When Referral Engines Stop Caring
The IMDb has, to my knowledge, one of the longest-running examples of the "if you like THAT, then you might like THIS" referral algorithms currently online.
It's also laughably bad.
I just logged in to rate a film I'd seen yesterday: Born Into Brothels, a 2004 documentary about children growing up in the Red Light District of Calcutta. (Great film, btw.)
Afterwards, I scrolled to the bottom of the page to see the reviews. Below them are the Recommendations.
Mine included Pitch Black.
How does being interested in a documentary about the children of Indian sex workers in any way imply that I would be interested in a CGI-filled science fiction romp starring Vin Diesel as a blind serial killer in space?
IMDb: Your recommendation system has been online for almost ten years. It should work by now.
(Ironically, I did enjoy Pitch Black when I saw it in theaters, but that's beside the point... isn't it?)
It's also laughably bad.
I just logged in to rate a film I'd seen yesterday: Born Into Brothels, a 2004 documentary about children growing up in the Red Light District of Calcutta. (Great film, btw.)
Afterwards, I scrolled to the bottom of the page to see the reviews. Below them are the Recommendations.
Mine included Pitch Black.
How does being interested in a documentary about the children of Indian sex workers in any way imply that I would be interested in a CGI-filled science fiction romp starring Vin Diesel as a blind serial killer in space?
IMDb: Your recommendation system has been online for almost ten years. It should work by now.
(Ironically, I did enjoy Pitch Black when I saw it in theaters, but that's beside the point... isn't it?)
Labels: broken, imdb, movies, personal, recommendations, social media, social networking
posted by Justin Kownacki at
10:41 PM
2 Comments:
Pitch Black was a decent movie. I love the character Riddick though. Wish they would do more with him. I loved the sequel to it.
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