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The company detailed factors that power its recommendation engineFollower count is not a factor in TikTok’s recommendation systemTikTok TikTok provided some insights into how it recommends videos for users’ For You feeds.The video creation and sharing platform said in a blog post that the For You feed is unique for each…

Like many social media platforms and apps, TikTok feeds are built using a recommendation algorithm that uses a number of tools and factors to personalize it for each person. Now, TikTok has published a new blog post explaining how its recommendation feed works, and it includes tips for personalizing the…

Source: Vikram Mansaharamani, used with permission Question everything. That is the common advice given at commencement speeches to young graduates about to embark into the ‘real world’. Fresh and full of vigor, they are encouraged to reach new heights and make the world a better place. They have been taught…

The promise of the internet was a promise of connection. Networked technologies would erase the physical and cultural space that separated us. Digital communications would unite us like never before. Online platforms would “bring the world closer together” (Zuckerberg 2017). Communication technologies would collapse boundaries, encourage dialogue, and facilitate mutual…

Source: Pixabay If you’re feeling more stressed from reading the news, you’re not alone. In a February 2020 report on the novel coronavirus, the World Health organization coined the term “infodemic” or “an overabundance of information—some accurate and some not—that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and…

opinionJulie Mastrine Opinion contributorPublished 11:18 AM EDT Jun 11, 2020The other day a friend and I discussed the protests and riots in America in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. He’s on the left and hears more about protests; I’m on the right and hear more about riots. We have…

Hello from The Goods’ twice-weekly newsletter! On Tuesdays, internet culture reporter Rebecca Jennings uses this space to update you all on what’s been going on in the world of TikTok. Is there something you want to see more of? Less of? Different of? Email rebecca.jennings@vox.com, and subscribe to The Goods’…

Spent an hour last week zooming with a dozen senior advocacy types from a variety of international NGOs, who were on a webinar hosted by the International Civil Society Centre. Really smart, interesting people, and here are two subjects that caught my attention after I had talked a bit about…

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a Bible as he stands in front of St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House after walking there for a photo opportunity during ongoing protests over racial inequality in the wake of the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody,…

Hi everyone,First, sorry but I cannot share the workbook I am working on. However, I am curious if anyone knows how to do this. I have created a word cloud that pulled the most used key phrases in a ton of strings (they were reviews.) In my dashboard I also…