TikTok is attempting to tackle the rise of "problematic" content finding its way to the 'For You' feed, reports @engadget.
As the app fights for its future in the United States, its updated community guidelines will prevent "unfounded" conspiracy theories, certain types of dieting content and "dangerous activities or challenges" from being recommended to users.
The goal: Show relevant videos they haven’t seen before
The challenge: Tokenize videos using on device ML, link related topics, determine interested topics, paginate video feed with unseen and relevant posts
Loops For You algorithm v1 is being implemented and will be tested by our first batch of beta users later this month!
We will have a chronological feed, but we think you’ll prefer the For You feed 😎
#PennedPossibilities 206 Does your MC often reflect on their own actions? Do they ever think about the past, and what they could have done differently?
Well, in #ForYou, the protagonist CONSTANTLY reflects about his sexuality. His thoughts are as much about sex 'n stuff as his actions are 😅
#WordWeavers JAN-24 Out of all your writing, what was the hardest scene for you to write? Why?
That's gonna be the sex scenes from #ForYou. Both feel uncomfortable with it but think, the other does not because that's what's expected. Besides fight and battle scenes, sex scenes are among the ones I most dislike writing.
In between writing, I like to paint. Sometimes, my favorites inspire me. One of those faves is Monet. I finished a mixed media of waterlilies tonight. Feeling pretty good about it. I like the blend and the flow. It’s a watercolor background with soft pastels and (minimally) some pastel pencil.
My year with Mastodon (#MastodonWrapped)
I celebrated my first #Mastoversary a few days ago. It’s been a good first year on Mastodon for me; I like the #Fediverse idea, I like people here, and I like the calm vibe this place offers.
Also, I ditched all of my other #SocialMedia accounts. All but one.¹
As I say, Mastodon is a good #platform to be, however there are a couple of things I’ve been struggling with the whole time. I’m going to put together a brief summary below in hope that someone can help me with them.
¹ I still keep Instagram to exchange cute pics of sloths and pandas, and ice-hockey reels with my sons. 😁
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The thing that buggers me the most is boosting.
I know boosting is important because it’s the only way to spread the news around as there are no #algorithms here to force-feed us what they “think” is good for us, and I’m quite a #booster myself, too. But I’ve cut back a bit recently for a simple reason: I can’t hide boosted posts from my #profile.
I mean, when someone views my profile I want them to see my toots first so they can get an idea of who I am and, conversely, when I visit someone else’s profile I prefer to see what they have to say.
If you’re a generous booster but not so creative in the “#ContentCreation” department, just like me, you get a profile full of re-blogged posts where your original #toots are hard to find. And no, #Pinned toots don’t do the trick.
If there’s a #hack to work around this, I would much appreciate if you share it here.
> Thousands of Gazans trek from the central to the South of the Gaza strip in order to avoid American-Israeli t3rrorist attacks. These people will likely never be able to visit their home or revisit the memories of everything they have ever known and loved.
> Mustafa Barghouti, general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, raises critical questions about US foreign policy. He juxtaposes the US support for Ukraine against what they term "occupation" with their backing of Israel in the Palestinian conflict. ##Gaza##israel##Gazacity##foryou##viral##learnontiktok##Gazastrip#