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Netflix has sponsored all this cutting edge research on recommendation engines, and it can predict very well how much I'm going to enjoy something. Why in the
by unoti 11y ago
Netflix has sponsored all this cutting edge research on recommendation engines, and it can predict very well how much I'm going to enjoy something. Why in the world won't it just show me a list of 4 and 5 star things? Are they afraid I'll just watch those things over the course of a month then stop subscribing?
The clunkiness of their UI isn't incompetence, it's by choice, right? Or am I missing some important part of their UI that's hiding in plain sight somewhere?
- freehunter 11y agoI rate every single thing I watch on Netflix and I've never had their recommendations be accurate for my tastes. I have a feeling they recommend things they want you to watch, rather than things they think you'll like.
- MiddleEndian 11y agoAs someone who prefers movies to series, their recommendations were fantastic for their DVD plan. Their streaming selection is much more limited (I found that maybe 10% of the movies I wanted to see were available) so they have to mask it. (I have no idea if their delivery service recommendations are still good because they decided my address was fake when I moved and cancelled my account)