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Re:I Want to Fix Goodreads by hazard on Saturday September 12, 2020 @03:24PM (#24454819)
It's not that hard. See for instance https://www.coursera.org/lecture/machine-learning/collaborat... on how to get started
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Re:I Want to Fix Goodreads by dtech on Saturday September 12, 2020 @03:26PM (#24454830)
It's not hard to build something that gives you recommendations. It extremely difficult to build something that works well. For consumer companies I know only Spotify and TikTok that do it well, and Youtube that does it OK-ish.
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Re:I Want to Fix Goodreads by moltar on Saturday September 12, 2020 @03:36PM (#24454917)
I personally wouldn’t say that Spotify does it well. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a good recommendation. And daily playlists are a mess.
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