem with sending fake notifications, and in this article, we’re going to delve deep into why this happens – and what you can do about it.