If we can do this (and it’s certainly technically possible), we can break

siloization by doing the…

Personalization is great at giving people what they want, but when it comes to giving people what they need, we aren’t using all the tools…

If we can do this (and it’s certainly technically possible), we can break siloization by doing the opposite: specifically selecting and recommending stories from non-intersecting social groups with related tags.

Personalization is great at giving people what they want, but when it comes to giving people what they need, we aren’t using all the tools at our disposal.

By John Ohno on January 25, 2017.

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