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A friend of mine was hired to do design work for Netflix - he ended up having to create tens of different thumbnails for every show, which netflix would then ru
by slowmotiony 5y ago
A friend of mine was hired to do design work for Netflix - he ended up having to create tens of different thumbnails for every show, which netflix would then run through their algorithms and decide which one to show to which user.
I've looked at my netflix page and it seems that some silicon valley psychologist decided that they should be showing me thumbnails of guys with sad faces looking at something far away. Almost every single thumbnail looks like that.
Sometimes I wonder if the engineers behind the scenes even realize how creepy it is what they are doing.
- bertil 5y agoDoes your friend work with User experience researcher? I know it sounds ridiculous to delegate “this looks creepy” to an expert, but that’s where those people are valuable: they can enrich an impression with detailed feedback. Also, if your friend has any sway, can you beg him to suggest a “Stop recommending this to me” button, if they haven’t. The platform is better at removing movies I’ve stoped watching from the “Continue watching” selection after a week but… that’s still a bit long. I just want the agency of telling the machine No on occasion. And if that works, thankfully, we can get a “stop showing me the same image” button too.