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9월 9일 Why Netflix Knows Me Better Than My MotherNo, that's not completely true. What I was trying to say is that Netflix knows me better than my mother, my best friend, and my OB/GYN combined. I've been subscribing to Netflix's service for a few years. Based on what movies I have rent in the past and how I rated them, Netflix makes guesses on what movies I would like and use it to customize its movie recommendations, through a statistical technique called "collaborative filtering." The general premise behind this is -- and ironically, this is exactly what I do for a living -- that each consumer, rather than an individual with unique, idiosyncratic tastes and preferences, is merely a mundane collection of data points to be mathematically analyzed, precisely targeted, and relentlessly exploited, all in the name of better serving you, Ma'am. So through the years Netflix has been assiduously refining its bets given more and more data points from me. In the beginning, it would make generic suggestions such as "Dramas" or "Critically Acclaimed Movies." Now they are more detailed and nuanced. And as you know, the devil's all in the details. So instead of "Dramas", it would recommend "Witty Dramas with a Strong Female Lead" for Dear Jackie. Do you see the difference? It's like the difference between having "Potato Salad" and having "Potato Salad with Pickled Pearl Onions and Garden Dill with Squire Hill Farm's Ameraucana Hen egg Emulsion", i.e., the potato salad you pay $26 for at Per Se! "Thrillers"? That's too vague. It should be"Romantic Crime Thrillers". "Foreign Movies"? No. We believe that Jackie only likes "Dark Foreign Movies". Wait, that isn't fair. Have YOU ever seen a Foreign Film that Isn't Dark? A "Foreign Slapstick", like a Swedish Ben Stiller or an Iranian version of "American Pie"? Apparently only American movies are blessed with the Eternal Sunshine of the Idiotic Mind. But I have to admit that, overall, the psychological profile depicted below fits the suspect. Who needs a therapist any more? So, my friends, I've bared my soul for you all to see. Take pity. Or go ahead and take advantage of me.  트랙백이 블로그의 트랙백 URL은 다음과 같습니다. http://daffodilscourtyard.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!81D3B284CF36826D!573.trak 이 블로그를 참조하는 웹 로그
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