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This was not quite what I'd thought. I find these new "tailored" experiences cause boredom for me. I watched a WWII documentary once and now almost half of my
by slededit 9y ago
This was not quite what I'd thought. I find these new "tailored" experiences cause boredom for me. I watched a WWII documentary once and now almost half of my netflix recommendations are more WWII films. I like other things too!
Google has a similar problem, it returns what it thought I meant - the keywords seems to have only minor importance to the results. Searching for a non-tech term when it has a tech meaning is near impossible because google knows I'm a nerd.
- barking 9y agoIdly click on a link to one offering in a marketing email and be prepared for a flood of follow-ups reminding you of that item you were interested in. I never click on anything in an email from Udemy for this reason.
- tmaly 9y agoThis reminds me of that whole group think talk that was going on in the news a number of years ago. People who are only exposed to the same things tend not come up with ideas outside of the group.
- slededit 9y agoFortunately the major newspapers aren't doing that to their front pages just yet - but I'm sure it will come at some point. But I really disagree with the premise that its enjoyable to always be exposed to the same things. Serendipity really seems to be underappreciated.