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cimoreneI signed up for goodreads (here) because I read this news item last night that got me all WHEE LIVING IN THE FUTURE!:
I had a vague idea that Goodreads was more like... I guess Librarything? Which I see people mentioning. It seems to be intended as a sort of book queue/book rec/book review blog, as opposed to cataloging one's library. For example, when you enter a book it asks what exact date you finished it. Obviously you don't remember what day you finished every book in your library unless your memory is eidetic or you don't own any books.
But the thing is, if you want this algorithm software to be able to do its thing, the more data it has the better, so it's certainly in the interest of Science to enter everything you've read and rate it as best you can. I suppose I'll just ignore the date field from now on unless I'm writing a review or something, but it's irritating to my slight OCD tendencies. (Although, speaking of those, it's probably good that it doesn't have a complete set of ID3 tags and a library-catalog setup or I might fall into a compulsive vortex and wake up hours and shelves later, suddenly realizing I'd forgotten to eat.)
Goodreads Has Acquired Discovereads
On Thursday, Goodreads will announce that it has acquired another start-up, Discovereads.com. It uses machine learning algorithms to analyze which books people might like, based on books they’ve liked in the past and books that people with similar tastes have liked.
I had a vague idea that Goodreads was more like... I guess Librarything? Which I see people mentioning. It seems to be intended as a sort of book queue/book rec/book review blog, as opposed to cataloging one's library. For example, when you enter a book it asks what exact date you finished it. Obviously you don't remember what day you finished every book in your library unless your memory is eidetic or you don't own any books.
But the thing is, if you want this algorithm software to be able to do its thing, the more data it has the better, so it's certainly in the interest of Science to enter everything you've read and rate it as best you can. I suppose I'll just ignore the date field from now on unless I'm writing a review or something, but it's irritating to my slight OCD tendencies. (Although, speaking of those, it's probably good that it doesn't have a complete set of ID3 tags and a library-catalog setup or I might fall into a compulsive vortex and wake up hours and shelves later, suddenly realizing I'd forgotten to eat.)
