Comments on globallistic / muSick in the Head: xBetween

But the idea is that independent of User A (and Us...

2009-04-08T15:18:53.041-05:00

But the idea is that independent of User A (and User B), User C says that they think Artist 1 is a cross between Artist 27 and Artist 63. User D could say "you guys are crazy, Artist 1 sounds like a cross between Artist 83, Artist 4 and Artist 143).

Well, to take the music model further:User-A says ...

2009-04-08T15:00:54.467-05:00

Well, to take the music model further:

User-A says artist-1's song is a cross between artist-2 and artist-3. So User-B hears about artist-2 and artist-3 but it never involves artist-45, since it's a closed system. Recommendation engines need to make that jump and not pull from the same pool, but somehow introduce entirely new content beyond the reach of User-A and User-B...activating the long tail.

@roymond, see it works even for ideas. :-)But, I'...

2009-04-08T09:28:41.480-05:00

@roymond, see it works even for ideas. :-)

But, I'm not sure I'm clear on why you think discovery would end? Theoretically the cross-linkages are endless... it doesn't end at 6 degrees. You could wander endlessly, just like you can do currently with "related artists". This would just be a different take on how "relatedness" is defined.

This idea is like a cross between a solution and a...

2009-04-08T09:20:56.223-05:00

This idea is like a cross between a solution and a problem. Without the problem, of course.

Otherwise it's very 6-degree-ish. For instance, if people rated songs along these lines, you'd end up with lots of user-driven relationships between titles. But it would still exclude any content outside that which is specifically mentioned, so discovery would end there.

Yeah, I was thinking about the "vote up" the best ...

2009-04-08T07:10:58.059-05:00

Yeah, I was thinking about the "vote up" the best xbetweens.... turning it into somewhat of a game. Who knows, maybe earn points redeemable for merchandise?

I'm also toying around with ideas to tie it into Twitter. Nowadays, you don't exist unless you somehow tie into Twitter, right? ;-)

Tons of ideas. Allow users to submit ideas (along...

2009-04-08T01:07:44.259-05:00

Tons of ideas. Allow users to submit ideas (along with photos or photo links). Allow users to vote xbetweens up and down. Allow users to give alternative xbetweens for a given answer. Post daily ideas and have users come up with different formulae. Group by subject/topic. I can go on...