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Re:Two Decades of Recommender Systems at Amazon.com by baddox on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @07:18PM (#14706955)
> Maybe there's something to it, maybe it does a good job growing revenue, but there's noting elegant about it.

It almost certainly does a good job growing revenue, and they almost certainly care more about revenue than about the perception of "elegance." You say that as if it's unusual or unexpected.

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Re:Two Decades of Recommender Systems at Amazon.com by linkmotif on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @09:01PM (#14707425)
> You say that as if it's unusual or unexpected.

Absolutely not :P. Hey, whatever works. But I think many people on this subthread, including me, are wondering whether something more elegant would produce more revenue.

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