Comments on: Recommendations & Collaborative Filtering http://madebymany.co.uk/recommendations-collaborative-filtering-00211 Made by Many creates very social digital stuff. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:12:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: stuart http://madebymany.co.uk/recommendations-collaborative-filtering-00211#comment-1276 stuart Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:29:10 +0000 http://www.madebymany.co.uk/?p=211#comment-1276 I agree that it will be about mixes of models applied intelligently across sites and woven into the user experience. But what are editors but users with a high domain knowledge and special privileges. By weighting your users actions appropriately you can add an editorial effect to your algorithms. In the future, editors may become "algorithm curators". I personally still like Digg, while never look at Boing Boing I agree that it will be about mixes of models applied intelligently across sites and woven into the user experience.

But what are editors but users with a high domain knowledge and special privileges. By weighting your users actions appropriately you can add an editorial effect to your algorithms.

In the future, editors may become “algorithm curators”.

I personally still like Digg, while never look at Boing Boing

]]> By: Basil http://madebymany.co.uk/recommendations-collaborative-filtering-00211#comment-1280 Basil Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:52:22 +0000 http://www.madebymany.co.uk/?p=211#comment-1280 Can't agree that recommendation is 'better' than editorial, after all Boing Boing is edited (thoughtthey crowd source their links) and remains excellent, while Digg has degenerated into dumb spam site. Both models and admixtures thereof will continue to succeed depending on the audience and context. Can’t agree that recommendation is ‘better’ than editorial, after all Boing Boing is edited (thoughtthey crowd source their links) and remains excellent, while Digg has degenerated into dumb spam site. Both models and admixtures thereof will continue to succeed depending on the audience and context.

]]> By: Cedric http://madebymany.co.uk/recommendations-collaborative-filtering-00211#comment-1277 Cedric Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:43:18 +0000 http://www.madebymany.co.uk/?p=211#comment-1277 Hello Alex, I hope you are doing well :) Now, regarding the Collective Intelligence thing ... I am afraid to say it, but history proves it wrong, and I think history is stronger than contemporary times. Let me explain: "as communities grow, not only does a large (diverse, independent, etc.) community make better decisions than a handful of editors, but the larger a community gets, the better its decisions will be”. This isn't taking into account that the masses are always wrong :( I still think this Rule prevails nowadays, even more maybe .... This is what we live nowadays: communities grow, get less smart, less keen, and tidal waves take over everything, even the smart .... Hello Alex, I hope you are doing well :)

Now, regarding the Collective Intelligence thing … I am afraid to say it, but history proves it wrong, and I think history is stronger than contemporary times. Let me explain:

“as communities grow, not only does a large (diverse, independent, etc.) community make better decisions than a handful of editors, but the larger a community gets, the better its decisions will be”.

This isn’t taking into account that the masses are always wrong :(
I still think this Rule prevails nowadays, even more maybe ….
This is what we live nowadays: communities grow, get less smart, less keen, and tidal waves take over everything, even the smart ….

]]> By: Daniel Todd http://madebymany.co.uk/recommendations-collaborative-filtering-00211#comment-1278 Daniel Todd Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:48:05 +0000 http://www.madebymany.co.uk/?p=211#comment-1278 I got this book recently too and I love it. I never thought I'd be interested in this stuff at school because they never showed you that you can actually do some really cool stuff! with it. Now I'm hooked :) I got this book recently too and I love it. I never thought I’d be interested in this stuff at school because they never showed you that you can actually do some really cool stuff! with it. Now I’m hooked :)

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