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Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 01/12/2023 (lemmy.nz)
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Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!

Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So, how’s it going?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You have to be honest with your ratings or the book recommendations won't work for you. Early on, I was obviously too generous with 5-star ratings or something, because the site recommended I read the memoir of a young actress.

So I did. And it was bad. I guess if you liked the actress it would have been ok, but I wasn't a fan and didn't really care about her life. After that debacle, I've been honest with my ratings. I've given some wildly popular books bad ratings, and it helps the site improve. It's far better at predicting whether I'll like a book than it used to be.

So don't take a 3-star to heart. It could be a wonderful book, but just ok for that person.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

True, thanks for reminding me of that. NZ is so small I recognised the person, which didn't help! Felt shy of them ever since.

I didn't realise the algorithm is that tailored and actually recommends things you would really like. I can see the point of that.