overstated

There is a trend in recommender systems that I think is extremely interesting: systems are starting to explain themselves. The first place I noticed this was at Amazon in their personal recommendations section, at the bottom of a given suggestion:

In this case, Amazon recommended Moon Palace because I had rated another book by Paul Auster. [...]

Today I received an invite to join a new community at Amazon called Askville:
You’re Invited!
As a valued Amazon customer, you’ve been specially picked to get an early look at a new website called Askville where you can ask any question on any topic and get real answers from real people. It’s new, and best of [...]