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That sucks. The problem is that the algorithm seems to be unable to distinguish interchangeable items (e.g. vacuum cleaners, lawnmowers, Swiss Army knives) whi
by DonaldFisk 9y ago
That sucks.
The problem is that the algorithm seems to be unable to distinguish interchangeable items (e.g. vacuum cleaners, lawnmowers, Swiss Army knives) which you need exactly one of, similar items (e.g. different death metal albums, or Hammer horror movies) which if you bought one of, you'll probably want some others, and connected items (e.g. different parts of a course) where you'll probably want all the others.
- icebraining 9y agoIt's weird, though; seems like an "average time between purchases" associated with each category would be an obvious metric to use in the algo.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoA small problem might be that they're probably trying to optimize that metric, i.e. reduce your average time between purchases in each category...
- andrewingram 9y agoSome fungibility factor attached to each product wouldn't be amiss here