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Netflix does this annoying thing where "Continue watching", "My list", "Trending now", and "Watch it again" appear in randomly different orders each time you lo

• bserge 5y ago
  It's a proven method in gambling games. Oh you thought you clicked "my list"? Sorry, but now you have a list of trending stuff, look at all this good stuff! You want to watch some, right? Do it now or later, no pressure! It also helps retain people who would otherwise leave in some cases.
  • flipbrad 5y ago
    I just want the ability to hide things.
• etempleton 5y ago
  This is the most annoying thing. I am confident Netflix and others have data that this increases “stickiness” or some other made up engagement metric, but as a user, it just leaves me frustrated. Lies, damn lies, and statistics—whenever a company relies too much on data to influences UX or content I feel like we end up with a bad UX and bad content that only superficially increases short-term engagement.
  • vanilla_nut 5y ago
    Data-driven decisions only go so far, IMO, and often the search for more data leads to blatant user privacy violations. Personally, I wish we could go back to the dictatorship-style UX: one person is ultimately in charge of UI. They have the final say in every UI decision for that application. At least that’s consistent!
• rchaud 5y ago
  Seems like you are alternately being assigned to the control group and test group of an A/B usability test.