TikTok users don’t have as much agency over their FYPs as they think
via nytimes.com
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TikTok’s For You Page (FYP) is the default home screen for users of the video-sharing platform. It’s a personalized, algorithmically driven content feed, but the approach differs from other social media in that TikTok’s algorithm relies heavily on implicit signals—such as how long users watch particular videos—as well as explicit signals such as likes or […]