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Re:Taste is increasingly dictated by algorithms by neap24 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @03:43PM (#16861637)
It is pretty difficult for Netflix or Amazon to have recommendations that appeal to me because their datasets are limited to their specific domains. In reality, my tastes and interests pull from such a wide range of fields.

One year, I decided to only watch movies filmed in, or about, the state where I live. One year I caught up on famous horror movies I hadn't seen. None of these ideas was "suggested" to me directly. Nor, do they really seem related to each other. For me, at least, it seems a long way off before computer algorithms are affecting the way my brain chooses something it likes or wants to try.

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Re:Taste is increasingly dictated by algorithms by thirdsun on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @05:59AM (#16866046)
Yes, I see this issue with Netflix very often. Watching Narcos doesn't mean I'm interested in every mediocre drug-related documentary. Instead I'm looking for high quality, detailed, in-depth productions covering a wide array of very different themes, topics, locations and periods.

Algorithms don't seem to be able to solve this problem yet. Certainly not those used at Netflix.

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