It is time for a Twitter book recommendation and spooky social media story.
The book recommendation:
Airborne Maritime Surveillance Radar: Volume 1, British ASV Radars in WWII 1939-1945 by Simon Watts
The book recommendation:
Airborne Maritime Surveillance Radar: Volume 1, British ASV Radars in WWII 1939-1945 by Simon Watts
I just bought the US paperback edition for $30.00 on-line at Amazon.com.
I did so on the strength of figures like this in the Amazon preview for the paperback edition.
I did so on the strength of figures like this in the Amazon preview for the paperback edition.
Now the spooky part. This book's hardback edition has been out since 2018. (See link)
It is 2021 and I search Amazon with the word "Radar" as a search term on a several times a year basis.
Yet this is the 1st time it popped up?
amazon.com/Airborne-Marit…
It is 2021 and I search Amazon with the word "Radar" as a search term on a several times a year basis.
Yet this is the 1st time it popped up?
amazon.com/Airborne-Marit…
One of the reasons I do that particular search is that Amazon changed it's book recommendations for me from about 50-ish books to 15 books.
I got tired of the same 15 or 50 books, based on the last three book purchases, over and over again.
I got tired of the same 15 or 50 books, based on the last three book purchases, over and over again.
Yet whether 15 books or 50 books, dedicated searches or not, "Airborne Maritime Surveillance Radar: Volume 1, British ASV Radars in WWII 1939-1945" simply didn't show up...
...until after I started the Radar & Section 22 posting on Twitter and Facebook.
...until after I started the Radar & Section 22 posting on Twitter and Facebook.
It's spooky how Amazon scrapes your social media posts to play algorithm games with your personal searches.
Useful, mind you...but spooky.
Useful, mind you...but spooky.
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