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Re: I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

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Post by lastofthemojito »

jrockway wrote: post #310
silisili wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd really like a more 'curated' or vetted everything store. I don't need to see 40 of the same exact item rebranded into various English horrors. Walmart seems most primed to do this, barring third party sales. Or Sears, if they ever had a miraculous turnaround to their old days.

Wal-Mart and Target are the 'curated' everything stores. My biggest disappointment with them is that they never have what I want. I think I'm OK with Amazon being Aliexpress for the US market. Sometimes I want to get random crap from the depths of Shenzhen, and Amazon is that. What is unfortunate is that they can't get "real" brands to sell there, because of their counterfeiting issue. The "mistake" Amazon made (that…

> Wal-Mart and Target are the 'curated' everything stores.

Are you talking in-store or online? If I go to walmart.com or target.com and search for "usb cable", I don't see a dozen cables that fit 95% of use cases like in the store. Walmart shows thousands of results, the vast majority of which are marketplace sellers selling through walmart.com. Target has "only" 753 results, 600+ of which I find are not actually sold directly by Target if I dive into the filters. Basically it feels like Walmart and Target are trying to turn their online shopping experience into amazon.com.

Re: I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

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Post by asib »

DiggyJohnson wrote: post #369
matheusmoreira wrote: post #360

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> rigorous A/B testing Also known as unethical, non-consensual human experimentation for profit maximization purposes.

I hate what advertising has done to the modern web just as much as anyone, but this strikes me as hyperbole. Does making this sort of claim not make you… tired? What’s the point of arguing like this? Nazi Germany and the Tuskegee Experiment are examples of “unethical, non-consensual human experimentation”. A/B testing features of software usually doesn’t make the same list.

That's a bit of a false dichotomy. It doesn't have to be either Nazism or totally chill.

Re: I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

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Post by [deleted] »

iforgotpassword wrote: post #323
Reason077 wrote: post #245

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The worst thing for me is how the Amazon search algorithm seems to want to show you everything but the item you searched for. In many categories, even when explicitly searching for brand and model names, you’ll get dozens of off-brand substitutions and even random unrelated products appearing above it in the search results. Occasionally I’ve even noticed products that are available for sale (if you click on a direct…

> The worst thing for me is how the Amazon search algorithm seems to want to show you everything but the item you searched for. Hey boss I made the site better! Through rigorous A/B testing I could figure out a way to tweak our search algorithm so people spend much more time on our site! It seems they now really enjoy browsing for products! Ok but seriously, I have witnessed A/B testing go wrong in the past so I'm bi…

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Post by deathanatos »

notatoad wrote: post #111
avalys wrote: post #54

Ah, FOPEAS, that distinguished brand of kitchen counter drawers renowned throughout the world.

meh, probably not significantly worse than the actually well-known and distinguished furniture brands like KALLAX, HEMNES, FINNBY, or BAGGEBO https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/cat/bookcases-10382/

Yes, but IKEA is well-known, and is somewhat well known for product names like that.

"Ailisidun923", on the other hand?

Re: I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

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Post by murphyslab »

jrockway wrote: post #310
silisili wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd really like a more 'curated' or vetted everything store. I don't need to see 40 of the same exact item rebranded into various English horrors. Walmart seems most primed to do this, barring third party sales. Or Sears, if they ever had a miraculous turnaround to their old days.

Wal-Mart and Target are the 'curated' everything stores. My biggest disappointment with them is that they never have what I want. I think I'm OK with Amazon being Aliexpress for the US market. Sometimes I want to get random crap from the depths of Shenzhen, and Amazon is that. What is unfortunate is that they can't get "real" brands to sell there, because of their counterfeiting issue. The "mistake" Amazon made (that…

The Walmart website is also a "marketplace". As it stands, the company's website is unreliable for finding goods and their prices and it is full of junk, which requires additional user-based filtering to find items of value. To me that is not "curated".

Re: I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

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Post by xp84 »

dumbfounder wrote: post #362
ketzo wrote: post #356

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Where are you located? Not specifically, but urban, suburban, rural, remote? Anecodtally: I am in a super-urban location. I order Prime 2-day, on average, twice a week. It has been late maybe once in the past year; often, it comes a day early.

That's my experience, and yes I am in an urban location. And returns are so easy too. In fact, I tried to return something the other day, and they said it was not returnable so they were like you just keep it and we will refund the money.

Suburbs here. We buy a lot of stuff from Amazon and generally it’s here when it said it would be. About 10% of the time it slips a day or two.

Re: I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

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Post by j-bos »

kruuuder wrote: post #303
psnehanshu wrote: post #283

What is this? I don't understand. Currently it just leads to a "not found" page.

Here's a link to the archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20240112170316/https://www.amazo...

@dang request to swap the main url for context

Re: I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

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Post by refulgentis »

DiggyJohnson wrote: post #369
matheusmoreira wrote: post #360

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> rigorous A/B testing Also known as unethical, non-consensual human experimentation for profit maximization purposes.

I hate what advertising has done to the modern web just as much as anyone, but this strikes me as hyperbole. Does making this sort of claim not make you… tired? What’s the point of arguing like this? Nazi Germany and the Tuskegee Experiment are examples of “unethical, non-consensual human experimentation”. A/B testing features of software usually doesn’t make the same list.

Godwin's Law.*

If you're from a certain background it's exactly as described. In academia, frankly probably everywhere but tech, experiments as a term of art require consent when they involve humans.

* n.b. you really should have left it out, it was a good post through "hyperbole", got close-minded in the next sentence, then just sort of blew the hatch doors off. Sometimes we just don't know something someone else knows. Not understanding someone else doesn't require they have a psychological condition, much less one worth noting.

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