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I have a hunch that TikTok fakes the amount of likes that users post. I’ve heard people say their first post goes viral. It’s an interesting strategy. Young per
by magic7s 6y ago
I have a hunch that TikTok fakes the amount of likes that users post. I’ve heard people say their first post goes viral. It’s an interesting strategy. Young person posts a TikTok, “get famous”, keeps posting.
- snazz 6y agoIt could also be that they give more prominence to people's first or second posts to get them off the ground. That effect doesn't have to be caused by artificial like inflation.
- corford 6y agoI don't think it's faking. That behaviour sounds broadly inline with https://www.veed.io/grow/reverse-engineering-how-tiktok-algorithm-works/ https://www.veed.io/grow/reverse-engineering-how-tiktok-algo...
- blisseyGo 6y agoRelated: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24049676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24049676 https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2020/8/3/tiktok-and-the-sorting-hat https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2020/8/3/tiktok-and-the-sorti...