One interesting consequence of the stability loss, that could be cool to measure, is whether "audience capture" happens more on TikTok than on YouTube, i.e., are users swayed by their audience more? Given that they can loose them at any time?
> So this is the central engine of TikTok, and another way in which “the algorithm” is different here than for Uber: creators are actually posting an irrational amount, investing more time and energy than they rationally should, because they are mistaken about the costs and benefits. Going viral is like the high of winning a big bet, or like the high of getting high: it programs you mostly to want to get high again.
And you have made the mistake in believing your cultural training that the sensation that you can read the minds of other humans is genuine.
Ironically, TikTok happens to have a fair amount of content about these and other bizarre phenomena, unfortunately they do not get onto all people's feeds, and most people likely lack the necessary base education to understand the concepts....but at least these TikTokers are trying!
One interesting consequence of the stability loss, that could be cool to measure, is whether "audience capture" happens more on TikTok than on YouTube, i.e., are users swayed by their audience more? Given that they can loose them at any time?
> So this is the central engine of TikTok, and another way in which “the algorithm” is different here than for Uber: creators are actually posting an irrational amount, investing more time and energy than they rationally should, because they are mistaken about the costs and benefits. Going viral is like the high of winning a big bet, or like the high of getting high: it programs you mostly to want to get high again.
And you have made the mistake in believing your cultural training that the sensation that you can read the minds of other humans is genuine.
Ironically, TikTok happens to have a fair amount of content about these and other bizarre phenomena, unfortunately they do not get onto all people's feeds, and most people likely lack the necessary base education to understand the concepts....but at least these TikTokers are trying!