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by steffon 19y ago
"I still don't see what I can do with how we group those preferences. " The way in which this site will allow users to group their preferences seems like a slight organizational difference when compared with other recommendation sites that
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by steffon 19y ago
That was my thought too so I have a demo under development. Unfortunately, it won't be ready by Oct.11, and of course, it's all about the right team anyway which is what I'm really interested in. The main reason for posting this idea is t
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by steffon 19y ago
This page explains many of netflix's limitations well: http://harry.hchen1.com/2006/10/03/391 . But more importantly, look at these limitations in light of how the discovery engine is organizing its preference data and how it's collectin
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by steffon 19y ago
Here are two large differences between IRC: 1.) One of the main problems I am trying to solve is in your second sentence: "Once you find a chan you like..." It's time consuming to find new content you like, especially in a setting as nebul
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by steffon 19y ago
"groups of content" are collections of content that users create themselves (the social bookmarking aspect of the site). Users that want to build a reputation for being in the know and influential are incentivized to make these collections
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by steffon 19y ago
I've got a few ideas, such as front-loading the site with content and preference data by using differnt API's, such as Flickr's API, Youtube's, del.icio.us, Last.fm's. This way when you showup, lots of your preferences and rating "work" co
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What do you think of my startup idea?
19 points by steffon 19y ago|43 comments
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by steffon 19y ago
I agree: I rarely find that suggestions based off of anonymous, aggregrate consumer "social" data helps "pick" worthwhile suggestions for me. If a category of shopping is completely new to me, then what everyone else knows can make me more
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The Art, Science and Business of Recommendation Engines(readwriteweb.com)
4 points by steffon 19y ago|4 comments
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Four Concentric Circles of a Web 2.0 Name(firewheeldesign.com)
4 points by steffon 19y ago|0 comments
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by steffon 19y ago
California Air Quality Maps San Jose: Moderate http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.displaymaps&Po... http://www.airnow.gov
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The Impending Social Search Inflection Point(searchengineland.com)
2 points by steffon 19y ago|0 comments
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Who would you not tell your great idea to?
2 points by steffon 19y ago|3 comments
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by steffon 19y ago
The examples you use as counter-arguments to my approach are not really counter-arguments, but deal with a different issue than what I was talking addressing in my last response. I was talking about finding music based on personal preferen
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by steffon 19y ago
I don't think that it is entirely accurate to equate news delivery with music delivery, nor do I think the lessons from journalists are entirely relevant when it comes to building a social platform for music playlists. Cultural objects (e.
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by steffon 19y ago
An iphone without the phone.
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by steffon 19y ago
I completely agree with this article. And a startup that could efficiently tap into people's hunger for fame and recognition on a broad basis could become a destination for user generated content that far outdoes current web 2.0 offerings.
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by steffon 19y ago
But would the Digg of music be enough? iJigg, which is something like that, launcher earlier this year. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/jigg-that-music/ . Although it doesn't seem to have moderaters with real music knowledge. But e
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Is your site provocative enough? (i.e. competing for attention)(headrush.typepad.com)
2 points by steffon 19y ago|1 comments
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by steffon 19y ago
This makes sense to me for publishers and writers that aren't in the top 25% of books being sold. Marketing for many consumables can be thought of as a two-step diffusion process: Diffusion step 1. Utilize the mass-media to send your produ
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by steffon 19y ago
What iTunes does not reduce are the search costs incurred by a user. If a user isn't planning on purchasing what is on the top ten list, a user has to know what he wants beforehand at iTunes, just like shopping at a Virgin Megastore. So b
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Social Network Ad Spending Keeps Rising(emarketer.com)
2 points by steffon 19y ago|1 comments
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The New Economics of Music, or, why stealing feels so right(bubblegeneration.com)
9 points by steffon 19y ago|11 comments
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by steffon 19y ago
What's also interesting are internet start-ups that will accept samples of your DNA, decode it, and then give you a profile of you genetic weaknesses. http://www.23andme.com/ http://www.navigenics.com/