ByteDance | TikTok: Origins, How They Grow, and The Future of The Internet
Jaryd Hermannhowtheygrow.co
ByteDance | TikTok: Origins, How They Grow, and The Future of The Internet
May The Feed Be With You: how algorithmic feeds create the best content experience for users
Eric Fengefeng.medium.comFacebook, Instagram, and Twitter all build their feeds from content shared by friends and followers. The pool of content their algorithms choose from is limited or scoped. TikTok’s feed however is built from content shared by any user, regardless if you know them or not.
Eric Feng • May The Feed Be With You: how algorithmic feeds create the best content experience for users
Not only does TikTok capture very clean signals of sentiment from its users, it also gathers a tremendous volume of them per session. Videos on TikTok are so short that even in a brief session, TikTok can gather a lot of feedback on your tastes.
Eugene Wei • Seeing Like an Algorithm — Remains of the Day
TikTok’s For You tab serves an endless stream of short videos that algorithmically adapt to your interests, sorting the content most likely to engage you. Using it feels like having your mind read, because all you do is watch or skip, focus or ignore, a decision made too fast to be fully conscious. Individual videos or accounts matter less than cat... See more
Kyle Chayka • “Emily in Paris” and the Rise of Ambient TV
