Tag: Recommender Systems

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    #35: Recommenders and Finding Online Content

    Recommender systems are all around us in the digital realm. We're constantly bombarded with automatic recommendations for what to watch, what to listen to, what to read, what to buy, what to eat, or where to travel to. Chances are that's how you found this very podcast! Ian and Michael discuss recommenders and their flaws, and the difficulties both for consumers to find good online content and for creators to find an audience for their content.