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Which reminds me how bad Amazon's recommendations pages suck. I'm constantly surprised that a company with their resources can produce something which is useles
by nodata 15y ago
Which reminds me how bad Amazon's recommendations pages suck. I'm constantly surprised that a company with their resources can produce something which is useless at recommending me anything.
- JonLim 15y agoI wouldn't say they suck - they're based on the purchasing patterns of similar people. However, they're not great. But you still find good stuff - got to the third page of my Kindle recommended page before I found something, but that's better than nothing! Their emails on the other hand...
- nodata 15y agoToday for example, after buying a pack of four HP ink cartridges, I was recommended to buy each of the four ink cartridges individually. Brilliant. As a book, apparently I'd really enjoy Twilight. Can't wait for that one. And I have a hundred Kindle sleeves being recommended to me after I bought a decent case for the thing. So the recommendations vary between things I definitely don't need, and teenage vampire novels. I want their recommendation page to recommend me good stuff. I adjust the recommendations, but still I get nothing useful at all. sigh
- nik_0_0 15y agoHave you used Goodreads? When you first sign up they ask you to rate books, and each time based on a book you read it shows 4 more that are related, I was VERY surprised how accurate it was for some chains of books, especially when compared with Amazon. Having said that, this sounds like an awesome idea, waiting for an invite now!
- nodata 15y agoNo I haven't, but I will. Thanks.