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> >TikTok only needs one important piece of information to figure out what you want: the amount of time you linger over a piece of content I thought this is th
by HWR_14 4y ago
> >TikTok only needs one important piece of information to figure out what you want: the amount of time you linger over a piece of content
I thought this is the naive view expressed to non-technical people, but it incorporates a lot more user input. It's just, to the user, it feels like that's the only thing it's communicating.
- rickdeckard 4y agoSure, but getting this "lingering" metric from 100% of its users already puts them leaps ahead of other social networks. Every user provides clear interaction metrics for every content he sees. On the "classic" consumption UI's of other social networks you couldn't create that metric with such high accuracy, because you don't know which content is in focus and the content itself might be static. That's probably also why Instagram's algorithms now put much higher weight on Reels than their classic feed when measuring engagement of a user...
- disgruntledphd2 4y agoBoth FB and IG have used dwell time as a part of their systems for many, many years, so it's probably not just that.