Sibyl – Prediction Service at DoorDash (2020)
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Sibyl – Prediction Service at DoorDash (2020)
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Re: Sibyl – Prediction Service at DoorDash (2020)
#2I see posts like this and just think that as far as I can tell DD's recommendations are:
Ads
Ads
Ads
Shitty place nobody would want to eat
Shitty place nobody would want to eat
Shitty place nobody would want to eat
Shitty place nobody would want to eat
Oh look something interestingRe: Sibyl – Prediction Service at DoorDash (2020)
#3The "Shadow predictions" bit is interesting. They could set that up in a way to score it versus actuals...where the shadow implementation automatically becomes the live one once it's better than the incumbent.
Re: Sibyl – Prediction Service at DoorDash (2020)
#4I'm yet to have the 'wow' moment from any recommendation service.... Netflix, Amazon, Deliveroo... At best I get the 'meh why not'. It's obviously a hard problem to solve.
Re: Sibyl – Prediction Service at DoorDash (2020)
#5I see posts like this and just think that as far as I can tell DD's recommendations are: Ads Ads Ads Shitty place nobody would want to eat Shitty place nobody would want to eat Shitty place nobody would want to eat Shitty place nobody would want to eat Oh look something interesting
Doordash: Hey try this new place!
lists taco bell
Re: Sibyl – Prediction Service at DoorDash (2020)
#6Sibyl, was also the name of the Delphi clone for OS/2 :)
Re: Sibyl – Prediction Service at DoorDash (2020)
#7I'm yet to have the 'wow' moment from any recommendation service.... Netflix, Amazon, Deliveroo... At best I get the 'meh why not'. It's obviously a hard problem to solve.
If they had the full catalogue of all movies and series ever made then it'd easily be much easier to actually make more relevant recommendations, but their catalogue is actually shrinking as they have less old content they've been able to renew since those content owners have been starting their own streaming services.
Re: Sibyl – Prediction Service at DoorDash (2020)
#8I'm yet to have the 'wow' moment from any recommendation service.... Netflix, Amazon, Deliveroo... At best I get the 'meh why not'. It's obviously a hard problem to solve.
If they had the full catalogue of all movies and series ever made then it'd easily be much easier to actually make more relevant recommendations, but their catalogue is actually shrinking as they have less old content they've been able to renew since those content owners have been starting their own streaming services.
Amazon, the book store has everything published under the sun and still cannot recommend something better than "oh, here you go, this is sci-fi as well!".
Re: Sibyl – Prediction Service at DoorDash (2020)
#9I'm yet to have the 'wow' moment from any recommendation service.... Netflix, Amazon, Deliveroo... At best I get the 'meh why not'. It's obviously a hard problem to solve.
My view on this is that recommendation services are made to try to funnel people to the same thing. While they sell some kind of "hyper personalization", they're just another kind of classic marketing. Especially for Netflix. Talking about series you watched seems to be a big part of watching series, so pushing people to watch the same stuff works better.
Re: Sibyl – Prediction Service at DoorDash (2020)
#10I'm yet to have the 'wow' moment from any recommendation service.... Netflix, Amazon, Deliveroo... At best I get the 'meh why not'. It's obviously a hard problem to solve.
Try TikTok for a few weeks, genuinely