New Recommendations Recommends Book(s) Already in My Library

ConversesBug Collectors

Afegeix-te a LibraryThing per participar.

New Recommendations Recommends Book(s) Already in My Library

1ArlieS
Editat: maig 12, 2023, 4:22 pm

Does the new system ever remove recommendations once you have added the book to your collection?

Exhibit A: This is the first new book recommendation I see in the new system: https://www.librarything.com/work/27670670

Exhibit B: This book is in my collection: https://www.librarything.com/work/27670670/edit/238733525

I added this book to my library on 2023-04-13

The new system had already been operating for some months by that time, and had presumably already recommended this book. In fact, it's quite likely that I read the book because of that recommendation.

I've had several batches of new recommendations added since the date I added the book, so I'd expect any clean up process to also have run - assuming it doesn't happen instantly when you add the book to your collection, as it does with the old recommendation system.

When I finally got around to checking, I expected to find two different LibraryThing works for the same actual work, combine them properly, and stop seeing this book recommended. So I was quite surprised to find that both references were to work 27670670

I asked about this on the thread about the new recommendation system 10 days ago, thinking it was just barely possible that this was design intent. I got no responses there, so I think it's time to report this as a bug.

2amberwitch
maig 29, 2023, 12:44 pm

I am seeing the same phenomenon in my recommendations: https://www.librarything.com/recommendations/amberwitch/new

I am recommended https://www.librarything.com/work/30263438 and when I click through, it says that I own it.

3kristilabrie
maig 30, 2023, 9:01 am

>1 ArlieS: and >2 amberwitch: Have your Recommendations changed at all? When I go to https://www.librarything.com/recommendations/ArlieS and https://www.librarything.com/recommendations/amberwitch, I do not see the reported titles on your lists (Boundaries for ArlieS, nor Bring It On for amberwitch..)

4ArlieS
Editat: maig 30, 2023, 10:37 am

>3 kristilabrie: When I checked just now, Boundaries was gone. Or at least not at the top of the list. My new first book on the list is legitimate, but will be providing another test of the system soon - I have it on hold at the library, so it'll become part of my "read but unowned" collection once I finish it.