How TikTok's design makes the algorithm work

Re:How TikTok's design makes the algorithm work by jcynix on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @02:51AM (#24551662)

Very interesting article, including the linked first part. Especially his point in the first part that

> It turns out that in some categories, a machine learning algorithm significantly responsive and accurate can pierce the veil of cultural ignorance. Today, sometimes culture can be abstracted.

Which now makes me think about where algorithms are culture dependent and where not. Low level algorithms like quicksort definitely are not, but as we get "higher up" towards algorithms which work with user feedback …

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Re:How TikTok's design makes the algorithm work by anjc on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @06:12AM (#24552793)

> ... where algorithms are culture dependent and where not. Low level algorithms like quicksort definitely are not ...

Aside on this. In a 1st year CS class I was surprised to learn that half the class had one method to count the number of days in a month (30 days hath September) and the other half had another (using their knuckles). The method a person knew depended on where they grew up, and neither group had heard of the other method. So at least some search algorithms are culturally dependent :)

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