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<DIV><SPAN class=529414223-10082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
would be worried about information about our viewing habits being exploited by
unscrupulous advertisers and by tv stations to target advetising at particular
groups and possibly to further reduce the diversity of tv programming, by
programming more of the "most watched" programs </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Dean Collins<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 11 August 2005 8:07
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Discussion about mythtv<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [mythtv-users]
Cornucopia of the Commons<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi
Michael,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Yep, I have already
posted several times about how I would like to fund some type of imdb style
rating /review system just for myth tv users with no
reply.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dean<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
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face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org]
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Michael
Tiller<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, 10
August 2005 5:56 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
Discussion about mythtv<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [mythtv-users] Cornucopia of the
Commons</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I was sitting around contemplating my
MythTV setup the other day and it occurred to me that with the number of
deployed MythTV boxes, there should be some really interesting "social"
possibilities. Perhaps this has already been discussed, but it seems to
me that the open nature of MythTV would make these relatively easy to
add.<BR><BR>The specific case I was thinking about was what to watch on
TV. TiVo has its suggestions capability and I do miss that. But
MythTV could do much better. Instead of looking at my viewing habits and
trying to guess what I'd like, what if you looked at my viewing habits and
then compared them with viewing habits of other MythTV owners? If you
were somehow able to compile all the viewing information (in an opt-in,
privacy friendly way of course), then you could pretty easily identify
patterns. So if I record "Law & Order" and "Numb3rs" and it notices
that most people who record those shows also record "The Closer" then it would
point that out to me.<BR><BR>This could be just like the online commerce
approach of "people who bought this also bought...".<BR><BR>This kind of
capability wouldn't just have to rely on past data, it could see into the
future. It could recognize patterns in what people with similar
interests will record in the future.<BR><BR>I wonder if commercial
identification could work in a similar way...combining information about what
the various commercial identifying algorithms identified along with
information about what parts of a program people fast-forwarded or skipped
through to create a nearly definitive map of a broadcast (of course, this
requires that time pass and some people have already watched the episode, but
I'm just brainstorming here).<BR><BR>As I said, perhaps this has been
discussed before, I don't know. I thought it was an interesting idea and
reflects many trends in how social data is being handled (e.g. <A
href="http://del.icio.us">http://del.icio.us</A>).<BR><BR>If I had the time,
I'd probably try and implement something myself. But being overcommitted
already with other obligations, I'm afraid I have little to offer such a
project except perhaps some ideas, user feedback and encouragement.
:-(<BR><BR>--<BR>Mike<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>