{"id":571,"date":"2024-09-25T16:31:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T16:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigatingstudent\/chapter\/the-cold-start-problem\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T18:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T18:00:25","slug":"the-cold-start-problem","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigatingstudent\/chapter\/the-cold-start-problem\/","title":{"raw":"The Cold Start Problem","rendered":"The Cold Start Problem"},"content":{"raw":"Optimization goals are just half of how algorithms make decisions about what to show you.\r\n\r\nThe other half is your inputs: what the algorithm knows about you.\r\n\r\nThere are two kinds of inputs: explicit <\/em>and implicit<\/em>.\r\n\r\nExplicit inputs are ones you know <\/em>you are giving to the algorithm.\r\n\r\nImplicit inputs are ones you don't <\/em>know you are giving it.\r\n\r\nTake a look at the examples below and sort them into [pb_glossary id=\"1926\"]explicit [\/pb_glossary]inputs and [pb_glossary id=\"1927\"]implicit[\/pb_glossary] inputs.\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"93\"]\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n ","rendered":"

Optimization goals are just half of how algorithms make decisions about what to show you.<\/p>\n

The other half is your inputs: what the algorithm knows about you.<\/p>\n

There are two kinds of inputs: explicit <\/em>and implicit<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Explicit inputs are ones you know <\/em>you are giving to the algorithm.<\/p>\n

Implicit inputs are ones you don’t <\/em>know you are giving it.<\/p>\n

Take a look at the examples below and sort them into explicit <\/a>inputs and implicit<\/a> inputs.<\/p>\n

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