Tik-Tok Carriage return

June 10, 2020 9:42 AM

I've noticed a weird issue with Tik-Tok embedded videos in other sites; it looks like someone is sitting behind the scenes and endlessly pressing the "enter" button at the bottom of the video to insert lines of space again and again underneath the video. Is this a bug I can do anything about or just something that is what it is?

The best example I can give is here - if you let it load the Tik-Tok videos and wait a minute, you may see the space underneath each of the videos start growing. I've noticed this both in Chrome and in Microsoft Edge, and on two different computers.

Is it me, or is it Tik Tok, or what is it?

posted by EmpressCallipygos to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

I don't know, but I experience it with Safari too.
posted by BlahLaLa at 10:23 AM on June 10, 2020

I also get this! With Safari on my phone.
posted by hydrobatidae at 11:02 AM on June 10, 2020

Not seeing it on ipad (latest update). I would assume that tiktok videos are some sort of javascript monstrosity. Have u tried updating it?
posted by sexyrobot at 11:26 AM on June 10, 2020

Response by poster: I would assume that tiktok videos are some sort of javascript monstrosity. Have u tried updating it?

How do I do that?
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 12:18 PM on June 10, 2020

FWIW, I am not seeing this behavior in Chrome 83, Windows 10. I tried it with and without my ad blocker running. Maybe it's an extension you have installed or something?
posted by xedrik at 8:02 PM on June 10, 2020

Response by poster: Xedrik, I'd assume that were the case if it were only happening on one computer. But I've seen this on two different computers, one of which has no extensions whatsoever and a completely different browser.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:13 PM on June 10, 2020