Thanks Lego!
The "Because you read" feature is driven by the Cirrus MoreLike api. Basically when you refresh the feed we send a query to MoreLike, and put the received results into the feed. We do not build or maintain any user specific browsing history or interest profiles on the backend. On the client device we keep a browsing history (which you can delete via the "Clear" button on the History tab). This means our recommendations are a bit less "personal" than other similar systems, but privacy friendly and built with compentents already available in the MediaWiki/Wikipedia stack.
After we have more info about the Explore feed and how people are using it (via those opt-in analytics and qualitative feedback) we'll be starting an on-wiki conversation for future directions that maintain our privacy commitments but deliver "good stuff" to read.
On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 10:51 AM, Legoktm legoktm.wikipedia@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
On 03/10/2016 06:19 PM, Joshua Minor wrote:
This morning the 5.0.0 update to the Wikipedia Mobile iOS app went live on the App Store[1]. As previously described on list[2], and on wiki[3], this is a major overhaul to the app, focusing on making a great browsing, search and reading experience for app users.
I just turned on my old iPhone for the first time in 2 months to try it out. I loved the opt-*in* to usage reports question when opening it for the first time, and I hope that the Android app will implement something similar soon. :)
One question, how does the "Because you read $article" feature work? How much (if any) of my browsing history is being sent to our servers?
This was truly a team effort by the WMF iOS team, and many other staff (particular thanks to Communications, Research and Analytics). And of course thanks again to our code contributors, translators and beta
testers.
Kudos!
-- Legoktm
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