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by girvo 4571 days ago
Yeah... But we used to gossip about regulars and what they were buying (and why) all the time when I worked retail. We weren't as efficient as an algorithm of course, but we did use that knowledge (hunch) to recommend things as well. It's just weirder when a computer does it, rather than a person -- which is fair enough, and kinda interesting to think about!