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Wouldn't any such system depend on 10 other internal systems, 20 databases directly or indirectly, each affecting the behaviour of the recommendation engine. Th
by crop_rotation 4y ago
Wouldn't any such system depend on 10 other internal systems, 20 databases directly or indirectly, each affecting the behaviour of the recommendation engine. That makes me doubtful studying such a recommendation engine is any better than a purely academic exercise.
- sithlord 4y agothats why its "the algorithm" not the source of data/truth
- softfalcon 4y agoYou’re probably right, but analyzing such things could still be useful for research. I know that open source code around commenting online directly impacted the direction my current team went building our community tooling. I’ll take even a glimpse into the machinations of any social media giant. It’s better than nothing!
- justrealist 4y agoHaving anything public at all is wildly better than the nothing that is standard among social media companies. Let's not focus criticism on an attempt to do something.