Re:Evaluation of TikTok vs. Instagram Reels
by biotinker on Friday September 02, 2022 @12:58AM
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The problem with asking "actual users" in this way, is that it fundamentally ties the user's pre-existing conception of these apps to their responses. If a user had been served the same content on Reels that they were on TikTok, it's difficult to see them having the same reaction.
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Re:Evaluation of TikTok vs. Instagram Reels
by stainforth on Friday September 02, 2022 @01:12AM
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An actual scientific experiment would have like recently fallen away Amish teens compare these apps having never used them.
Re:Evaluation of TikTok vs. Instagram Reels
by permo-w on Friday September 02, 2022 @04:55AM
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or present them with the videos through some kind of neutral UI
the UI itself can be tested separately
Re:Evaluation of TikTok vs. Instagram Reels
by thematrixturtle on Friday September 02, 2022 @01:08AM
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But they weren't? You can't just discount Reels having worse content.