TikTok’s refresh feature is for when you’re sick of your For You page
by Mia Sato from The Verge - All Posts on (#69W61)
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TikTok is adding a way for users to refresh" For You page content when they want to switch up their feed. In February, the company previously said it was testing the feature. Now, the Refresh button is set to roll out to users globally over the coming weeks.
When users turn on the reset feature, the recommendations algorithm will revert back as if they just signed up for TikTok. As the user watches and interacts with content, the algorithm will begin to serve up recommendations based on the user's actions after hitting Refresh.
The app's closely guarded recommendations system takes in user signals like watch time, comments, and likes to suggest related content. TikTok says users may want to reset their feed if they lose interest in the...