Not exact matches
Prattle uses a machine - learning
algorithm to
give each
Fed communication a score, with a positive score providing a hawkish sentiment, and a negative score a dovish sentiment.
This could be especially valuable for Page owners as Facebook is making changes to their News
Feed algorithm to
give people more opportunities to interact with the people they care about.
In this case, if you
feed your
algorithm shit,
given that you're simply pulling numbers out of your ass, the result is also shit.
It was then that I moved to Cronycle, a technology company that sought to
give their users complete control over the
algorithm that powered their news
feeds.
Related: Nathan Matias, a PhD student at the MIT Media Lab, has posted a terrific summary of a recent seminar
given there by Christian Sandvig, Karrie Karaholios and Cedric Langbort on ways that researchers can audit the
algorithms that subtly and quietly shape the user experience, with a focus on Facebook's News
Feed.
You can use reviews to fish outside your own backyard (by having book bloggers review, and thus
give you exposure to other ponds), and reviews will eventually
feed the Amazon
algorithms, but they are not going to make or break your book.
Beyond
giving readers a way to judge your work, reviews provide two things: 1) wherever the reviews are (blogs, Goodreads, Library Thing, etc.), they provide social proof that your book is worth the time of a new reader, and 2) reviews on Amazon
feed the
algorithms that
give your books more visibility, and thus more reach to new readers.
So, when you're focused on getting reviews, keep those two objectives in mind: social proof on a
given platform, and reviews to
feed Amazon
algorithms.
There's been a lot of scandal about the sock puppet reviews but reviews are still critical because they
give your sales page social proof and they
feed into the book site
algorithms.
Contrary to expectations the social network never
gave Instant Articles higher prominence in the News
Feed algorithm, which meant publishers basically had the choice between more - difficult - to - monetize - but - faster - to - load Instant Articles or easier - to - monetize - and - aren't - our - resources - better - spent - fixing - our - web - page?