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> They recommend different versions of books I’ve read. They recommend two different versions of Lord of the Rings (one of my favorite books), but I guess they
by munificent 6y ago
> They recommend different versions of books I’ve read. They recommend two different versions of Lord of the Rings (one of my favorite books), but I guess they don’t know these are the same book.
This is failure mode of recommendations is so common and so catastrophically useless that I do not understand how it has not been solved.
I'm into photography, so every now and then I buy a lens from Amazon. Immediately after I do, every Amazon ad banner on every website in the world switches to advertising that specific lens, for like the next month (I guess until I buy something else).
Lenses are very specific, expensive, and singular. There is almost no reason to ever have two of the same lens. The day after I buy a lens, it is practically the least likely product in the world that I will buy.
Show me anything but that. I mean, actually, don't. I like this failure mode because it makes it easy to tune out the ads. If they showed me related gear (perhaps filters that fit the lens), I might get suckered into spending more.
But, seriously, how is this not fixed?
- jon-wood 6y agoI’ve had this same thing happen with so many large purchases. If I’ve just bought a washing machine the odds of me wanting another one the next day are astronomically small, unless they think I’m in the process of starting a small laundromat.
- prepend 6y agoI think this is because the ad networks don’t have insight to your purchase data. So they don’t know if you’ve bought and converted or not, but know that people who searched for something are more likely to buy if advertised the dickens out of for the next few weeks. That’s my theory at least, but even Amazon will show ads for stuff I bought on amazon. Not sure if that’s just them being stupid.