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From the Ted Talk by Shou Chew: TikTok's CEO on its future -- and what makes its algorithm different
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SC: The diversity of content that our users see is very key. You know, in order for the discovery -- the mission is to discover -- sorry, the vision is to discover. So in order to facilitate that, it is very important to us that what the users see is a diversity of content.
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CA: Right. And is it fair to say that because your start point has been interest algorithms rather than ______ graph algorithms, you've been able to avoid some of the worst of the sort of, the filter bubbles that have happened in other social media where you have ______ kind of declaring war on each other ___________. And so much of the _____ and energy is around that. Do you believe that you've _______ _______ that on TikTok?
SC: The diversity of content that our users see is very key. You know, in order for the discovery -- the mission is to discover -- sorry, the vision is to discover. So in order to facilitate that, it is very important to us that what the users see is a diversity of content.
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Original Text
CA: Right. And is it fair to say that because your start point has been interest algorithms rather than social graph algorithms, you've been able to avoid some of the worst of the sort of, the filter bubbles that have happened in other social media where you have tribes kind of declaring war on each other effectively. And so much of the noise and energy is around that. Do you believe that you've largely avoided that on TikTok?
SC: The diversity of content that our users see is very key. You know, in order for the discovery -- the mission is to discover -- sorry, the vision is to discover. So in order to facilitate that, it is very important to us that what the users see is a diversity of content.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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