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"None the less, I'm not sure there's ever been a platform in history that knew so much about people, monitored publisher effectiveness so closely and made subsc
by Jun8 16y ago
"None the less, I'm not sure there's ever been a platform in history that knew so much about people, monitored publisher effectiveness so closely and made subscription so easy for such an incredible number of people."
So he doesn't mean powerful in the sense that it's the best recommendation algorithm, just that it has a lot of data. If having data in your domain is of course a necessary condition in developing a good recommendation engine. But if it were sufficient Netflix wouldn't have to shell out $1M to outsource the task.
- marshallk 16y agoIt's more like the combo that's powerful: huge data, close tracking of effectiveness of recommendations and product quality, end result being open-ended subscription by user/consumers.
- c1sc0 16y agoYou don't merely need a lot of data, you need the right kind of data: if e.g. You have lots of users but only a few transactions per user to base your predictions on you won't get very far. There are a lot more likes in facebook's system than transactions in netflix's