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Re:How Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook targeting model really... by danso on Friday March 30, 2018 @06:06PM (#16720196)
I’m confused — you honestly expect Netflix’s model to have figured out that your profile is actually 2 people based on what you believe to be regular and obvious cyclical patterns? I would have to imagine that this is a relative edge case for Netflix, and there is no obvious answer for what to do with someone who mostly likes drama but for some reason, goes on a periodic horror binge.

I assume that Netflix’s model has the premise that profiles aren’t in fact, very easy to create. I have separate profiles for my parents, as well as a test profile to see what happens when a user only seems to like the “Human Centipede” trilogy.

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Re:How Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook targeting model really... by dazc on Friday March 30, 2018 @06:29PM (#16720364)
2 people but only one consistent regular user. My recommendations are heavily biased towards the occasional user - who is also giving very strong negative feedback?

It doesn't bother me since I know what I like. There are not that many good films that I'm not going to find them anyway.

Someone, or a group of people, are being paid for nothing though. I don't know anyone who subscribes to Netflix because of their recommendation algorithm.

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Re:How Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook targeting model really... by godelski on Friday March 30, 2018 @06:14PM (#16720258)
> as a test profile to see what happens when a user only seems to like the “Human Centipede” trilogy.

And? You can't just leave us hanging on that.

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Re:How Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook targeting model really... by danso on Friday March 30, 2018 @06:37PM (#16720407)
After creating the account and immediately giving a thumbs up to the trilogy, I've only occasionally logged in and feigned "interest" by clicking on the movies as if I'm about to watch them, or that I enjoy re-reading the synopses. The recommendations are all normal and not noticeably feces-related. But maybe I haven't yet met the threshold for the model to consider me a particularly engaged (or real) user.
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