How Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook targeting model really worked

Re:How Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook targeting model really... by godelski on Friday March 30, 2018 @06:18PM (#16720292)

I can only tell you what my personal experience is. I laid it out more in another comment under rjurney's reply.

I'll also add that I am more frequently searching for 15 minutes then switching to another service. I used to find a movie to watch in 5 minutes. I am a big movie person too, and will watch most things. But I am also more aware that if I watch one show that is just "meh", then I am going to be bombarded with shows of similar quality for the next few weeks.

Also, there is a fairly obvious pattern that shows up from the movies in "my list". Those do not seem to be weighted more heavily.

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Re:How Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook targeting model really... by codezero on Monday April 02, 2018 @12:40PM (#16736187)

It is surprising how bad the recommendations can be sometimes though – I avoid watching comedy specials on Netflix because if I watch one, then suddenly I must want to watch every single comedian ever. It's reminiscent of buying something on amazon, then seeing tons of retargeting ads for the same thing. Oh well, like I said, in general, diversifying my streaming sources has helped a lot.

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