tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post7295937692874908895..comments2024-02-12T02:22:30.561-05:00Comments on The Lousy Linguist: Random LinguisticsChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-61355863375896188642009-12-06T09:39:37.930-05:002009-12-06T09:39:37.930-05:00yeah, SU and Netflix both have been working on rec...yeah, SU and Netflix both have been working on recommended systems for awhile now. It's not like Google discovered the idea, hehe.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-63251606960249455942009-12-06T06:42:06.652-05:002009-12-06T06:42:06.652-05:00Oh!!! I had no idea they had changed it.
They shou...Oh!!! I had no idea they had changed it.<br />They should add something like the "I don't like it" button in SU so they don't show me more ESL/EFL blogs...kamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10213522431918503029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-24685794167681051532009-12-02T15:52:08.075-05:002009-12-02T15:52:08.075-05:00The Next Blog function does not work as advertised...The Next Blog function does not work as advertised. I am being directed to blogs about babies and wedding photography, although neither has anything to do with my blog. I preferred the randomness.Lilac Sundayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16642228829337025093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-73648915626427267082009-11-20T10:01:24.452-05:002009-11-20T10:01:24.452-05:00Ahhhh, this makes sense. I googled around a bit an...Ahhhh, this makes sense. I googled around a bit and found Blogger's explanation <a href="http://buzz.blogger.com/2009/11/coming-up-next.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> . Thanks!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-64809439732664649502009-11-19T23:08:16.480-05:002009-11-19T23:08:16.480-05:00For the past 30 minutes, I've hit the "Ne...For the past 30 minutes, I've hit the "Next" button, starting at an economics blog (gregmankiw.blogspot.com) and have started seeing many repeats and only minimal wandering of topic. <br /><br />Now that we can all sleep having learned this, I am going to stop procrastinating and start working.MPJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946043141671879612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-82343545748052654272009-11-19T22:35:24.864-05:002009-11-19T22:35:24.864-05:00You might be interested to know that the "Nex...You might be interested to know that the "Next Blog" button does not take you to a blog selected uniformly at random from the entire population of Blogger residents, but from the population of blogs topically related to the blog you're presently viewing. Thus, if you start on a linguistics blog, you will likely stay on language related blogs even if you press the button many times. I do not know if the topics would slowly drift away from linguistics, or if you would just start seeing lots of repeats.MPJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946043141671879612noreply@blogger.com