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What Does 'Feed Refresh Cycle' Mean?

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[ SLANG ][ ALGORITHM ][ NOUN ]
FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Social MediaCLUSTER: algorithm

The interval at which a feed actually reloads with meaningfully new content, distinct from how often a user pulls to refresh.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Pulling to refresh does nothing if you're posting mid-cycle, you're just waiting for the same batch again."

LORE & ORIGIN

Standard platform-engineering terminology distinguishing backend content-refresh cadence from user-initiated refresh actions.

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

中文 zh-CN信息流刷新周期EQUIVALENTliterally 'information-feed refresh cycle' - 信息流 = native 'information feed', 刷新周期 = native 'refresh cycle', direct calque
日本語 ja-JPフィード更新サイクルEQUIVALENTliterally 'feed update cycle' - フィード = borrowed 'feed', 更新 = native 'update/refresh', サイクル = borrowed 'cycle'
한국어 ko-KR피드 새로고침 주기EQUIVALENTliterally 'feed refresh cycle' - 피드 = borrowed 'feed', 새로고침 = native 'refresh', 주기 = native 'cycle'
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