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Why does the algorithm have to show you what content to watch? Just have it a good search and tagging system and the user will figure out what they need.
by Sabinus 9y ago
Why does the algorithm have to show you what content to watch? Just have it a good search and tagging system and the user will figure out what they need.
- macintux 9y agoSurfacing content you don't know you want is something an algorithm can be quite good at. I don't know that I would have ever discovered HISHE, for example, without it.
- PeterisP 9y agoA search system cannot replace a recommender system and vice versa, they are very different use cases with very different needs. For any type of media, whether it's songs/bands on a music streaming service, video content on youtube, or even complementary goods in an online store, a good recommender system can and will suggest things that I would never have thought of (because I didn't know it existed) and thus could never have found with any search or tagging system. How do I search for a song that's similar to those that I listened just now (and genre tags don't really work, they're far too broad, subjective and inaccurate) and that's explicitly not one of the songs which I remembered and just heard already?