How to ADD FRIENDS in TIKTOK NOW?

here's Tick Tock Now app so to add friends in this app tap to in the middle tab to add and then you can just follow back so friends on Tick Tock Now app are people who follow you and then you follow them back there is no like a separate at the front tab or anything like it so that's basically what it is you can also just search by name and then you will just find some like Tick Tock users and these are just like some Tick Tock users and then you just follow them and if they follow you back then they become your friends and normally your friends on Tick Tock Now app would be able to um to see your posts