Hunch Hasn't a Clue About My Intentions

To me hunch is not a recommendation system. To me it seems to be more of a data collector. I have a strong feeling they are just collecting the data generated by us and re-selling it, but pretending at the same time to 'recommend' something. A con job is all I can think.

On the one hand, he has a good point buried in there: Hunch doesn't collect enough useful information, and it doesn't do a great job with it. Fair enough.<p>However, his basic hostility to the idea of recommendations coming from a machine seems misplaced. Presumably he's not out there railing against Amazon and NetFlix recommending books and movies to all of us... And they actually do a pretty good job.<p>Overall, a very poorly written article. Yes, yes, you'd like several semi-elite celebrities of Silicon Valley to do a better job with $12 million. And I'd like a pony.

it's amusing how he calls Hunch the "la crème de la creme of Silicon Valley" despite them being in New York. Heh :)