Netflix: How did it know I was bi before I did?
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Tech recommendations can reveal more about us than we know ourselves - but how and why does this happen?
    • Madison_rogue@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Seriously though, she chose a show that was randomly chosen by the algorithm, she watched it, and more content of that type was suggested to her by the algorithm.

      This isn’t quite rocket science.

        • shinjiikarus@mylem.euEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Has this story ever been confirmed by Target directly? As this happened in America and her father was outraged about it, it would have been awfully convenient, to “blame” the algorithm for “discovering”, she was pregnant. It takes quite a data analyst to figure out trends before someone even knows they are pregnant. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out a pattern for someone if they know they are pregnant and are just hiding it from their dad.