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Seeing Like an Algorithm — Remains of the Day
Algorithm-friendly design (see TikTok vs twitter). A shift from making the pixel perfect experience to how we help the algorithm understand better and faster who we are and give us the content that we want.
https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2020/9/18/seeing-like-an-algorithm
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the most important piece of technology Bytedance introduced to TikTok: the updated For You Page feed algorithm.
Eugene Wei • TikTok and the Sorting Hat — Remains of the Day
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The answer, I believe, has significant implications for the future of cross-border tech competition, as well as for understanding how product developers achieve product-market-fit. The rise of TikTok updated my thinking. It turns out that in some categories, a machine learning algorithm significantly responsive and accurate can pierce the veil of c... See more
Eugene Wei • TikTok and the Sorting Hat — Remains of the Day
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More than any other feed algorithm I can recall, Bytedance’s short video algorithm fulfilled these two requirements. It is a rapid, hyper-efficient matchmaker. Merely by watching some videos, and without having to follow or friend anyone, you can quickly train TikTok on what you like. In the two sided entertainment network that is TikTok, the algor... See more
Eugene Wei • TikTok and the Sorting Hat — Remains of the Day
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Source: TikTok and seeing like an algorithm