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rob-hunter said:
It looks like you don't wrap products between categories. The example I spotted was that my rating didn't carry over between Apple Products/iPhone and Apple Computers/iPhone. Is this intentional? Do you do any product level wrapping, or intend to?
Posted at: 9:56PM on March 16, 2011. [ permalink ]
jon said:
We do connect together duplicative results on Hunch.com, however it is a never-ending quest to track them down and get them connected.
However, in the case of these iPhone listings I can explain why we haven't done so. We have 4 main iPhone listings:
iPhone 4 hunch.com/item/hn_3564004/
iPhone 3GS hunch.com/item/hn_510963/
iPhone hunch.com/item/hn_2088864/
iOS (iPhone) hunch.com/item/hn_1825344/
The first two are specific models that get recommended alongside other cell phones in our Cell Phones topic. In this context, getting the specific model is essential.
The next one is the generic listing with greater persistence (and as a result is cross-listed in many broad topics).
The final listing is used in our Smartphone Operating Systems topic. This represents a specific change of context from the two above.
What does all this mean for users? Well, if you want to recommend something on Hunch.com but are confused about these questions, look at the topics into which it is filed. If you want to recommend the iPhone as a cell phone, then one of the first 2 results works. If you want to recommend the iPhone as a GPS device, then the middle one is correct. Our team monitors the recommendation topic filings closely specifically so our users don't have to worry about it too much.
Posted at: 3:06PM on July 6, 2011. [ permalink ]
lejaclyn said:
Maybe Hunch could add a feature that allows certain trusted users to suggest changes to images, miscategorized listings, and merge duplicates. These suggestions must be approved by a higher level mod before they get implemented. Shelfari has this implemented.
I understand what you mean, but there are examples of duplicates where it just doesn't make sense to have all of the versions. Case in point:
Lady Gaga - Pokerface
hunch.com/item/hn_3562004/
hunch.com/item/hn_3034164/
hunch.com/item/hn_3563404/
Updated at: 12:32PM on July 7, 2011. [ permalink ]
jon said:
Our site's older data model allowed for duplicates like this, so we have the task of cleaning these up. Bear with us, as we're prioritizing the new recommendations being made in the feed first. We're slowly making or way through Hunch's hundreds of thousands of legacy results to clean this up.
We used to allow all users to edit results in the manner you suggest (not merging duplicates but everything else) and we decided to handle that work internally. This should allow users more energy on brining unique, original content into Hunch. That's what our users have always done best, and we want to help support that as best we can.
Posted at: 5:46PM on July 7, 2011. [ permalink ]
