What I Read: Realtime User Actions in Recommendation

https://medium.com/pinterest-engineering/how-pinterest-leverages-realtime-user-actions-in-recommendation-to-boost-homefeed-engagement-volume-165ae2e8cde8

How Pinterest Leverages Realtime User Actions in Recommendation to Boost Homefeed Engagement Volume
Xue Xia, Software Engineer, Homefeed Ranking; Neng Gu, Software Engineer, Content & User Understanding; Dhruvil Deven Badani, Engineering Manager, Homefeed Ranking; Andrew Zhai, Software Engineer, Advanced Technologies Group
Pinterest Engineering
Nov 4


“…we will demonstrate how we improved Pinterest Homefeed engagement volume from a machine learning model design perspective — by leveraging realtime user action features in Homefeed recommender system.”