Deep TikTok

Deep TikTok, also abbreviated as DeepTok, is a niche side of the TikTok community where people post videos with elements of surreal or bizarre humor"TikTok Is Only Getting Weirder", by Kristin Merrilees | Medium.com. It originated as an experimental offshoot of the Alt TikTok community, and it reached peak popularity throughout 2020 and 2021. This community was characterized by its aesthetic involving absurd content, edited YouTube Kids videos (particularly ElsaGate content), jumpscares and scary face masks, videos about frogs, body horror and disfigured faces, bright colour filters, glitch effects, repetitive sound effects, among others, creating a sense of disorientation and evoking the feeling of watching "cursed" content.
==History==
When TikTok became a popular social media platform during the early 2020s, many users advocated for the segregation of its community based on common insterests and video styles. Alt TikTok or Alternative TikTok was considered the "cooler" side of the community, while the more average community was called Straight TikTok or StraightTok, which was criticized for being too mainstream, unfunny, boring or try-hard. Eventually, these two imaginary divisions of the TikTok userbase started to fade away in differences, and Alt TikTok was no longer considered as interesting and unique as it once was since many users who considered themselves "Straight TikTokers" switched sides. Deep TikTok was created as a way more niche version of Alt TikTok and it consisted of surreal content that rejected all types of mainstream content. Essentially, DeepTok is a wordplay on the Deep Web, which is often stereotyped as the weird side of the Internet. DeepTok videos reached the FYPs (For You Pages) of many TikTok users during 2020 and 2021. However, by 2022, it became a fad and was replaced by the Flop TikTok community. The popularity of this style also coincided with the rise of the Weirdcore aesthetic.
==Visuals==
Some visuals featured in Deep TikTok include:
*Elements of body horror and face disfiguration
*Distorted face filters and Alien-shaped heads
*Frogs
*Clips from ElsaGate videos and children's entertainment
*Bright saturated filters
*Beans
*Glitch effects
*Overuse of strange emojis
*Cursed videos and images
*Repetitive audios
*Distorted audio clips from children's songs
*Macaroni video filters
==Lingo==
Deep TikTok users often engage in inside jokes, memes, and trends that may seem bizarre or nonsensical to outsiders. The Deep TikTok community's userbase is characterized by its own set of slang and phrases. Some common lingo and phrases used in Deep TikTok include: 
*"POV" - Short for "point of view," often used in videos where the user pretends to be in a specific situation or scenario.
*"Cursed" - Used to describe content that is strange, eerie, or unsettling.
*"Wholesome" - Referring to something that is heartwarming, pure, or uplifting.
*"Clownery" - Used to describe absurd or foolish behavior.
*"Surreal" - Describing something that is dreamlike, bizarre, or beyond reality.
*"👁👄👁" - An emoji combination consisting of eyes and lips
Another common trait of Deep TikTok slang was the usage of accents and letters from foreign languages (usually with Latin script, although other content creators have also used foreign languages as shock content). Overusing emojis in a surreal way was also an important trait of the DeepTok lingo.
==Media==
===Content Creators===
*@karenpang
*@peter_pan_0131
*@yonakajp
*@s0ur.berry 
*@corpse_hubs 
*@softplum 
*@deepwebdiaries 
*@shadowman.exe
*@bjorkbussyslide
===Related Songs===
*Daisy Bell by Harry Dacre
*Martha Speaks Theme Song from Martha Speaks
*THIS IS IMPORTANT by LAURA CLERY
*Wiener Dog Song by Yet Another String Band
Other audios used within the DeepTok community included "cursed" audios and repetitive childish sounds.
===Related Media===
*Dora the Explorer (2000-2019)
*Martha Speaks (2008-2014)
*Peppa Pig (2004-Present)
*Shrek (2001-2010)
*Thomas the Tank Engine (1946-Present)
===Related Memes===
*Eggdog
*Frog memes
==External Links==
External links can help you get a better understanding of this aesthetic.
===YouTube Videos===
*DEEPTOK: The Creepy Side of TikTok by Project Nightfall
*5 minutes of alt/deep tiktok by alana sanai
*6 minutes of my fyp~deep tiktok by tiktok angel
*How To Access DEEP TIKTOK by Dylan luiz
*I WENT TO THE DARK SIDE OF TIKTOK: DEEP TOK by SickVeins
==Gallery==
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==References==
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