I tried using LibraryThing last night, and found I was having a real philosophical battle in the process. I have been explaining to patrons for years that the library protects their reading habits. It is so ingrained in my brain that no one has any business to know what I've read.
And here is a huge program that let's everyone in the world see your list!! I found myself making up titles to put on there because I felt it was none of their business!
Not to mention that I sort of wondered about the accuracy of recommendations. I had put two mysteries and a romance on my list. And almost every "similar" list I looked at was recommending Terry Pratchett, a fantasy writer. What gives? I probably needed to put more tags and more titles on there.
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I sort of wondered about the accuracy of recommendations...What gives? I probably needed to put more tags and more titles on there.
your last sentence hits it on the head. these social networking tools are great--tapping into the collective intelligence--but they are only as good as our tags. in theory, these tools will only improve though as more and more people learn and contribute to them.
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