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26 November 2007

When recommender systems get it wrong...

I just received this email, timestamped 3pm London time, from the listings recommender service Bandsintown:

Here's a quick update for the next 7 days.

BANDSINTOWN RECOMMENDATIONS
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Mon Nov 26 - Paolo Nutini, Led Zeppelin, Foreigner, Pete Townshend, Bill Wyman @ O2 Arena - London, United Kingdom
http://www.bandsintown.com/event/565009

Leaving aside the widely reported fact that this gig isn't taking place today, but has been postponed for two weeks, what do you think my chances would be of snapping up a ticket, based on this recommendation, a few hours before it started?

And how do you think this makes me feel about other Bandsintown recommendations I receive? Trust is hard-won, but easily lost.

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