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I don't think I've ever seen a good recommendation system in practice (that is, having the properties of not accidentally hiding content I'd like to see AND mai

I don't think I've ever seen a good recommendation system in practice (that is, having the properties of not accidentally hiding content I'd like to see AND maintaining the same level of reliability over time as my interests change), and I would imagine at least some segment of Mastodon's users would be escaping from platforms like Facebook that use them in part due to "curation exhaustion" - I would think that no recommendations is actually a very strong selling point.

tux3 5y ago
People say Bytedance (Tiktok) has an excellent recommendation system, better at adjusting to interest changes than the other platforms. Personally I always go out of my way to get the chronological view on twitter, but I have to say I am curious what an open algorithm could mean in practice...
- krainboltgreene 5y ago
  As far as I know the experts say this is because the medium. Twitter has no idea what tweet you're eyeballing because there are 3-20 tweets on your view screen. Tiktok is very aware of what you stopped caring about, because it's no longer being viewed.
- ekianjo 5y ago
  > I am curious what an open algorithm could mean in practice... Could be a series of different algorithms to choose from, such as: - a feed about the people you follow, ordered by the popularity of their posts among their own followers - a feed about the people you follow, focusing on people who post least often and tend to be under-represented on a typical chronological timeline. - an algorithm to suggest topics or other people to follow, based on other similar profiles to yours. - a feed to focus on newer accounts instead of established accounts... etc. the sky is the limit. You can then imagine a UI that goes with it to switch from one algorithm to the next so that you don't waste your time scrolling down.

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I don't think I've ever seen a good recommendation system in practice (that is, having the properties of not accidentally hiding content I'd like to see AND mai

by waste_monk 5y ago

tux3 5y ago
People say Bytedance (Tiktok) has an excellent recommendation system, better at adjusting to interest changes than the other platforms. Personally I always go out of my way to get the chronological view on twitter, but I have to say I am curious what an open algorithm could mean in practice...
- krainboltgreene 5y ago
  As far as I know the experts say this is because the medium. Twitter has no idea what tweet you're eyeballing because there are 3-20 tweets on your view screen. Tiktok is very aware of what you stopped caring about, because it's no longer being viewed.
- ekianjo 5y ago
  > I am curious what an open algorithm could mean in practice... Could be a series of different algorithms to choose from, such as: - a feed about the people you follow, ordered by the popularity of their posts among their own followers - a feed about the people you follow, focusing on people who post least often and tend to be under-represented on a typical chronological timeline. - an algorithm to suggest topics or other people to follow, based on other similar profiles to yours. - a feed to focus on newer accounts instead of established accounts... etc. the sky is the limit. You can then imagine a UI that goes with it to switch from one algorithm to the next so that you don't waste your time scrolling down.