IMDB recommendation
I haven't had much luck with recommendation systems for books, music, and movies. But the other day I happened to be looking up The Paper Chase--one of my all-time favorites--on IMDB and took a look at the "People who liked this also liked . . ." It listed 22 movies, of which I liked 13 and most of those I really liked.
I guess I'll pay more attention to IMDB's recommendations from now on.
For an interesting look at the mechanics of recommendation systems see "Deconstructing Recommender Systems: How Amazon and Netflix predict your preferences and prod you to purchase".
Netflix's guesses at my opinions have been surprisingly accurate. They've pointed me to several movies I've liked that I might not have tried else.
Posted by: Michael Greenspan | October 24, 2012 at 07:38 AM
I don't use Netflix, but Amazon's recommendations for me are not very accurate. Don't know why.
Posted by: JorgXMckie | October 24, 2012 at 09:35 AM
Shame is, Netflix is now losing money.
Posted by: Ben | October 24, 2012 at 01:13 PM
No offense, but don't you think that list of movies is just ones that are well liked by people of a certain age?
Posted by: Dave Tufte | October 25, 2012 at 09:10 AM