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A big problem on Netflix is that they don't use the original poster or description for movies, instead coming up with their own. I find that these generally don
by xyzsparetimexyz 4y ago
A big problem on Netflix is that they don't use the original poster or description for movies, instead coming up with their own. I find that these generally don't do movies justice.
- navhc 4y agoNot only that, they dynamically change the poster to try to make it more appealing to each person and it still fails miserably.
- Raed667 4y agoThey wrote a blog post (that I can't seem to find) a few years ago about how they A/B test their thumbnails.
- nicolaslem 4y agoI remember reading that they have an algorithm that picks the "best" (colorful, cinematic, attention grabbing...) picture to show in the UI from the content itself. That is why sometimes the poster used represents a very minor character instead of the main lead.
- owlninja 4y agoSimilarly, I'm not sure if I like that they play a short scene of a movie when you hover vs. showing the original trailer. Sometimes I like to watch familiar favorites but they just show me one short scene and it doesn't really draw me in as I had hoped.
- zormino 4y agoYou can turn that off, but you have to go to Netflix settings on a web browser and turn it off for each profile. Because reasons.