So, you're proposing we've been optimizing E-Commerce since...2021? Amazon was founded in 1994. It was not the first site selling things online (but it's the most recognizable one). E-Commerce has been getting attention for a *very* long time [0]
replyI remember having to describe a standard model to predict online shopping behaviors for my ML class exam in university. That was close to 10 years ago now.
replyAlso remember a teacher telling us about that story of a company finding a woman was pregnant from her shopping behavior and pushing relevant recommendation. Prompting people around her like her dad or something to find out she was pregnant
30 years ago is 1996. Amazon had been around for 2 years (they were incorporated in 1994).
reply> 30 years ago is 1996.
replyas an aside, fall of '96 is when i started college. There was an elementary school on my drive to class where I would routinely get caught in drop-off traffic. All those kids i remember crossing the street are at least in their mid 30s now. ...I think i need to lay down and it's not even 9AM my local time.
This is a very confusing comment to me. How were people buying books from Amazon in the 90s if it wasn't e-commerce?
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