Have you happened to enter TikTok and among the videos that appear are some about reading tarot cards? Many people are saying that the algorithm suggests (even without asking) online fortune reading by cards. Sometimes you don't have an image in front of you, but only hands shuffling cards, or a table with arranged figures. Videos usually start with the phrases: "This video is deliberately directed at you" / "If this video is shown before date (x), it is dedicated to you".
That's enough to fall into the trap of the online platform. Currently the hashtag #tarot has 85 billion views on TikTok, #psychic has 10 billion and #fortuneteller a whopping 850 million. Since going to see the cards physically (if you believe) has become difficult, this is the easy virtual way and best of all, it's free. At least that's how it's promoted on TikTok.
The way these videos manage to get into your profile is somewhat manipulative. But it's not your fault, it's the algorithm. This is how experts in the field explain it. Playful phrases have the ability to stick and grab anyone's attention.
"Someone from the past will return", that's enough to make you stop. The algorithm knows you, it knows that you have watched some videos about exes and the word "ghosting" is in their description.
This whole phenomenon is being seen as the new virtual era for the world of manifestation and belief in tarot cards and beyond. In this virtual line of fortune-telling, there are of course those people who enter the public live and pay with virtual TikTok coins against the promise of online fortune-telling.
