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Is there anyone that comes out worse from the U.S. + China TikTok saga than Kevin Mayer? He left leading Disney's streaming division after being passed over fo
by Firebrand 6y ago
Is there anyone that comes out worse from the U.S. + China TikTok saga than Kevin Mayer?
He left leading Disney's streaming division after being passed over for CEO to become Bytedance's COO and CEO of TikTok, only to leave three months later during the company's toughest time.
Now we learn Bytedance isn't actually selling its operations to Oracle and the the most valuable startup in the world marches on to market dominance without him. Huge reputation hit.
- blackrock 6y agoThis might just save Bytedance/TikTok. Any word on when they will go public? Their TikTok app sort of has first-mover-advantage in the new realm of AI-recommendation-engine that actually is worthwhile. Their AI algorithm is the key. Netflix and YouTube uses the same algorithm for video recommendations, but to be honest, that implementation is not as relevant in adding more value to those companies.
- genericacct 6y agoI'm an avid tt user but frankly their algo is little more than "show them videos from their area". They used to allow you to ignore videos from certain users but the feature was retired. Their recommendation engine is on the same level as youtube's and probablt not as good as spotify's algo. As I've said before: try using tiktok and tapping "not interested" on any food video that comes up. After a month of doing this they will still show you food videos in the fyp. Their feed is extremely edited by their moderators and AI has very little to do with it.
- Barrin92 6y agoWas there ever any information on what specifically made him leave? I can't imagine he was completely unaware of the fact that there are tensions around TikTok and that it would impact his job.