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0 pointswizzwizz42y ago0 comments

> Namely, tracking the duration a user is probably giving their attention to a given item,

I pay a lot of attention to classes of things I don't want to see at all.

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Then, according to the algorithm, you do want to see them.

That's exactly the problem! I don't want to see them, but the algorithm refuses to ask me.

If they think that the length of time I spend on a post is 100% correlated with the amount that I want to see it, they really don't understand people at all. It's an embarrassingly shallow model of how how humans behave.

throwaway298122y ago

> It's an embarrassingly shallow model of how how humans behave.

It's a trade off. Viewing rates give back feedback 100% of the time. Asking users for a thumbs up or down gives feedback almost none of the time, and still might not be accurate.

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0 pointswizzwizz42y ago0 comments

> Namely, tracking the duration a user is probably giving their attention to a given item,

I pay a lot of attention to classes of things I don't want to see at all.

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throwaway298122y ago

Then, according to the algorithm, you do want to see them.

phailhaus2y ago

That's exactly the problem! I don't want to see them, but the algorithm refuses to ask me.

throwaway298122y ago

> It's an embarrassingly shallow model of how how humans behave.

It's a trade off. Viewing rates give back feedback 100% of the time. Asking users for a thumbs up or down gives feedback almost none of the time, and still might not be accurate.

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