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The social graph is a terrible approximation of personal interests.
by jsemrau 4y ago
The social graph is a terrible approximation of personal interests.
- ttyprintk 4y agoYup. It’s not that an echo chamber is inevitable; for me, finding something interesting that’s not represented among my social graph is more likely to be viral/marketable/attractive than something circulating among the most-active 5%. TikTok doesn’t need that graph on an individual’s scale.
- jsemrau 4y agoHence, it so much more resembles "real life". And I think that's where TikTok thrives, it is a single player experience with networked features. Similar to going window shopping in a Mall with Billions of windows.