On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 12:50 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> Her preferences wouldn’t have changed just because she came out. She was > probably choosing to watch shows and movies with a queer sensibility > without being conscious of it and Netflix was able to connect the dots > before she did. > Wonder what dots Netflix connects between my wife and all the shows she watches about serial killers? > On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 3:31 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I’m not an algorithm, as far as you know, but when I worked at Bed Bath & >> Beyond, I was able to predict at least three pregnancies of customers and >> one coworker. >> >> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 12:13 PM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> There is a legendary story about Target involving a customer who came >>> into a store furious that his daughter received personalized coupons that >>> were targeted towards a pregnant woman, only to have the guy return weeks >>> later to apologize because his daughter actually *was* pregnant. >>> >>> Never question the algorithm. >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 1:31 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> BBC reporter Ellie House swears that before she had decided to come out >>>> as bisexual, the Netflix algorithm already knew: >>>> >>>> https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66472938 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/12855ccc-c61a-4b5a-9ae2-d35197e43fe7n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/12855ccc-c61a-4b5a-9ae2-d35197e43fe7n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BdQp2OOQwgi5QEc7CbkSU%2Bf1UhPQPFuRQ71-M97AOWwKg%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BdQp2OOQwgi5QEc7CbkSU%2Bf1UhPQPFuRQ71-M97AOWwKg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CP5OZETd1ONAQRqLLCW0D0a8RRNJJDhUzHbZ%3Dfajx4QA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CP5OZETd1ONAQRqLLCW0D0a8RRNJJDhUzHbZ%3Dfajx4QA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGNB%2BLLZ-9hucfvdZNRm-2W9hqYKbGH7OsXTnpVQSsbRQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGNB%2BLLZ-9hucfvdZNRm-2W9hqYKbGH7OsXTnpVQSsbRQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BdoReqNpeAFqa5VKUuzzhYttj2pRHyXooSme-03wekOg%40mail.gmail.com.
