I remember at one point Netflix had some suggestions and I was all "Ooooh, aaah, yess!" Now I have literally no idea what they're optimizing for. It seems t

I remember at one point Netflix had some suggestions and I was all "Ooooh, aaah, yess!" Now I have literally no idea what they're optimizing for. It seems to be "random plus a strong suggestion of a Netflix original." Amazon Prime seems to be doing somewhat better, but now I have to wade through their branded stuff, and then Black Voices, and Still Other Voices, and then Some Other Voices, and various things that are promoted before I can get to the part where the algorithmic business kicks in. I think there's a lot of "we must override the algorithm due to Reasons" going on and that must be separated from the actual algorithmic suggestions. Conversely, I don't think you can separate engagement from "might be interested in," honestly. They're not quite synonyms but they do have a huge overlap.