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For all I know, you could be right that Amazon search is garbage, but the anecdote you've presented doesn't prove it at all because it suffers from selection bi
by quietbritishjim 5y ago
For all I know, you could be right that Amazon search is garbage, but the anecdote you've presented doesn't prove it at all because it suffers from selection bias: If better (or "better") than literal search protected you from poor results 100 times as often as they frustrated you, by definition you'd never know about all those other times.
- skinkestek 5y agoPoint is it used to be better. Same with Google. Today there has been multiple breakthroughs in a number of relevant fields but yet we see quality declining in obvious ways. I understand that sometimes one needs to take a step back to take two forwarded, but in Googles case they are now in their tenth year after taking 5 steps back and at some point the new solution has to prove itself. Sadly I guess the old solution is "lost to time", that noone is able to replicate it anymore. It is the only explanation I have why it hasn't been reverted.