Reading recommendations - make it stop!

yhamm · 11-11-2012, 12:41 PM

Dear Kobo:
How many times do I have to mark "Not Interested" on one of your recommendations before you believe that I am not interested? I am beginning to think that my marking a book as something I am not interested in reading is making you believe you need to try harder to push that very same book on me. Please stop the insanity before I really go insane!

murg · 11-11-2012, 03:24 PM

It's like unsubscribing to spam, it only confirms that you are interested in the book.

Richard Moody · 11-11-2012, 06:25 PM

Yhamm - I quite agree!!

ltr · 11-11-2012, 08:24 PM

And they just won't stop pushing that Fifty Shades book. I have clicked "not interested" umpteen times and it goes away for a day or two and then like a bad penny, it always comes back.

nogle · 11-11-2012, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ltr

And they just won't stop pushing that Fifty Shades book. I have clicked "not interested" umpteen times and it goes away for a day or two and then like a bad penny, it always comes back.

Only someone interested in 50 Shades of Grey would deny being interested...

JD Gumby · 11-11-2012, 10:50 PM

If you haven't been doing it through the desktop, I'd've expected the advertising recommendations to only update when you sync your device or app. Or have you been syncing and it still hasn't changed?

dakini · 11-11-2012, 10:50 PM

funny, i've actually read the 50 shades books, and it's never asked me about those ... but man, it seems to think i want every grisham, patterson, etc thriller type book ... i doubt i've ever read any of those, ever!

it makes me certain i'll never use a matchmaking service Kobo ever develops.

yhamm · 11-12-2012, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by JD Gumby

If you haven't been doing it through the desktop, I'd've expected the advertising recommendations to only update when you sync your device or app. Or have you been syncing and it still hasn't changed?

I go through and "delete" the recommendations on both the website and the desktop app and they keep coming back. Like the cat...

ottdmk · 11-12-2012, 10:44 AM

I've never used the website or desktop app... I've only used my Touch. Clicking Not Interested there got rid of 50 Shades and it's never come back.

nogle · 11-12-2012, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ltr

And they just won't stop pushing that Fifty Shades book. I have clicked "not interested" umpteen times and it goes away for a day or two and then like a bad penny, it always comes back.

Try marking it as read with 1 star. That should stop it showing up.

soulfuldog · 11-12-2012, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by murg

It's like unsubscribing to spam, it only confirms that you are interested in the book.

That would be funny if it wasn't so annoyingly true!

ltr · 11-12-2012, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nogle

Try marking it as read with 1 star. That should stop it showing up.

I'll give that a try.................

Breid · 11-12-2012, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ltr

And they just won't stop pushing that Fifty Shades book. I have clicked "not interested" umpteen times and it goes away for a day or two and then like a bad penny, it always comes back.

Thankfully that book has never shown up on my recommended reads - if it did, I would incinerate my Kobo

MikeB1972 · 11-13-2012, 12:04 PM

It forgets all my reading recommendations.

I've tried
Not Interested
Already Read It
Rate This Book

Nothing seems to stick

HarleyB · 11-13-2012, 05:37 PM

I really wanted the Kobo recommendations to work. I think I am one of the few who actually wouldn't mind having recommendations - if they work.

Amazon's recommendations are excellent and I regularly find interesting new options there. I especially like how you can remove a book (perhaps you bought it for someone else - perhaps you hated it - whatever) so that it no longer influences the recommendations. Once I tell Amazon that I have already read a book it is NEVER recommended to me again.
I don't ususally praise Amazon but they have done this right!

Sadly Kobo's system can't even remember the books I have told it I already own. The first time I saw the recommendations I thought GREAT - they know what I like! At least 75% of the books were already in my library. I thought it wasn't bad as a starting list of recommendations but I didn't realise that these were the only recommendations I would ever get. After telling them multiple times that I have already read most of these books they keep shoving the same stuff at me.

Seriously what is the point? They have been recommending the same 20 or so books all year - I already own them - I've clicked the already read button hoping to get something new - but no - it's the same old books...

