ByteDance's algorithmic model has been discussed to death (almost) in Chinese but this is an excellent one in English from @eugenewei! The Sorting Hat metaphor is memorable 👒 TLDR; TikTok is more of an entertainment platform than a social one https://www.eugenewei.com/...
'The TikTok algorithm acts as a rapid, efficient market maker, connecting videos with the audiences they're destined to delight. The algorithm allows this to happen without an explicit follower graph.' (via @abarrera) https://www.eugenewei.com/...
Every @eugenewei essay is a feast, but this piece on how TikTok used machine learning to overcome its limited understanding of global culture is truly essential https://www.eugenewei.com/... https://twitter.com/...