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Amazon can’t suggest a “product you might like” if their life depended on it. They have 19 years of purchase history for me spanning thousands of product catego
by jsjohnst 4y ago
Amazon can’t suggest a “product you might like” if their life depended on it. They have 19 years of purchase history for me spanning thousands of product categories. Want to know a category I’ve never looked at or bought from Amazon, women's handbags. What’s near the top of the suggestions right now on the homepage for me? You guessed it!
- thaumasiotes 4y ago> Amazon can’t suggest a “product you might like” if their life depended on it. Actually, there is one method they use to make suggestions that works very well. If you have a wishlist, sometimes they'll recommend items from there.
- oriolid 4y agoThe weirdest thing is that at one point, I think it's now almost 10 years, they had somewhat OK recommendations. It's not like "you bought programming books and Battlestar Galactica DVDs, so you might be interested in Neal Stephenson's novels" is really advanced but it's still miles ahead of the "you just bought a washing machine, so you might be interested in washing machines" level.
- jsjohnst 4y agoI think the issue is that it’s no longer “recommendations”, instead it’s now “here’s the things which we can make the most money off you buying based on your recent spending”.