Amazon, You're Silly. Go Home Now

Amazon has lots of fine services, you betcha.  But their "you might like this" algorithm sometimes spits out suggestions that are kind of silly.

For example, a waterproof digital thermometer might be handy, but what does one of these have to do with the fact that I edited/rated a book about the STAR TREK TV series?  Did my review get me into hot water with somebody?  (nyuk-nyuk-nyuk)

 

 For a Halloween outfit, I bought some "Jake the Dog from Adventure Time glasses" -- but that doesn't mean I wear the them as a nose filter when I'm painting the house.  Alternately, unless Jake the Dog is supposed to be BLUE, I can't see needing this to help in my costume.


William J Dowlding's Beatlesongs is a fine book with tons of fun tit-bits about the development and background of Beatles songs.  But look at these six suggestions from Amazon, all based on the fact that I told Amazon I own a copy!

I guess if I'm smart enough to like Beatles music, I must want to know about data Information Systems; need to learn more about the US Constitution (although, seriously, you can never know ENOUGH about the backbone of our freedom); learn about Charles Baudelaire, the decadent French poet/writer; and other political stuff.

The only rationale I can come up with is, maybe Beatlesongs is used as a textbook somewhere, which trips a relational circuit in Amazon's "suggested for you" thingie.

See you next Monday with some skewed observations for this Silly April month.