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Their recommendations feel to me like the recommendation engine is still more or less the one they had when they were mainly an online bookstore. So they assume
by _delirium 11y ago
Their recommendations feel to me like the recommendation engine is still more or less the one they had when they were mainly an online bookstore. So they assume you want things similar to the item you bought: other novels in the same genre, nonfiction books on similar subjects etc. Works fine for books, less well for coffee tables.
- blhack 11y agoHmm, I think it's smarter than that. Every year around burning man time it "notices" that I'm buying supplies for burning man, and starts recommending me things like baby wipes, which are completely unrelated (naively) to things like lag screws, rebar pullers, etc.
- freyr 11y agoIt could just be recommending things you buy seasonally, without recognizing the relationship between the items. Try buying lag screws, rebar pullers, etc. in 6 months and see if it recommends your baby wipes.
- ergothus 11y agoI suspect that's the impact of other burners also shopping, generating a good list of "people who bought A and B also bought C, D, E...". As soon as you hit A & B, you trigger the rest, while the average person doesn't.