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It is both. Trust and recommendations are mixed together in an SVD like algorithm as described in http://sifter.org/~simon/journal/20061211.html http://sifter.o
by gaika 18y ago
It is both. Trust and recommendations are mixed together in an SVD like algorithm as described in http://sifter.org/~simon/journal/20061211.html http://sifter.org/~simon/journal/20061211.html . On top of that jaanix lets you adjust all your personal preferences in real-time.
The biggest effect is that it is discouraging trolls and spammers, as there's no front page they can spam or troll. The downside is that the critical mass required to make the site truly social is a lot higher, and unfortunately we have not figured out how to gain enough users for it to really shine.
- ntoshev 18y agoI agree recommendations are a way to take trust into account, but it is a different way with its own drawbacks. You wouldn't need higher critical mass if you have just implemented a pagerank equivalent as opposed to recommendations. You can make a page without recommendations the default, at least until you acquire critical mass. You can just have a "personalized" slider defaulting to no personalization.