#recommendation algorithm

Whatever algorithm steam has suggesting games is really interesting. It's not *wrong* but I really don't follow the logic here

Tumblr is to some non-zero degree using an arbitrary decisions algorithm to choose what we see.

"Five stars feels very yesterday now, [that old system] really projects what you think you want to tell the world. But we want to move to a system where it’s really clear, when members rate, that it’s for them, and to keep on making the Netflix experience better and better. [..] perhaps we’re so terrified of being judged for our opinions that we present fake opinions to the rating-crunching robots at Netflix because we just need the approval of someone."