Jinjiang Literature City issued an internal letter stating that it would recommend reading for different ages according to the different tags, types and characteristics of the works. What is the future of
online literature classification recommendation?
On October 21, Jinjiang Literature City released the "Instructions on the Beginning of the Gradual Implementation of the Age-Based Reading Recommendation System" to all users and authors. The first step is to gradually classify the niche themes that have received the most social attention.
Why?
Keep minors away from inappropriate content
In the instructions to users, Jinjiang Literature City explained that this move is to keep controversial, sharp, and more ideological articles that are not suitable for minors away from minors, and at the same time leave adults with a more secure reading space.
On November 10, a person in charge of content recommendation in Jinjiang Literature City told a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily that Jinjiang Literature City has attracted a large number of authors and readers during its development in the past two decades. Although no detailed statistics have been conducted, I believe There is a certain proportion of minors, “because we have observed that some readers show extreme and over-commitment when commenting on works, such as arguing with character A or B in the author’s mind about the highest status in the author’s mind.”
With a mixture of adults and minors among readers, how to recommend works has become a difficult problem for the website.
For example, content such as "Hundred Years of Solitude" and "Black Sun 731" may be somber or scary. Obviously, it is not suitable to recommend to minors, but adults should be allowed to face the depression and horror.
In this regard, a one-size-fits-all management model is obviously unable to take care of it, and it is easy to harm the ecological diversity of online literature.
How to do it?
Categorize the subject matter and values of the work
How to classify massive web documents?
According to Jinjiang Literature City, the platform will classify works according to their themes, content, and values.
For example, some niche aesthetic works, some complicated interpersonal relations and emotional works are not suitable for minors to read, so they are defined as recommended for readers over 18 years old.
"The data of this type of label can be extracted through technical means and processed in batches," said the relevant person in charge of Jinjiang Literature City.
According to another report, in addition to the recommendation system set up on the platform, authors can also study and judge their own works. Based on the recommended age given on the website, further increase the age for reading, but not lower than the age for reading given by the system.
If the website judges that the work is recommended to readers over 18 years old, the author can adjust it to over 22 years old according to the actual situation.
How to look?
Web-based enterprises should be established
More precise control and regulation mechanism
On the 11th, a reporter from the Beiqing Daily logged into Jinjiang Literature City and clicked to enter the Pure Love/No CP channel. The basic information column of a novel "I rely on the collapse of the man to live in the hands of the male protagonist" has been marked "this article" Contains elements such as niche emotions, it is recommended that readers over the age of 18 watch the prompt phrase ".
The person in charge of Jinjiang Literature City said that if the contradiction between the privacy protection of minors and the real-name system is resolved in the future, they will further strengthen the functionality of recommended reading.
Regarding the age-based recommendation of Jinjiang Literature City, Li Linrong, a professor of Beijing International Studies University and a well-known literary critic who has long studied the Internet literature industry, believes that the adjustment of Jinjiang Literature City is necessary. The leading enterprises in the flow of web-texts, running through the same level of social responsibility awareness, categorized risk management and control of works, especially setting up a more precise control and standard mechanism for young readers, is a necessary social responsibility for cultural industry enterprises.
"From the overall point of view of the subject matter of the web, the problem of the fantasy type is not serious; the web articles that can really be spread and received within a small range have limited impact." Li Linrong said that the wide-ranging diseases involved in web writing are different. In fact, all Internet companies know whether they are willing to face the problem squarely. How to do better coordination in terms of long-term profit inertia and social benefits is the key.
Text/Reporter Zhang Enjie