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• 2020-12-20
  
  • Ben talks about a really interesting idea here: V1 of social media copies social dynamics we have in real life online. V2 isn't going to copy real life. It is going to take advantage of the new dynamics available on the wonderful world of the internet. [[TikTok]] is the first step toward this.
• 2021-01-17
  

  This article explores ideas behind the For You Page on [[TikTok]] and why it is so effective. The main point is [[Algorithm Friendly Design]], which is a design starts with algorithms in mind from the start. This enables the creation of huge datasets meant for training machine learning algorithms with a specific business driven purpose.

• 2021-05-30
  

  I came across a great combination of articles and podcasts this week. First, in [[The Anxiety of Influencers]], an English professor shares what he observed while living at a [[TikTok]] collab house for a few days. He connects his experience to the rising anxiety he has watched among his students on campus in the last 10 years. A key takeaway: a huge factor in the rising anxiety is how concerned everyone has become about their [[personal marketability]].

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