TasteDive
{{short description|Entertainment recommendation engine}}
{{Infobox website
| name = TasteDive
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| logo = File:TasteDive Logo.png
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| commercial = Yes
| type = Review aggregator
| registration = Free/subscription
| owner =
| launch_date = 2008
| founder = Andrei Oghina
Felix Oghina
| current_status = Active
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| url = {{URL|https://www.tastedive.com/}}
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TasteDive (formerly named TasteKid) is an entertainment recommendation engine for films, TV shows, music, video games, books, people, places, and brands. It also has elements of a social media site; it allows users to connect with "tastebuds", people with like minded interests.
History
TasteDive was founded in 2008 as TasteKid by brothers Andrei Oghina and Felix Oghina.{{cite news |last1=Lowensohn |first1=Josh |title=Taste Kid offers dead simple content recommendations via search |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/taste-kid-offers-dead-simple-content-recommendations-via-search/ |accessdate=15 November 2018 |publisher=CNET |date=28 October 2008}}{{cite news |last1=Bryant |first1=Martin |title=TasteKid now recommending movies, music and books to over 15,000 users |url=https://thenextweb.com/eu/2010/12/16/tastekid-now-recommending-movies-music-and-books-to-over-15000-users/ |accessdate=15 November 2018 |publisher=The Next Web |date=16 December 2010}}{{cite news |last1=O'Dell |first1=Bethanie |title=Reader's Advisory: Four Sites That Will Help You Fake It |url=http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/jul17/ODell--Readers-Advisory-Four-Sites-That-Will-Help-You-Fake-It.shtml |accessdate=15 November 2018 |publisher=Info Today}}{{cite book |last1=Novak |first1=Alison |title=Defining Identity and the Changing Scope of Culture in the Digital Age |date=2016 |publisher=IGI Global |isbn=9781522502128 |page=46 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L9k6DAAAQBAJ&q=%22tastekid%22&pg=PA46 |accessdate=20 February 2019}} In 2019, it was acquired by Qloo headquartered in NYC.{{cite news |last1=Ha |first1=Anthony |title=Qloo acquires cultural recommendation service TasteDive |url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/13/qloo-acquires-tastedive/ |accessdate=20 February 2019 |publisher=TechCrunch |date=13 February 2019}} "Qloo has built for developers and enterprises what TasteDive has built for individuals".{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://tastedive.com/read/about |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=TasteDive |language=en}}
Description
When a user types in the title of a film or TV show, the site's algorithm provides a list of similar content. It provides recommendations for TV shows to watch based on films liked by the user, and vice versa. It also provides recommendations for music, video games, and books, and includes film and TV trailers and music videos.{{cite news |last1=Nield |first1=David |title=How to find the best music, movie, and TV recommendations |url=https://www.popsci.com/find-best-music-movie-tv-recommendations#page-6 |accessdate=15 November 2018 |publisher=Popular Science |date=10 July 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Reisinger |first1=Don |title=Top 10 movie recommendation engines |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/top-10-movie-recommendation-engines/ |accessdate=15 November 2018 |publisher=CNET |date=19 March 2009}}{{cite news |last1=Staveley |first1=Jessica |title=The genius hack for picking a movie when you absolutely cannot decide what to watch. |url=https://www.mamamia.com.au/best-movies-to-watch/ |accessdate=20 February 2019 |publisher=MamaMia |date=31 December 2018}} An account is free and is not required to receive recommendations, but recommendations are more accurate for those with an account. The more a user explores the site, the more the site learns about the user's preferences and the better the results become. The site also has a social media aspect where one can see activity and gain recommendations from other users, how many others in the community like or dislike any recommendation, and how popular their tastes are within the TasteDive community.{{cite news |last1=Hullinger |first1=Jessica |title=6 smart tools that will help you discover new music |url=https://theweek.com/articles/544447/6-smart-tools-that-help-discover-new-music |accessdate=15 November 2018 |publisher=The Week |date=7 April 2015}}{{cite news |last1=Patkar |first1=Mihir |title=5 Sites to Find Which TV Show to Watch Next |url=https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/sites-find-tv-show-watch-next/ |accessdate=15 November 2018 |publisher=makeuseof.com |date=30 September 2017}}
The main competitors of TasteDive are Taste App,{{cite web|url= https://www.taste.io/ |title= Taste - Movies & TV Reviews }} Trakt.tv{{cite web|url= http://trakt.tv/ |title= trakt.tv Automatically track }} and Tastoid.{{cite web|url= https://www.tastoid.com/ |title= Tastoid: Movie and TV recommendations }}
See also
References
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Category:Internet properties established in 2008
Category:American entertainment websites
Category:Applied machine learning
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