Criticker
March 16, 2006 2:42 AM Subscribe
Criticker Criticker aims to match you with the people who share your taste in film most exactly. By using the Taste Compatibility Index (TCI), you can identify with whom you most agree, out of thousands. It's more than just movie recommendations: you're paired with the people whose tastes are most compatible with your own, and thus get the most accurate advice possible.
We strive to make Criticker an open system. Although the calculations behind the TCI might only be interesting to a small group of geeks people, we make it available. You can see exactly why a certain user is in your top 10, or why a particular film was recommended. If you want, you can sit there with a pen and paper and do the math yourself (geek heaven!) Also, we're honest: Criticker will never push films upon you -- if the math predicts that you'll hate a new blockbuster, that's what we'll tell you!
This post was deleted for the following reason: self link, banned
This will not end well. Folks will be wielding cricket bats shortly. That's just based on me liking Goodfellas, though.
posted by fixedgear at 3:16 AM on March 16, 2006
posted by fixedgear at 3:16 AM on March 16, 2006
Someone called vincente has been spamming this everywhere. He's banned form MoFi. Self link.
posted by cillit bang at 3:23 AM on March 16, 2006
posted by cillit bang at 3:23 AM on March 16, 2006
Not that this post will last long, but I thought I'd let you know that the name of your website makes me want to hurt myself.
posted by saraswati at 3:24 AM on March 16, 2006
posted by saraswati at 3:24 AM on March 16, 2006
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posted by thirteenkiller at 3:29 AM on March 16, 2006
posted by thirteenkiller at 3:29 AM on March 16, 2006
oh, how about that. i deeply regret signing up for this.
vincente: please get cancer, and also shot.
posted by jimmy at 3:29 AM on March 16, 2006
vincente: please get cancer, and also shot.
posted by jimmy at 3:29 AM on March 16, 2006
Reverse rating time. Battlefield Earth to #1!
posted by srboisvert at 3:30 AM on March 16, 2006
posted by srboisvert at 3:30 AM on March 16, 2006
This actually sounded kind of cool. I'm glad I read the thread before supporting vincente in his attempt to spam the Internet with his Criticker.
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:35 AM on March 16, 2006
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:35 AM on March 16, 2006
I give this post a -9.5. Sponsored by Pepsi Blue, of course.
posted by Hildegarde at 3:44 AM on March 16, 2006
posted by Hildegarde at 3:44 AM on March 16, 2006
Interesting - you actually CAN tell when someone's spammed even before you do the research! They just copy their own ad-bs.
posted by By The Grace of God at 3:48 AM on March 16, 2006
posted by By The Grace of God at 3:48 AM on March 16, 2006
This is my favorite bit:
Although the calculations behind the TCI might only be interesting to a small group of geeks people
Copy and pasted from this:
Although the calculations behind the TCI might only be interesting to a small group ofgeeks people
Nice.
posted by cillit bang at 3:57 AM on March 16, 2006
Although the calculations behind the TCI might only be interesting to a small group of geeks people
Copy and pasted from this:
Although the calculations behind the TCI might only be interesting to a small group of
Nice.
posted by cillit bang at 3:57 AM on March 16, 2006
If I had a moustache like that, I wouldn't be pulling that smirk.
posted by creeky at 4:04 AM on March 16, 2006
posted by creeky at 4:04 AM on March 16, 2006
vincente, you're an asshole for posting this. MeFi is not an advertisement medium.
I hope something suitably bad happens to you in the next few days.
posted by Malor at 4:12 AM on March 16, 2006
I hope something suitably bad happens to you in the next few days.
posted by Malor at 4:12 AM on March 16, 2006
I was on the verge of signing up, then thought I'd check the comments. Glad I did.
posted by MrMustard at 4:21 AM on March 16, 2006
posted by MrMustard at 4:21 AM on March 16, 2006
Is this the right thread for commemorating maureen Stapleton?
posted by Meatbomb at 4:26 AM on March 16, 2006
posted by Meatbomb at 4:26 AM on March 16, 2006
Damnit, too late for me
posted by ajbattrick at 4:29 AM on March 16, 2006
posted by ajbattrick at 4:29 AM on March 16, 2006
I don't really care if it's a self-link if it's useful or interesting.
Doesn't seem to be either though. The recommendations and list features seem cruder than Amazon's equivalents, and involve a lot more clicking. The recommendations didn't seem particularly helpful: out of the four, two of them I'd seen and liked, the other two I've no intention of seeing.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 4:59 AM on March 16, 2006
Doesn't seem to be either though. The recommendations and list features seem cruder than Amazon's equivalents, and involve a lot more clicking. The recommendations didn't seem particularly helpful: out of the four, two of them I'd seen and liked, the other two I've no intention of seeing.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 4:59 AM on March 16, 2006
My name is Smart Dalek, one a number of film students at the prestidgious Academy of the Photographic Sciences, which, as you may know, was founded by Dr. Roy Richards, the celebrated cinematograpoher and critic.
It has recently come about that a former alumnus, a person whom I cannot name for reasons which will become quite obvious in our future correspondence, had passed away shortly before arranging a fellowship grant to my college's trust. There has been much discord concerning the ownership of the money, and will only get worse without the aid of fellow lovers of the film-making arts such as yourself.
What I ask is quite simple, and can be handled through the banks with little trouble, as I assure you, the process involved is quite legal, which I have very carefully researched.
It is on this basis I am seeking for assistance. Your percentage is negotiable. Please note; your age and profession doesn't really matter in this transaction. Waiting for your immediate response.
Your fellow admirer of the craft of the screen,
Smart Dalek
posted by Smart Dalek at 5:21 AM on March 16, 2006
It has recently come about that a former alumnus, a person whom I cannot name for reasons which will become quite obvious in our future correspondence, had passed away shortly before arranging a fellowship grant to my college's trust. There has been much discord concerning the ownership of the money, and will only get worse without the aid of fellow lovers of the film-making arts such as yourself.
What I ask is quite simple, and can be handled through the banks with little trouble, as I assure you, the process involved is quite legal, which I have very carefully researched.
It is on this basis I am seeking for assistance. Your percentage is negotiable. Please note; your age and profession doesn't really matter in this transaction. Waiting for your immediate response.
Your fellow admirer of the craft of the screen,
Smart Dalek
posted by Smart Dalek at 5:21 AM on March 16, 2006
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posted by NinjaPirate at 5:24 AM on March 16, 2006
posted by NinjaPirate at 5:24 AM on March 16, 2006
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