A Twinkle In My Eye
Collaborative Filtering of Votes
Posted on Wed, 30 Jan 08 at 08:07 by Andy Pols into The Dream Machine
You know that the low-tech way to get recommendations is to ask your friends. Some friends have better taste than others, something we have learned over time by observing whether they usually like the same things as you.
As more options become available it becomes less practical to decide what you want by asking a small group of people.
By looking at what people like (have voted for) we can created a ranked list of suggestions to find people with similar taste. This automagic community can be used to make suggestions and link dreams…
