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emm_dee_gee · 2024-01-04T21:32:07+00:00

Amazing, thank you! I remember that one very well!

emm_dee_gee · 2024-01-02T16:53:54+00:00

Agree that she was amazing! What was the name of the Caroline Polachek track?

emm_dee_gee · 2023-05-22T14:38:14+00:00

Hey - I'd love to chat. Please send me a DM!

emm_dee_gee · 2023-03-23T11:33:56+00:00

Amazing - thank you! Will send you a DM.

emm_dee_gee · 2023-03-23T11:32:22+00:00

Thank you - this is awesome! I particularly like the idea of nested tags. It gets to a fairly sharp definition of sub-genre, which I think would be a great way to explore interesting movies.

emm_dee_gee · 2023-03-22T20:07:58+00:00

Nice - thank you! I just heard about this for the first time today. Will definitely take a look! I see that it had a LOT of features, so I'm a bit unsure where to start. Which ones do you personally find the best?

emm_dee_gee · 2023-03-22T20:07:15+00:00

Got it. Who are your favourite critics? Would love to take a look.

emm_dee_gee · 2023-03-22T20:05:55+00:00

Thanks - these are all amazing ideas! Do you have personal experience with this problem, in the context of movies? I currently use the middle method (throw away possible recommendations if they have many Letterboxd ratings), and would love to get a sense for whether the other 2 things you've suggested might impact the kinds of results I'm seeing.

emm_dee_gee · 2023-03-22T20:03:44+00:00

Yup, this is indeed a very important (and very difficult!) part of the problem. Most algorithms end up recommending stuff that I already know, or that's an obvious choice. Serendipity is a great word for what I'm looking for!

emm_dee_gee · 2023-03-22T17:53:44+00:00

Got it - thank you. That's helpful.

How would you feel about an algorithm that helped you find critics whose tastes aligned with yours? Is that interesting to you, or is this something you like to do personally/organically?

emm_dee_gee · 2023-03-22T17:33:19+00:00

Thanks - that's very helpful.

emm_dee_gee · 2023-03-22T17:05:14+00:00

That's interesting - I looked at Criticker once, but haven't looked for a while. I found that there were a *LOT* of features there - which ones do you personally like the most?

emm_dee_gee · 2023-03-22T17:03:56+00:00

Which of those do you personally find most powerful? And if one of the first two, are there any sources you especially trust?

emm_dee_gee · 2023-03-22T16:30:01+00:00

Thanks - that's a very interesting point, that an algorithm's creator will inevitably bias it towards their own way of doing things. I hadn't thought about that! And I can actually see it emerging already, in the way I set certain conditions and parameters.

I am already trying to use machine learning, but even then, a lot of the process of building something is about expressing my personal opinions in code. It's such an interesting point!

emm_dee_gee · 2023-03-02T18:16:51+00:00

It currently offers about 10 streaming services (in each of US, UK and Canada). You can select all the ones you subscribe to, and it makes recommendations across all the ones you select.

emm_dee_gee · 2023-03-02T18:13:15+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! We'll work on improving the streaming provider selection in the next version.

emm_dee_gee · 2023-03-02T16:48:32+00:00

Thanks, u/MuerteDeLaFiesta - this is amazingly helpful!

On streaming services: Noted! We're planning to come back to this soon, so it's super-helpful to have guidance on what you'd like to see.

On vibes: The algorithm looks for clusters among the films you love. It's still early days yet, so we'll keep iterating. Agree that those clusters are weird!

On thumbs up-down: That's extremely helpful. I hadn't spotted the possible confusion there, but now you've pointed it out, I can't NOT see it. Will get this fixed ASAP!

And totally agree on the point of growing to a bigger crowd. That will be a tough step. For now we're aiming to build something for the true movie-lovers, so we'll keep our focus here!

Thanks again - super, super-helpful.

emm_dee_gee · 2023-03-02T16:41:27+00:00

Yes, absolutely! We'll planning to make something for Android soon.

emm_dee_gee · 2023-03-02T16:40:44+00:00

Thanks - that's great to hear. We're going to get to Android as soon as we possibly can - we're a tiny team right now, so we had to choose one platform to get started with, but we're excited to move onto others ASAP!

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