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Re:Two Decades of Recommender Systems at Amazon.com by trowawee on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @07:19PM (#14706967)
Almost no one? Obvious anecdote alert, but I don't know a single person who shops on Amazon who hasn't made the exact same observation. Many/most big ticket items are, for most people, a once-every-X-years purchase, and yet Amazon's recommendation system can be counted upon to suggest another TV, another DSLR...it's remarkably terrible for a system that's been under active development for twenty years.
Re:Two Decades of Recommender Systems at Amazon.com by wlesieutre on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @08:42PM (#14707360)
Plus my speaker stands haven't even been delivered yet. Amazon knows this.
Re:Two Decades of Recommender Systems at Amazon.com by Godel_unicode on Thursday July 06, 2017 @01:53AM (#14708419)
Annecdata ahoy: I bought a TV from Amazon and they stopped showing me more TV's after I rated it. Maybe they think you're still in the market and might send those stands/DSLRs back because you didn't rate them.