Today's algorithm fail

[luzula]

On the Goodreads page for Red Love by Alexandra Kollontai, a 1923 novel about a woman trying to follow her socialist ideals after the Russian Revolution, while finding that the patriarchy sucks and so do the increasingly authoritarian and bureaucratic tendencies of the communist party, the website suggests that readers might also enjoy the similar book Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand. *boggles*

I mean, maybe Goodreads considers that both are criticisms of communism, but...from very different directions...

Comments

[osprey_archer]

Oh my GOD, that's hilarious but also deeply WTF.

[luzula]

I know, right?

Red Love is actually pretty good, I read it a couple of years ago. Although I kept going "please dump your boyfriend, please dump your boyfriend", and it took agonizingly long before she finally did.

[osprey_archer]

A problem that happens in MANY books tbh! The bad boyfriends of literature are legion and often remain undumped.

[princessofgeeks]

That's not how this works! That's not how any of this works!

[luzula]

I have no idea what Goodreads bases their algorithms on...

[chestnut_pod]

It's perpetually remarkable to me that, with ALL THE POWER OF AMAZON behind them, Goodreads has failed every single time to recommend me a book that would actually be attractive. And I read widely!

[luzula]

Heh. I don't actually tend to use it for that purpose, but to check out people's opinions on a book I'm thinking of reading...

[nnozomi]

Oh my God, Kollontai is turning over in her grave (or else joining us in facepalming while laughing). What's going to come up next, the Soong sisters?

[luzula]

I know very little about Chinese history and didn't know about the Soong sisters! Now I have at least read the Wikipedia page, so thanks. : )