1amberwitch
Hi!
Looking through a few recommendations I noticed that the text and visuals of the "Will you like it" feature seems of.
This work: https://www.librarything.com/work/26905478
gave me a recommendation of "LibraryThing thinks you probably won't like A Study in Drowning (prediction confidence: very high)", and an arrow pointing at the grey area; mouse over text: 184.1, uncertainty 2
This work: https://www.librarything.com/work/27143297 gave me a recommendation of "LibraryThing thinks you probably will like Juniper & Thorn (prediction confidence: very high)" and an arrow also pointing at the grey area (albeit a bit further along); mouse over text: 205.8, uncertainty 3
I have a difficult time reconciling the words and the image for the second work. My expectation would be that if I like something, it would be above the middle, and thus in the blue/green area of the graph.
If I don't like something it would be below the middle, in the grey or red area.
I am on a Windows 11, Microsoft Edge, Version 130.0.2849.68
Looking through a few recommendations I noticed that the text and visuals of the "Will you like it" feature seems of.
This work: https://www.librarything.com/work/26905478
gave me a recommendation of "LibraryThing thinks you probably won't like A Study in Drowning (prediction confidence: very high)", and an arrow pointing at the grey area; mouse over text: 184.1, uncertainty 2
This work: https://www.librarything.com/work/27143297 gave me a recommendation of "LibraryThing thinks you probably will like Juniper & Thorn (prediction confidence: very high)" and an arrow also pointing at the grey area (albeit a bit further along); mouse over text: 205.8, uncertainty 3
I have a difficult time reconciling the words and the image for the second work. My expectation would be that if I like something, it would be above the middle, and thus in the blue/green area of the graph.
If I don't like something it would be below the middle, in the grey or red area.
I am on a Windows 11, Microsoft Edge, Version 130.0.2849.68
2MarthaJeanne
I've never been able to make any sense of the graphics.
3gilroy
I always thought the feature was a for fun, not to be taken with any manner of seriousness back when it was created.
Never really paid attention, since it frequently said I'd like a book I hated and vice versa
Never really paid attention, since it frequently said I'd like a book I hated and vice versa
4MarthaJeanne
I find it works best if I pay attention when it agrees with my basic feeling, but ignore it if it disagrees.
5HsuBattery
There are two levels higher.
blue → will like (without that "probably")
green → will love
blue → will like (without that "probably")
green → will love
6waltzmn
>3 gilroy:
More to the point for me, since it only rates books with a lot of copies in the system ("a lot of copies," by my standards, being ≥ 5 or so). Which is pretty pointless when everything one likes is obscure. :-)
More to the point for me, since it only rates books with a lot of copies in the system ("a lot of copies," by my standards, being ≥ 5 or so). Which is pretty pointless when everything one likes is obscure. :-)