How the TikTok side works
Open around the clock, and who is served first
The TikTok comment exchange is open around the clock: order comments for your videos and give to other creators whenever it suits you, and nothing waits on a headcount or a time of day. Who receives first is decided by who is giving — fresh posts from creators who gave recently, then new members, then whoever is owed the most — and within that, follower bracket and then niche.
Open at any hour
The comment exchange takes orders and serves engagement at any hour. There is no opening time to wait for and no group that has to fill before anything happens.
Watch, Saves and Deep Dive are built and have not launched, so they are not open at any hour. Members vote on which of the three ships next, and an exchange that has not shipped cannot take an order, because there is nothing behind it yet.
The pacing rails still apply whatever the hour: at most 40 engagements a day, comments capped at 15, and a gap of 45 to 210 seconds between actions. Open around the clock does not mean as fast as you like.
The feature flag that used to hide the whole TikTok surface — features.tiktok, set by TIKTOK_ENABLED — is on. It still exists and still answers 404 rather than 403 when off, which is how the surface stayed genuinely hidden rather than merely forbidden while it was being built.
Who is served first
Every order is served in the same order of groups, on TikTok and Instagram alike, highest first:
Fresh posts: A post published in the last 2 hours by a creator who gave in the last 7 days.
New members: The welcome order every new member gets, while they are still around.
Owed the most: Creators who have given 20 or more engagements more than they received in the last 14 days.
Owed: Given 5 to 19 more than received.
Owed a little: Given 1 to 4 more than received.
Square: Giving, and received at least as much back.
Not giving: Around, but has not given in the last 14 days.
Away: Not seen for 30 days or more. Their orders stay open and are served when there is spare engagement, and they move back the moment they return.
Within a group, follower bracket decides first and niche second, then the oldest order goes first. So the more you give, the sooner your own orders are filled.
When someone engages with you
When creators engage with your videos you get a short note naming them, in the app and by push, at most once every 4 hours and never between 22:00 and 08:00 in your own local time.
On TikTok, the note's link opens the TikTok exchanges, where you can return the favour. It has its own switch in your notification settings.
Common questions
Is there a time of day when the TikTok exchange opens?
No. The comment exchange is open around the clock. Order and give whenever it suits you; the daily caps and the gap between actions are the only limits on pace.
Does giving make my own orders arrive sooner?
Yes. What you give goes first to the creators who are giving, so a member who gives regularly is served ahead of one who has stopped.
Can I use Watch, Saves or Deep Dive yet?
No. They are built and have not launched. Members vote on which ships next, and none of them is open until it does.
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