Recommendation feature?

[King_Awonz]

Just a thought I had while looking for something to read. I was looking through the rankings since theres no actual way to look for stuff to read except by going through it and see if anything catches your eye. They should add an optional feature that recommends books to read based on your reading list. Keyword optional

 

[Cipiteca396]

Something like this? It's already in.

It could definitely be improved, but that's where the Search Finder comes in.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Something like this? It's already in.
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It could definitely be improved, but that's where the Search Finder comes in.

I honestly don't know how it can be improved. Maybe if you add some crazy algorithms.

 

[Cipiteca396]

I honestly don't know how it can be improved. Maybe if you add some crazy algorithms.

I can think of three things.
First is just having more options instead of the five it can give, second is having a section drawing on your reading list instead of just individual books, and third is having some refresh/ignore options, like Steam's Queue list or whatever it's called.

Of course, all of that is kind of redundant to using search finder, so it's not that practical.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

I can think of three things.
First is just having more options instead of the five it can give, second is having a section drawing on your reading list instead of just individual books, and third is having some refresh/ignore options, like Steam's Queue list or whatever it's called.

Of course, all of that is kind of redundant to using search finder, so it's not that practical.

The main point is, those works in similar series aren't similar at all. Unlike NU, where tags are more or less mandatory, and there are plenty of works that are carbon copies, on SH authors are way more liberal witht heir tags. You can, for example, read only straight harems, but you will inevitably miss some harems, or you will get some harems that aren't straight. All because author decided not to spoil the story, filled his tag limit, thought that this or that tag aren't necessery, and so on.

 

[Cipiteca396]

The main point is, those works in similar series aren't similar at all. Unlike NU, where tags are more or less mandatory, and there are plenty of works that are carbon copies, on SH authors are way more liberal witht heir tags. You can, for example, read only straight harems, but you will inevitably miss some harems, or you will get some harems that aren't straight. All because author decided not to spoil the story, filled his tag limit, thought that this or that tag aren't necessery, and so on.

Bring in the Tag Council!

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Bring in the Tag Council!

You wont get me twice!

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Bring in the Tag Council!

You're It!

 

[King_Awonz]

I can think of three things.
First is just having more options instead of the five it can give, second is having a section drawing on your reading list instead of just individual books, and third is having some refresh/ignore options, like Steam's Queue list or whatever it's called.

Of course, all of that is kind of redundant to using search finder, so it's not that practical.

I was honestly thinking of the second one, although that could be a but weird to implement with the more varied lists. Someone above said its involve some crazy algorithmic work, which is why I emphasised it should be option. It could be like the series finder in the sense that it gives a random one based on your taste

Something like this? It's already in.
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It could definitely be improved, but that's where the Search Finder comes in.

Those tend to be really inaccurate when I look for new things to read

 

[beast_regards]

Problem with any recommendation feature is ...

How is it actually going to sort the novels? What data is it based on?

It couldn't be based on tags, because ...

That's what search function already does. You could search by tags, and it is ordered based on the ranking of the said tag.

It could be random, which isn't hard to code, but it would provide the stories you wouldn't like.

Actually, if it provides the story you didn't like, the reader's first instinct is to rate is 1* or whatever is lowest available to "teach the system a lesson". It buries the story for everyone else, and system doesn't learn anything from it. The Royal Road, with practically infinite money, still didn't figure out how to teach readers about the existence "do not show me this" button.

I couldn't think of any way how to code such recommendation function.

Well, you could feed it to the "AI" ChatGPT equivalent, and then simply ask, but this is counterproductive. So many people rage against the "AI" use, and you are going to consciously feed the stories to the "AI"? This is the exact opposite of what was attempted so far. Not to mention, this is not going to work - the "AI" is bad at comprehending text.

 

[melchi]

Some video game company has a thing called a discovery queue. Not sure how it works but having something similar would be nice