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Two interesting things the articles blows right past: - That they compare their algo to the ones used by Amazon and Netflix to recommend products, while ignori
by cowboyhero 15y ago
Two interesting things the articles blows right past:
- That they compare their algo to the ones used by Amazon and Netflix to recommend products, while ignoring that products have much better defined boundaries than people do. (And ignoring how both Amazon and Netflix suffered through some horribly bad recommendations in both their systems, early on).
- That they think Facebook (or any big social network) complements them, instead of rendering them irrelevant.
A dating service built on a matching you to real world friends-of-friends-of-friends has a much better chance at success than Match.com's "People who dated Alice also dated Mary, Jill, and Bertha. Sign up now for 1-Click Dating!"
- ig1 15y agoIt's not like people haven't tried to build the later, but none of them have succeeded, which suggests that you're mistaken... I'm guessing because people actually meet their real life friends-of-friends at parties, etc. anyway and haven't met anyone from that pool of people who they want to date.