I don’t buy that implicit part. I’m sure they want to find feeds they’d also enjoy, but there is a genuine joy in finding out what other people are into, even if it doesn’t all appeal to you.
Are you aware that things exist which appeal to wide audiences? That some things are generally liked by most people? I can recommend things like that without having to be aware of your specific tastes.
But let’s pretend for a moment that OP has hobbies that are interested in. You may be aware that there are more than a few unusual hobbies manifested as communities here and subs on Reddit.
OP won’t get recommendations based on those hobbies, but specific recommendations that everyone likes.
Perhaps OP can help. OP, do you think adding your likes and interests would have helped in obtaining more suitable recommendations?
Let’s pretend that OP is trying to find things outside their current wheelhouse, or wants to sample from recommendations to try and discover what they like. Not everyone is a fixed point with immutable preferences. Some people actually prefer broad recommendations so they can expand their tastes.
The implicit part of OPs question is “… that I might want to read.”.
The correct answer to OPs question is to provide a full listing of something like feedly’s RSS feeds. Millions and millions of them.
This is why one frames a question (gives constraints) so that the answer is immediately useful to the questionnaire.
I don’t buy that implicit part. I’m sure they want to find feeds they’d also enjoy, but there is a genuine joy in finding out what other people are into, even if it doesn’t all appeal to you.
I take their question at face value.
Are you aware that things exist which appeal to wide audiences? That some things are generally liked by most people? I can recommend things like that without having to be aware of your specific tastes.
Fair point well made.
But let’s pretend for a moment that OP has hobbies that are interested in. You may be aware that there are more than a few unusual hobbies manifested as communities here and subs on Reddit.
OP won’t get recommendations based on those hobbies, but specific recommendations that everyone likes.
Perhaps OP can help. OP, do you think adding your likes and interests would have helped in obtaining more suitable recommendations?
Let’s pretend that OP is trying to find things outside their current wheelhouse, or wants to sample from recommendations to try and discover what they like. Not everyone is a fixed point with immutable preferences. Some people actually prefer broad recommendations so they can expand their tastes.
you have the right idea yes.