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By "heard rumours" do you mean "read about it on Breitbart?". http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/03/18/netflix-scrap-five-star-ratings-amy-schumer-con

By "heard rumours" do you mean "read about it on Breitbart?". http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/03/18/netflix-scrap-five-star-ratings-amy-schumer-controversy/ http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/03/18/netflix-sc... Notice that they're careful to say that they made the switch "amid" the special, not because of it. Also as far as I can tell, they have no actual data on the fact, and they're the only "newspaper" reporting it.

dmix 9y ago
Nope... it was a Reddit self-post (incl. people who put together the viral compilation video of her joke 'borrowing', breaking down why she's no longer as popular, and analyzing Netflix's timing and stated rationale). I'm curious why you brought up Breitbart? I just googled it and found a ton of other (non-political/right-wing) sites which drew the same exact conclusion between Schumer and the ending of 5 star reviews. Are you trying to say her thousands of awful reviews were somehow political? Or that it's all just some "alt-right" right-wing conspiracy? - https://movieweb.com/netflix-cancels-5-star-rating-system/ https://movieweb.com/netflix-cancels-5-star-rating-system/ - http://ew.com/tv/2017/03/16/netflix-star-ratings/ http://ew.com/tv/2017/03/16/netflix-star-ratings/ - http://collider.com/netflix-rating-system-thumbs-up/ http://collider.com/netflix-rating-system-thumbs-up/ - http://screenertv.com/television/goodbye-stars-hello-thumbs-netflixs-new-rating-system-plans-to-make-accounts-more-personal/ http://screenertv.com/television/goodbye-stars-hello-thumbs-... - https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/17/netflix-changes-ratings-system-to-simple-thumbs-up/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/17/netflix-cha... I saw Amy's show live, which she later filmed, and it was just awful. Those reviews were highly justified. And I used to be a big fan of hers before anyone knew who she was. If Amy Schumer wasn't the original reason why they started to ditch 5-stars then it was most certainly a motivating factor to get it pushed out (conveniently right after her special was famously destroyed - which got widespread press before the switch over to thumbs). As it most certainly also faced internal resistance as they were basically abandoning a decade of 5-star reviews via user-generated-content, in favour of a vague Thumbs Up/Down. Amy provided a perfect example of the inconvenient and conflicting goals which Netflix has as a producer and content platform. The timing of the release would have been HIGHLY coincidental if it wasn't related in some fashion.
- fjsolwmv 9y ago
  Outside of the reddit echo chamber, some people like Schumer, some don't, and most don't care.
  - dmix 9y ago
    Then I guess those 5-star ratings must have been some Trump supporter conspiracy brought to you by Breitbart and Steve Bannon then... not the fact she went off a cliff talent-wise when she moved to LA. Which was more than apparent to even non-fans of hers. And I say that as a big fan of her earlier work and as someone totally indifferent to US politics.

dmix 9y ago

Nope... it was a Reddit self-post (incl. people who put together the viral compilation video of her joke 'borrowing', breaking down why she's no longer as popular, and analyzing Netflix's timing and stated rationale). I'm curious why you brought up Breitbart? I just googled it and found a ton of other (non-political/right-wing) sites which drew the same exact conclusion between Schumer and the ending of 5 star reviews. Are you trying to say her thousands of awful reviews were somehow political? Or that it's all just some "alt-right" right-wing conspiracy? - https://movieweb.com/netflix-cancels-5-star-rating-system/ https://movieweb.com/netflix-cancels-5-star-rating-system/ - http://ew.com/tv/2017/03/16/netflix-star-ratings/ http://ew.com/tv/2017/03/16/netflix-star-ratings/ - http://collider.com/netflix-rating-system-thumbs-up/ http://collider.com/netflix-rating-system-thumbs-up/ - http://screenertv.com/television/goodbye-stars-hello-thumbs-netflixs-new-rating-system-plans-to-make-accounts-more-personal/ http://screenertv.com/television/goodbye-stars-hello-thumbs-... - https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/17/netflix-changes-ratings-system-to-simple-thumbs-up/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/17/netflix-cha... I saw Amy's show live, which she later filmed, and it was just awful. Those reviews were highly justified. And I used to be a big fan of hers before anyone knew who she was. If Amy Schumer wasn't the original reason why they started to ditch 5-stars then it was most certainly a motivating factor to get it pushed out (conveniently right after her special was famously destroyed - which got widespread press before the switch over to thumbs). As it most certainly also faced internal resistance as they were basically abandoning a decade of 5-star reviews via user-generated-content, in favour of a vague Thumbs Up/Down. Amy provided a perfect example of the inconvenient and conflicting goals which Netflix has as a producer and content platform. The timing of the release would have been HIGHLY coincidental if it wasn't related in some fashion.

fjsolwmv 9y ago
Outside of the reddit echo chamber, some people like Schumer, some don't, and most don't care.
- dmix 9y ago
  Then I guess those 5-star ratings must have been some Trump supporter conspiracy brought to you by Breitbart and Steve Bannon then... not the fact she went off a cliff talent-wise when she moved to LA. Which was more than apparent to even non-fans of hers. And I say that as a big fan of her earlier work and as someone totally indifferent to US politics.