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Originally Posted by HarryT
I've always found this a most peculiar site myself. It is not based on any similarity between authors, but simply on people's likes. If a lot of people like author "A" and author "B", then searching for "A" will display "B" in close proximity. That's not at all the same thing as saying that the two authors are similar in any way
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People seem to have a really hard time understanding that literature-map is not
about finding similar authors. It's about exactly what you mentioned: grouping authors simply on people's likes. Nothing more, nothing less. A lot of people who like A, also tend to like B, C, D and E. Nothing more, nothing less. I find that incredibly helpful; regardless of the similarities (or lack thereof) between authors close to the center of the map. Why does it need to group similar authors to be un-peculiar/more useful?