Maybe technology isn’t the right answer, said Volodkin. There’s still no better recommendation than that of a friend, but the best services will be those that combine social recommendation. It’s not enough that other people have listened to, recommended or bought one artist – who are those people, and how many of them were there?
The Guardian: Is music recommendation broken?
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See also: my previous post on “Ambient Recommendation.”
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