The three-filter definition
Most services treat 'real' as a single binary — is there a person behind the account or not. We treat it as three independent gates, each of which an account has to clear before it enters our delivery pool.
- Human-controlled — passes the device-fingerprint and behavioral-cadence checks that distinguish a person operating a phone from an automation script. Mouse-jitter on web, touch-pressure variance on app.
- Profile-complete — has an avatar, a bio, at least one post or sufficient interaction history, and a non-default username. Empty shells get filtered even if they're human.
- Active in 30 days — has opened the TikTok app within the last 30 days. Dormant accounts don't move engagement-rate signals; the ranker reads the connection but doesn't weight it.