For me a complete waste of a potentially helpful feature.

11-11-2012, 12:41 PM	#1
yhamm Zealot Posts: 144 Karma: 988144 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Canada Device: kobo aura h20	Reading recommendations - make it stop! Dear Kobo: How many times do I have to mark "Not Interested" on one of your recommendations before you believe that I am not interested? I am beginning to think that my marking a book as something I am not interested in reading is making you believe you need to try harder to push that very same book on me. Please stop the insanity before I really go insane!

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11-11-2012, 03:24 PM	#2
murg No Comment Posts: 3,240 Karma: 23878043 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Australia Device: Kobo: Not just an eReader, it's an adventure!	It's like unsubscribing to spam, it only confirms that you are interested in the book.

11-11-2012, 06:25 PM	#3
Richard Moody Connoisseur Posts: 58 Karma: 29738 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Banstead Surrey England Device: Ipad Air and Ipad Mini with retina (using Marvin)	Yhamm - I quite agree!!

11-11-2012, 08:24 PM	#4
ltr Addict Posts: 399 Karma: 104628 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Canada Device: Kindle PW-2	And they just won't stop pushing that Fifty Shades book. I have clicked "not interested" umpteen times and it goes away for a day or two and then like a bad penny, it always comes back.

11-11-2012, 10:50 PM	#6
JD Gumby Cynical Old Curmudgeon Posts: 1,085 Karma: 8495696 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Halifax, Canada Device: Kobo Mini, Kobo Arc, HTC Desire C	If you haven't been doing it through the desktop, I'd've expected the advertising recommendations to only update when you sync your device or app. Or have you been syncing and it still hasn't changed?

11-11-2012, 10:50 PM	#7
dakini not "it" Posts: 236 Karma: 1687996 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: Kindle 7th gen	funny, i've actually read the 50 shades books, and it's never asked me about those ... but man, it seems to think i want every grisham, patterson, etc thriller type book ... i doubt i've ever read any of those, ever! it makes me certain i'll never use a matchmaking service Kobo ever develops.

11-12-2012, 10:44 AM	#9
ottdmk Wizard Posts: 1,217 Karma: 3804496 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Libra 2, Lenovo Tab M10 FHD Plus, Lenovo Tab M9	I've never used the website or desktop app... I've only used my Touch. Clicking Not Interested there got rid of 50 Shades and it's never come back.

11-13-2012, 12:04 PM	#14
MikeB1972 Gnu Posts: 1,222 Karma: 15625359 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: UK Device: BeBook,JetBook Lite,PRS-300-350-505-650,+ran out of space to type	It forgets all my reading recommendations. I've tried Not Interested Already Read It Rate This Book Nothing seems to stick

11-13-2012, 05:37 PM	#15
HarleyB Fanatic Posts: 565 Karma: 1113286 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast Australia Device: Kobo (RIP), iPad, iPhone 4, Kobo Touch x2, Kobo Glo	I really wanted the Kobo recommendations to work. I think I am one of the few who actually wouldn't mind having recommendations - if they work. Amazon's recommendations are excellent and I regularly find interesting new options there. I especially like how you can remove a book (perhaps you bought it for someone else - perhaps you hated it - whatever) so that it no longer influences the recommendations. Once I tell Amazon that I have already read a book it is NEVER recommended to me again. I don't ususally praise Amazon but they have done this right! Sadly Kobo's system can't even remember the books I have told it I already own. The first time I saw the recommendations I thought GREAT - they know what I like! At least 75% of the books were already in my library. I thought it wasn't bad as a starting list of recommendations but I didn't realise that these were the only recommendations I would ever get. After telling them multiple times that I have already read most of these books they keep shoving the same stuff at me. Seriously what is the point? They have been recommending the same 20 or so books all year - I already own them - I've clicked the already read button hoping to get something new - but no - it's the same old books... For me a complete waste of a potentially helpful feature.

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