http://danblank.com/blog/2006/10/02/the-limits-of-social-media/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:25:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://danblank.com/blog/2006/10/02/the-limits-of-social-media/#comment-297 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:29:55 +0000 http://danblank.com/blog/2006/10/02/the-limits-of-social-media/#comment-297 This dataset will be a great asset to researchers working on user modelling, machine learning and recommendation systems. There may be some privacy problems that surface, however. Given that you know I am a Netflx customer and a few unsuual moves that I've received from Netflix, can you pick out my profile? If so, it might reveal a few movies that I don't want the general public to know I rated highly, like <a href="http://web.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=70001819&#38;#38;trkid=189530&#38;#38;strkid=191892336_1_0" rel="nofollow">Gidget Goes Hawaiian</a>. Just ask <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork" rel="nofollow">Robert Bork</a> about it. This dataset will be a great asset to researchers working on user modelling, machine learning and recommendation systems. There may be some privacy problems that surface, however. Given that you know I am a Netflx customer and a few unsuual moves that I’ve received from Netflix, can you pick out my profile? If so, it might reveal a few movies that I don’t want the general public to know I rated highly, like Gidget Goes Hawaiian. Just ask Robert Bork about it.

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