“WikiTok, which, as its name alludes to, is a web interface that combines TikTok and Wikipedia. Unlike traditional video-sharing platforms, WikiTok offers users a refreshing respite from the relentless algorithms that dominate our digital landscape. The web app delivers an article at random, with an engaging image filling the display. If something interests you, you can tap “Read More,” and then the full Wikipedia article will pop up in another window. If it doesn’t catch your fancy, you scroll up, and another article will randomly appear.”
I was just listening to a podcast today where a mother was talking about how her daughter telling her their school was taking away phones during the school day, and the daughter thought it was a good thing as “the kids addicted to TikTok are anyway unhappy” and this may give them a chance to recalibrate.
WikiTok has no algorithm that is tailored to a person’s interests. The articles are random, but at least it is real knowledge of a general nature, and without the addictive pull. It is a similar format in which it is presented, but without the algorithm, it also means that it will present articles of a broader interest.
This option is web based, so you need to bookmark the link in the linked article below, or save it to the home screen to open using the browser similarly to an app.
See https://lifehacker.com/tech/this-web-app-is-tiktok-for-wikipedia