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If I remember correctly, there was a winner for this but then Netflix just ended up scrapping the whole contest/project and creating a new recommendation engine
by alexpotato 7y ago
If I remember correctly, there was a winner for this but then Netflix just ended up scrapping the whole contest/project and creating a new recommendation engine.
- michaelcampbell 7y agoThey paid the winners and didn't use the entry I think. Which is a shame, because their engine BEFORE the "winning" one, which was presumably better, was great. Whatever they're using now is subjectively much worse. Could be I'm misremembering, but if I am I think I'm in good company.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoDo they actually use an engine now, or just throw up a random mish-mash of Netflix originals all over the screen? Most of them are in genres I've never watched with actors I've never expressed interest in, and yet there they are. "Netflix Original" is not a category that you should be using to link other movies to me Netflix.
- cpeterso 7y agoI heard a third-hand rumor that when Netflix switched from 1-5 star ratings to thumbs up/down, they stopped even using your ratings to personalize recommendations. They were simply using watch time. I've since read someone else on HN say that is incorrect. There are old films I really like but have not streamed on Netflix. If I give them a thumbs up, it would be a pity of Netflix didn't take incorporate that data.