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3pdxwoman
Looking for a detailed explanation of "weighted"...
Please don't send me to the thread "http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=2844" because it doesn't explain what weighted is (as far as I can tell).
Thanks!
sorry about the stutter...
Please don't send me to the thread "http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=2844" because it doesn't explain what weighted is (as far as I can tell).
Thanks!
sorry about the stutter...
4AndrewB
Alright then, try this thread then http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=6340 , the comment in it by "mangaroo" sums it up nicely...
"Weighted" sorts on an algorithm that privileges two factors: the obscurity of the books you have in common and the percentage of shared books in the user's library. The numbers in parentheses (1/2) are the number of books you share with the user (1) followed by the total number of books in that user's LT catalog (2).
"Weighted" sorts on an algorithm that privileges two factors: the obscurity of the books you have in common and the percentage of shared books in the user's library. The numbers in parentheses (1/2) are the number of books you share with the user (1) followed by the total number of books in that user's LT catalog (2).
9boekerij
>6 Morphidae:
Thingamabrarians owning some thousands books and sharing some dozens of them with yours out of those of which Thingamabrarians are sharing thousands of copies--e.g. J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter) and Stephen King--might be less close to your proper interests than other Thingamabrarians sharing but a handful of books with yours if the latter are more obscure if not rare books and that all the wile they are a significant part of their (smaller) collection.
Thus, while most probably most top 50 libraries will contain a handfull of books by LT's top 20 authors--and share them with lots of others Thingamabrarians, the raw number in this matter wouldn't tell you that much about common personal interests, would it--apart of course from (common) huge taste for books. You might share dozens of (rather popular) books with most of those.
On the other hand, some smaller library, all the while that it might be countaining no more than say 200 books, but is sharing e.g. 5% of them (10 books only, that is) with yours might be a closer match to your very proper taste for books, the more when most of those 10 books only are rather obscure books, even some of them shared between both of you and none other.
Raw numbers just tell how many books both of you are sharing. Weighted numbers might tell you more about common specific taste.
Thingamabrarians owning some thousands books and sharing some dozens of them with yours out of those of which Thingamabrarians are sharing thousands of copies--e.g. J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter) and Stephen King--might be less close to your proper interests than other Thingamabrarians sharing but a handful of books with yours if the latter are more obscure if not rare books and that all the wile they are a significant part of their (smaller) collection.
Thus, while most probably most top 50 libraries will contain a handfull of books by LT's top 20 authors--and share them with lots of others Thingamabrarians, the raw number in this matter wouldn't tell you that much about common personal interests, would it--apart of course from (common) huge taste for books. You might share dozens of (rather popular) books with most of those.
On the other hand, some smaller library, all the while that it might be countaining no more than say 200 books, but is sharing e.g. 5% of them (10 books only, that is) with yours might be a closer match to your very proper taste for books, the more when most of those 10 books only are rather obscure books, even some of them shared between both of you and none other.
Raw numbers just tell how many books both of you are sharing. Weighted numbers might tell you more about common specific taste.
10Morphidae
Thank you! I needed that in "language speak" rather than "math speak." I understand now. Weighted doesn't do me much good though since my husband's huge Star Trek collection seems to be weighted the most so all I'm getting is people with huge Star Trek collections!
11shmjay
>10 Morphidae:
I’ll say. I’ve got 2200+ books in my collection, maybe about 150 of those are Star Trek novels and my "most similar" is someone whose entire library of books consists of 101 Star Trek novels.
I’ll say. I’ve got 2200+ books in my collection, maybe about 150 of those are Star Trek novels and my "most similar" is someone whose entire library of books consists of 101 Star Trek novels.
