Is TikTok really so straightforward? I don't believe your assertion is correct but I'm open to evidence.

The main difference is that HN uses time to segregate cohorts and TikTok uses interests to segregate cohorts. If enough people within these cohorts upvote / give watch time then the content is shown to more cohorts.

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fc417fc802 2 days ago | parent [-]

I understand the basic principle. Clearly that's one of the inputs. What I'm questioning is your implied assertion that there's nothing else to it.

I don't for a second believe that tiktok (or facebook or any of the others) employs a primitive algorithm that impartially orders results based on a simple and straightforward metric without consideration for their own interests.

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nemothekid 2 days ago | parent [-]

>I don't for a second believe that tiktok (or facebook or any of the others) employs a primitive algorithm

Is your contention that whatever future law have some mechanism to decide the complexity of the algorithm? How would you design a law such that the reddit ranking algorithm is primitive, but tiktok's algorithim is "advanced".

	▲	fc417fc802 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		You're changing the subject. I said nothing about the law, only objected to a claim about the internal mechanisms of tiktok. If we're discussing hypothetical laws then my preference is for several. Banning various dark patterns (what the EU is doing here), banning opaque individualization outside the control of the individual in question, and banning motivated editorialization (such a intentionally promoting a particular political position). And yes, a straightforward application of what I wrote there would make the netflix recommendation algorithm as it currently stands illegal. I have no problem with that.
	▲	dTal 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Reddit is as bad as the others, now.