Re:TikTok and the Sorting Hat
by elldoubleyew on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @11:13AM
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But I would argue that designing an algorithm that appeals to the human psyche in the way that Bytedance as done requires more than math skills. Designing the TikTok "For You Page" is not a pure ML problem, its a people problem that is being solved with ML.
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Re:TikTok and the Sorting Hat
by codekansas on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @12:54PM
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Personally I felt the appeal of TikTok is that the design is ML-centric - clean buttons, very clear signal, not a bunch of mixed feedback signals like in other apps. Everyone on board seems to understand the importance of the underlying ranking algorithm