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Amazon ARE idiots. So many people complain about this behavior of recommender systems and here comes Patrick dropping some math and saying: “Well, actually the
by gessha 3y ago
Amazon ARE idiots.
So many people complain about this behavior of recommender systems and here comes Patrick dropping some math and saying: “Well, actually there’s this and this probability for this to happen”.
Don’t piss on me and tell me that it’s raining. Before I make a purchase, especially online, I do my research and make a choice, that’s it.
I’ve never returned anything online and I’ve never needed to buy a second item after buying the first one.
If you insist that your math is right, give me a button I can press so I don’t have to care about your probabilities.
- bflesch 3y agoI fully agree with you. It feels like a local maximum that at the same time repulses a lot of people from further shopping (like us) and then the engineers point at the data and say: "look at these probabilities, nobody else is buying anything" - yes, because we're upset with the unempathetic UX of your website and we closed the tab.