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		cloudbeary on June 12, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Kooba, an interactive graph for finding n... Yes, totally agree! We're going to make adjustments to the algorithm so that books by the same author show up less (obviously if I'm searching for Harry Potter I'm probably not looking to be recommended six other J.K. Rowling books).

herlitzj on June 12, 2017 [–]

Is this just an item-item collaborative filter based on star ratings and cosine distance or do you have something more sophisticated going on?

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