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>TikTok lets whoever's talented become at least relatively popular Enjoy it while it lasts. No user generated content meritocracy ever lasts. Not steam greenl

>TikTok lets whoever's talented become at least relatively popular Enjoy it while it lasts. No user generated content meritocracy ever lasts. Not steam greenlight, not the app store, not new grounds, not YouTube etc. The problem with your "transparent algorithm" is when the supply of content starts to outpace the supply of 50 users to test it on. Then content will inevitably get unfairly unviewed and the only thing left to do is implement some dodgy [redacted] process. Don't believe me? Consider this. Your one clip takes 30*50=1500 seconds of user time to categorize (according to your algorithm). If a user spends 1 hr on tiktok per day, they effectively volunteered 3600 seconds of work towards categorizing clips as good or not. Meaning if you post a moderate amount (2, sometimes 3 times per day), you've just cancelled out that entire user and you only spent 90 seconds of your own time to do it. If more than half the people on the platform are moderate posters and 1 hr a day consumers, the system breaks.

dmurray 7y ago
Most people on any platform are consumers, and that doesn't seem to decrease as the platform grows. Steam, the app stores, and YouTube are not exceptions. If it did become a problem, TikTok could change rules so that you must review X clips for every one you post. It wouldn't put off most creators. The reason user-generated recommendation systems don't last is not because they break down under a flood of content. The reason is that the platform finds it more profitable to promote content based on a different algorithm (whether that is pay to play, sponsored posts, optimise for user engagement/clickbait...).
- ummwhat 7y ago
  >Most people on any platform are consumers, Yes but one post can eat many user-hours. A minority of people can be making content and you would still have a supply glut.

dmurray 7y ago

Most people on any platform are consumers, and that doesn't seem to decrease as the platform grows. Steam, the app stores, and YouTube are not exceptions. If it did become a problem, TikTok could change rules so that you must review X clips for every one you post. It wouldn't put off most creators. The reason user-generated recommendation systems don't last is not because they break down under a flood of content. The reason is that the platform finds it more profitable to promote content based on a different algorithm (whether that is pay to play, sponsored posts, optimise for user engagement/clickbait...).

ummwhat 7y ago
>Most people on any platform are consumers, Yes but one post can eat many user-hours. A minority of people can be making content and you would still have a supply glut.