We use module title together with the word "module" to find related discussions on a module page. Take the "image" module for example, all forum posts that have the text string "image module" would be considered as a match.<br>
<br>But it has another problem. People sometimes refer to a module using an alias (eg.cck) rather than the exact module title plus the word "module" (eg. content construction kit module). To fix that problem, we manually add links between modules and their commonly used aliases so that the algorithm can spot the right match. So, for those modules that we should have (but didn't have) added an alias, the "related discussions" doesn't display as many links as it should. The problem is fixed (we hope) when we add the aliases, <br>
<br>In short, every recommendation algorithm has its own pros and cons. We hope to launch this project as one of the approaches to make module recommendations to DO users. And we'll continue to improve the algorithm based on feedbacks.<br>
<br>Thanks.<br><br>Daniel<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:11 AM, Nancy Wichmann <<a href="mailto:nan_wich@bellsouth.net">nan_wich@bellsouth.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Daniel Xiaodan Zhou wrote:</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
<p><font color="#993300" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">> </span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;">We are working on the "pivots" project as an
attempt to give module recommendations. The idea is to</span></font><font color="#993300"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"></span></font></p>
<p><span><font color="#993300" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">> </span></font></span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;">display on a module page the related
forum conversations and related modules that are referenced in</span></font><font color="#993300"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"></span></font></p>
<p><font color="#993300" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">></span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"> the same conversations. </span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
<p><span><font color="#993300" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></span></p>
</div><p><span><font color="#993300" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I looked at a couple of my modules. The
"recent discussions" didn't even reference my modules.<span> </span>It is unlikely the "referenced
modules" really have any significance either.<span> </span>This could be damaging in the eyes of those who fail to
research, which seems to be the vast majority of DO users.</span></font></span></p>
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<p><span><font color="#993300" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Please do NOT open it up to the
general public in the condition it's in now.</span></font></span></p>
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