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Two issues here: > Amy Schumer Special which most netflix customers responded negatively to Speculation. There was a big social media swarm very loudly upset

by raydev 4y ago

Two issues here: > Amy Schumer Special which most netflix customers responded negatively to Speculation. There was a big social media swarm very loudly upset about Schumer, even putting aside the claim that they were alt-right like someone else here mentioned, you cannot deny the bandwagoning. The bad star ratings simply could not be trusted after that. > I think there is "clear and convincing" circumstantial evidence to correlate the 2 events These sorts of changes can take years to pitch and refine, especially given existing data Netflix had. I'll accept that the ratings brigade may have been a "okay, we've seen enough" moment for Netflix, but the fact is Netflix had been publicly talking about redesigning the rating system for more than a year prior. This is like saying Elon Musk made Twitter work on an edit button, turns out they had been hashing out the details for years and were forced to say something. https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-wants-to-ditch-5-star-ratings-2016-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-wants-to-ditch-5-sta...

phpisthebest 4y ago
I invite you to go back and re-read my comment, because I never claimed that Schumer event was what caused them to start working on a new system to replace the star, I said "their customer base did not reaction "properly" with the "correct" opinions to the shift in direction of neflix original programming and comedy specials, coming to head with the widely panned Amy Schumer" The "incorrect reviews" predated Schumer, but as you said Schumer was the "we have had enough with our customers giving us feedback we do not like" moment It was clear for a LONG LONG time before Schumer that at least 50% of netflix customer base was not happy with the direction the content was going... The ever decreasing subscriber count is a reflection of this as well As to the "everyone that disagrees with me is alt-right nazi trolls" charge that people like to bet around anytime a movie, TV Show, or comedy special etc is not approved of by the audience is frankly non-sense. The "media" coverage around the "review bombing" provided not actual evidence of such a thing happening, and unlike sites like Rotten Tomatoes, one had to be an actual customer of Netflix to review it so their is less opportunity for that than say a rotten Tomatoes which I personally think the "problem" is over stated even for those sites, Instead it is gate keepers being out of touch with the consumers but they refuse to admit that so it is not them that is out of touch no it has to be "bots and trolls" or "alt-right" or some thing other than the actual fans, consumers, etc rejecting their project

by raydev 4y ago

phpisthebest 4y ago

I invite you to go back and re-read my comment, because I never claimed that Schumer event was what caused them to start working on a new system to replace the star, I said "their customer base did not reaction "properly" with the "correct" opinions to the shift in direction of neflix original programming and comedy specials, coming to head with the widely panned Amy Schumer" The "incorrect reviews" predated Schumer, but as you said Schumer was the "we have had enough with our customers giving us feedback we do not like" moment It was clear for a LONG LONG time before Schumer that at least 50% of netflix customer base was not happy with the direction the content was going... The ever decreasing subscriber count is a reflection of this as well As to the "everyone that disagrees with me is alt-right nazi trolls" charge that people like to bet around anytime a movie, TV Show, or comedy special etc is not approved of by the audience is frankly non-sense. The "media" coverage around the "review bombing" provided not actual evidence of such a thing happening, and unlike sites like Rotten Tomatoes, one had to be an actual customer of Netflix to review it so their is less opportunity for that than say a rotten Tomatoes which I personally think the "problem" is over stated even for those sites, Instead it is gate keepers being out of touch with the consumers but they refuse to admit that so it is not them that is out of touch no it has to be "bots and trolls" or "alt-right" or some thing other than the actual fans, consumers, etc rejecting their project