Tiktok, Emergent Creativity, The Limits of Social Graphs, and whatever else Eugene talked about (E1)
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Tiktok, Emergent Creativity, The Limits of Social Graphs, and whatever else Eugene talked about (E1)
Most of the work on TikTok is derivative of other work. Whether it's dance, music, or some other work. The majority is a remix of someone else's work. That in itself is very different from other social networks. Instagram doesn't have a reshare function by design.
Eugene Wei • Tiktok, Emergent Creativity, The Limits of Social Graphs, and whatever else Eugene talked about (E1)
We'll look back at social graphs and say that it is a mistake to use the social graph to approximate an interest graph. The people you now don't necessarily reflect your interests.
Eugene Wei • Tiktok, Emergent Creativity, The Limits of Social Graphs, and whatever else Eugene talked about (E1)
On YouTube there is no editor. You can't create content, you upload it. They are a default CDN for video content, so not sure if it makes sense or they could ship something superior to other editors.
Eugene Wei • Tiktok, Emergent Creativity, The Limits of Social Graphs, and whatever else Eugene talked about (E1)
People laughed at Snapchat, but now people see them as an example of strong graph design and unique points of view.
Eugene Wei • Tiktok, Emergent Creativity, The Limits of Social Graphs, and whatever else Eugene talked about (E1)
In the West different companies own different graphs. In China it's very different.
Eugene Wei • Tiktok, Emergent Creativity, The Limits of Social Graphs, and whatever else Eugene talked about (E1)
Facebook is context collapse - the social graph includes so many people. TikTok's social graph isn't built on a graph of people you know which avoids the context collapse.
Eugene Wei • Tiktok, Emergent Creativity, The Limits of Social Graphs, and whatever else Eugene talked about (E1)
A meme is a piece of content with built-in distribution. It's a piece of content that people can't resist sharing.
Eugene Wei • Tiktok, Emergent Creativity, The Limits of Social Graphs, and whatever else Eugene talked about (E1)
China believes more strongly in the potential of short video than America.
Eugene Wei • Tiktok, Emergent Creativity, The Limits of Social Graphs, and whatever else Eugene talked about (E1)
The most fun and clever Instagram and Snapchat filters come from the community, not the company. The company needs to find ways to unlock the creativity of the community.