Why TasteMatch is so accurate. We do not use a discrete rating scale. Our ratings scale it fully relative. It remains acurate for everyone all the time. How TasteMatch outperforms similar sites.
Some sites let everyone vote on how good something is, which completely ignores individuals tastes.
TasteMatch uses an adaptive statistical inference approach to obtaining the maximum possible accuracy when looking for suggestions for you. It then uses the rankings of these people who share your tastes to find things you've not yet enjoyed, and suggest them to you. No TasteMatch algorithms are patented. The author believes these techniques are valuable computing methods and should be freely available to all who wish to build systems with them to improve everyday life. The author has published software using these and other techniques between 1982 and 1996, and as such they are all now free and in the public domain.