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I'm too busy to explain it. But in short, the facebook/instagram (and youtube) algorithms are built to optimize: 1. Content that is profitable from an advertis
by ldjkfkdsjnv 4y ago
I'm too busy to explain it. But in short, the facebook/instagram (and youtube) algorithms are built to optimize:
1. Content that is profitable from an advertising perspective
2. Censoring certain content/only showing major/authoritative sources.
TikTok changed that by allowing grass roots content to go viral, which from an algorithmic perspective is less profitable. But that doesnt matter, its backed by the CCP. Theres alot that goes into why tiktok is better, and alot of it is monetary/business related, not computer science.
But beyond that, FB/Google just got lazy and stopped pushing for new things. Wildly successful and presumed monopolies, they left a massive product gap (allowing grass roots content to go viral), which TikTok filled.
- PaulHoule 4y agoAlso TikTok seems to use a multi-armed bandit to balance explore/exploit in a way that previous sites didn't.
- disgruntledphd2 4y agoTikTok have much better labelled training data, because you need to interact.
- rvz 4y agoCorrect. TikTok is a worse version of Facebook, funnelling data back to the CCP (as required), spying on certain individuals physical locations [0] on the platform, and creators are once again working for its algorithm that can dictate what is seen and unseen, for the content to be seen by billions, just like before. They hype around it is because it is the current thing. [0] https://futurism.com/tiktok-spy-locations-specific-americans https://futurism.com/tiktok-spy-locations-specific-americans