Kevin Pacey wrote on Thu, Sep 28, 2017 04:47 PM UTC:
I'm intrigued by how 'similar artists to a particular artist', re: songs as looked at on last.fm, might be applied to chess variants, if you're thinking along those lines, Fergus.
As far as 'recommendations based on the favorites of a particular user' goes, I'm guessing that could result in something like the hit-or-miss results produced by data mining on behalf of advertisers on the internet (who then flash their recommendations to you while you're online somewhere). As a rule such advertising is for products that don't quite interest me, though these may come close sometimes.
So, as far as 'recommendations based on the favorites of a particular user' goes, it's my guess it may be good enough just to let people pick from straightforward popularity lists on CVP (like the 'Our Favorites'), although I suppose one more list of recommendations, based on data mining, won't confuse too much and may even be helpful at times when one is looking for new variants to play.
I'm intrigued by how 'similar artists to a particular artist', re: songs as looked at on last.fm, might be applied to chess variants, if you're thinking along those lines, Fergus.
As far as 'recommendations based on the favorites of a particular user' goes, I'm guessing that could result in something like the hit-or-miss results produced by data mining on behalf of advertisers on the internet (who then flash their recommendations to you while you're online somewhere). As a rule such advertising is for products that don't quite interest me, though these may come close sometimes.
So, as far as 'recommendations based on the favorites of a particular user' goes, it's my guess it may be good enough just to let people pick from straightforward popularity lists on CVP (like the 'Our Favorites'), although I suppose one more list of recommendations, based on data mining, won't confuse too much and may even be helpful at times when one is looking for new variants to play.