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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by xnx on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:50AM (#42740100)
> Tiktok algo is the sauce, nothing else has the sauce.

Tiktok algo is nothing special: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/business/media/tiktok-alg...

The volume of interaction data from good interface design and huge user base is the core of the success.

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by nickthegreek on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:32PM (#42740872)
Counterpoint: Reels, YT Shorts
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by xnx on Friday January 17, 2025 @01:07PM (#42741370)
Reels and YT Shorts are definitely worse, but I would attribute that to not having the same content to even show and not having the same amount of data because of a much smaller audience than to having an inferior recommendation system.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by cwkoss on Saturday January 18, 2025 @05:46AM (#42747421)
Rednote's algorithm is significantly better than reels
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