♥A

Well, what we really want is not a distance between that anime and another anime, or an imaginary ideal anime, in an arbitrary “anime-space”, but the probability that you’ll like the show:

P(♥A)

Now, we can probably notice some traits about the anime in question, which are “given.” Here written as TA:

P(♥A|TA)

TA could be any trait, like “has cool villain,” “cosplayable,” or even “fanservicy” (stop snickering out there!) By Bayes’ Rule,

P(♥A|TA) = P(TA|♥A)P(♥A)/P(TA)

When I started working on the new version of the Cruft engine, I imagined it as a very general plugin that, with a few modifications, could be used to create comparison sites for just about anything. In my rush to “ship” something, anything, I think I made a very serious mess of the code I’d already written.

I like WordPress, but I’m also no longer sure that attempting to use it for both the “blog” side of FanCruft and the “Cruft” find-your-anime side was a good idea, and the mis-mash of methods under the hood that’s resulted is, frankly, a problem.

There will be a new version of FanCruft. It will, however, take longer than I originally thought. In the meantime, I will continue to work to make FanCruft the best I can on my own, with the understanding that it must become a community site to truly flourish.