WEB: Yahoo/Firefly Website recommendation service

Dale Thorn dthorn at gte.net
Wed Dec 11 18:54:45 PST 1996


Alexander Chislenko wrote:
>   Firefly Network Inc. has just launched a public beta of our website
> recommendation service on My Yahoo!  This service is the result of a
> partnership between Yahoo! Inc. and Firefly Network, Inc. in application
> of Automated Collaborative Filtering (ACF) technology to the Web.
>   It allows users to find interesting websites interest and like-minded
> people, and otherwise help the user navigate the vast domain of sites
> and people in an intelligent and personalized way.

I tried Firefly.  What a waste.  Unless your tastes in most things
entertainment-wise are pretty mundane (music=Pearl Jam, Prince,
other mainstream drek), they won't be able to find a match at all,
no matter how much information you give them!







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