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If you enjoy the product, this risks skewing the input to the recommendation algorithm. Presumably they use time spent to determine what content you enjoy.
by polio 5y ago
If you enjoy the product, this risks skewing the input to the recommendation algorithm. Presumably they use time spent to determine what content you enjoy.
- sixstringtheory 5y agoNot sure I follow, it doesn’t sound like any particular post would be on screen any longer than normal, unless you’re suggesting that time since load is what is measured instead of time on screen (or time since last scroll), or that they use overall duration of the app session to infer things about all the posts that were loaded.
- ec109685 5y agoIt might register a whole bunch of skips, and skips might be weighted more than re-runs (or not and it’s a good technique!). TikTok is ridiculously captivating. I just don’t use it because it sucks me in.