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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? (2019) by notriddle on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @10:30AM (#32001566)
Firefox’s Pocket recommendations took a good approach. The browser downloads a big daily file with “potential recommendations”, then filters it at the client side.

The big downside was that, because it was turned on by default, a whole bunch of people who didn’t actually want it had it foisted upon them, so it got a very bad reputation right out the gate. Right algorithm, bad execution.

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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? (2019) by solarkraft on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @11:11AM (#32002163)
I actually really like Pocket's recommendations, but yeah, the way it's all forced on you it's basically an ad. That's pretty much why I feel like I have to boycott it despite liking the product. It's such a Mozilla move to take something nice and turn it bad for no good reason.
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