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>Irrelevant Not quite https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Thought: recommendation engine based o

>Irrelevant Not quite https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Thought: recommendation engine based on your upvote profile?

vvvv 10y ago
Vehemently no. I enjoy the unfiltered, random view and don't want somebody else deciding how to tweak the personalisation algorithm.
- bmer 10y ago
  What if the feature could be turned on and off (like with a radio button), so you could see both "views" (random vs. upvote history based), depending on your preference, or curiosity?
  - vvvv 10y ago
    I personally prefer clickable thematic tags, which HN is already somewhat implementing with "new" and "show".
- ptaipale 10y ago
  Right. The personalisation algorithms are one reason for Facebook and Twitter confirmation bias bubbles.
- bnegreve 10y ago
  HN is filtered. The main page is a list of article which have been selected and upvoted by small unrepresentative subset of the population. I agree that it's not personalized though.
  - hueving 10y ago
    >HN is filtered. Not relative to what everyone else is seeing.
  - AnimalMuppet 10y ago
    Then click on "new" (it's only one click away), and you'll see everything that's submitted. If you change your profile to have "showdead" = "yes", you'll really see everything - even the stuff that's flagged or downvoted to oblivion.
- vinchuco 10y ago
  Ditto
blowski 10y ago
No thanks. I like knowing that everyone gets the same articles. It's like a newspaper where we are the readers, writers and editors. I'm exposed to good ideas because the rest of the community thinks they are worth hearing about. An algorithm might prevent me from seeing those ideas.
- ryukafalz 10y ago
  Agreed. I run into this on Reddit from time to time - I see lots of the things I'm used to and would have read in the past, but I don't see the unexpected. When I occasionally browse before logging in I discover that there's a lot I'm missing.
shitgoose 10y ago
Of course! I am so tired of seeing posts filled with microaggression, totally violating my safe space. Just make sure that recommendation engine doesn't brake, or horrible things may happen: http://www.theonion.com/article/horrible-facebook-algorithm-accident-results-expos-53841 http://www.theonion.com/article/horrible-facebook-algorithm-...

>Irrelevant Not quite https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Thought: recommendation engine based on your upvote profile?

vvvv 10y ago

Vehemently no. I enjoy the unfiltered, random view and don't want somebody else deciding how to tweak the personalisation algorithm.

bmer 10y ago
What if the feature could be turned on and off (like with a radio button), so you could see both "views" (random vs. upvote history based), depending on your preference, or curiosity?
- vvvv 10y ago
  I personally prefer clickable thematic tags, which HN is already somewhat implementing with "new" and "show".
ptaipale 10y ago
Right. The personalisation algorithms are one reason for Facebook and Twitter confirmation bias bubbles.
bnegreve 10y ago
HN is filtered. The main page is a list of article which have been selected and upvoted by small unrepresentative subset of the population. I agree that it's not personalized though.
- hueving 10y ago
  >HN is filtered. Not relative to what everyone else is seeing.
- AnimalMuppet 10y ago
  Then click on "new" (it's only one click away), and you'll see everything that's submitted. If you change your profile to have "showdead" = "yes", you'll really see everything - even the stuff that's flagged or downvoted to oblivion.
vinchuco 10y ago
Ditto

blowski 10y ago

No thanks. I like knowing that everyone gets the same articles. It's like a newspaper where we are the readers, writers and editors. I'm exposed to good ideas because the rest of the community thinks they are worth hearing about. An algorithm might prevent me from seeing those ideas.

ryukafalz 10y ago
Agreed. I run into this on Reddit from time to time - I see lots of the things I'm used to and would have read in the past, but I don't see the unexpected. When I occasionally browse before logging in I discover that there's a lot I'm missing.

shitgoose 10y ago

Of course! I am so tired of seeing posts filled with microaggression, totally violating my safe space. Just make sure that recommendation engine doesn't brake, or horrible things may happen: http://www.theonion.com/article/horrible-facebook-algorithm-accident-results-expos-53841 http://www.theonion.com/article/horrible-facebook-algorithm-...