{"id":39337,"date":"2022-07-30T14:40:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T14:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=39337"},"modified":"2022-07-30T14:40:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T14:40:51","slug":"how-to-message-in-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-message-in-tiktok","title":{"rendered":"How to Message in TikTok"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f43ea4f1ff7\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f43ea4f1ff7\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f43ea4f1ff7\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-message-in-tiktok\/#How_to_Message_in_TikTok\" title=\"How to Message in TikTok\">How to Message in TikTok<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-message-in-tiktok\/#You_cant_send_a_message_unless_you_are_following_someone\" title=\"You can&#8217;t send a message unless you are following someone\">You can&#8217;t send a message unless you are following someone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-message-in-tiktok\/#You_can_customize_your_preferences\" title=\"You can customize your preferences\">You can customize your preferences<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-message-in-tiktok\/#You_can_block_a_user_from_sending_an_inappropriate_message\" title=\"You can block a user from sending an inappropriate message\">You can block a user from sending an inappropriate message<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-message-in-tiktok\/#You_can_see_comments_on_your_uploads\" title=\"You can see comments on your uploads\">You can see comments on your uploads<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Message_in_TikTok\"><\/span>How to Message in TikTok<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>To learn how to message on TikTok, you need to know how to navigate the app. The home screen will have two tabs: All Activity and Direct Message. Below these tabs are other options for browsing and communicating with friends. TikTok also features a search bar, chat screen, sharing links, and emojis. Listed below are some tips to make your experience with TikTok more enjoyable.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"You_cant_send_a_message_unless_you_are_following_someone\"><\/span>You can&#8217;t send a message unless you are following someone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you sign into TikTok, you can only send messages to your friends, not random people. To send a message to a friend, you must first follow them. Once you&#8217;re following them, you&#8217;ll see a chat button on their profile. If they aren&#8217;t following you back, you can&#8217;t send them a message.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t know why someone won&#8217;t let you send them a message, you can try asking them to change their setting. If you can&#8217;t send a message to a friend, you can also try following them so you&#8217;ll be able to send them a message. You can only follow friends who have similar interests as you, but you must follow them first.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that you can send messages to friends or contacts in TikTok. To send a message, you must be following someone to have access to their messages. You can also choose who you want to send messages to by selecting a contact&#8217;s profile icon. If you&#8217;re following someone, you&#8217;ll be able to see a message from the person you&#8217;re following. If you don&#8217;t want to receive the messages, you can set your privacy level to &#8220;friends only.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"You_can_customize_your_preferences\"><\/span>You can customize your preferences<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While you can&#8217;t control who sees your videos and who doesn&#8217;t, you can customize your settings and preferences on the TikTok app. For example, you can choose whether you want videos that feature certain sound effects to be displayed. You can also hide videos from a particular creator or category. TikTok users can even report videos that violate their guidelines. You can also customize your settings so that you don&#8217;t receive a message from someone who doesn&#8217;t share your interests.<\/p>\n<p>To make sure your messages stay within your own personal space, you can set filters for inappropriate content. You can also restrict the number of messages you receive from certain users. If a user is making harassing comments, you can report them. By blocking a user, the user won&#8217;t be able to view your videos, reply to their messages, or interact with your content. You can also add comment filters, set privacy settings, or limit the types of comments you receive. These features will help you manage your TikTok messaging account.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"You_can_block_a_user_from_sending_an_inappropriate_message\"><\/span>You can block a user from sending an inappropriate message<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can block a user from sending an offensive message on TikTok by reporting the person in question. This action will send the problematic message to moderation. Blocking the person will prevent the user from interacting with your content and viewing your videos. There are some additional methods of blocking the user. The first is to go to your account settings and select Privacy and Safety. From there, choose Blocked accounts. Select the profile you wish to unblock and press the long press button.<\/p>\n<p>To block a user, tap the three-dot menu at the top of the screen. Next, click the name of the user. If the name doesn&#8217;t appear in the list, you can try searching for the person in the search bar. You can also check their comments to see if they have already been blocked. You can also check the comments and mentions section to see if the person is still blocking you.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"You_can_see_comments_on_your_uploads\"><\/span>You can see comments on your uploads<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you have uploaded a video on TikTok and you&#8217;d like to see comments on it, you&#8217;ll need to know how to view the comments on your video. You can log out of TikTok and reload it to see the comments. Sometimes, comments won&#8217;t load properly, and you will have to wait a while for them to appear. If you&#8217;re using a slow internet connection, you can try restarting your wifi to fix the issue.<\/p>\n<p>While in the beta stage, TikTok has added a feature called &#8220;Liked by Creator.&#8221; This feature enables users to engage with their audience. When someone likes your comment on TikTok, the app will send you a push notification. You can then view your notifications in the &#8220;inbox&#8221; section of the app. You can also view the comments of friends on your videos by enabling notification settings.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"294\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mJIpbqDrwwc\" width=\"526\" style=\"margin:0px auto; display: block;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Message in TikTok To learn how to message on TikTok, you need to know how to navigate the app. The home screen will have two tabs: All Activity and Direct Message. 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