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LGBTQ is a marketing category. Netflix wants to know which marketing categories you belong to. So it conducts experiments, feeding you types of content and seei

LGBTQ is a marketing category. Netflix wants to know which marketing categories you belong to. So it conducts experiments, feeding you types of content and seeing what you react to. Having determined the correct marketing category, it feeds you more content from that category.

smoldesu 3y ago
I agree with this. I will also add, being gay myself; 1. The television you dedicate time to watch will often (if given long enough) reflect the general values and interests you hold. It's not hard to imagine Netflix doing this with even more subtle details or personal traits. 2. Their example is extremely vague and generic: > Spotify suggested a playlist it described as "sapphic" - a word to describe women who love women. > After a couple of months on TikTok, I started seeing videos on my feed from bisexual creators. > A few months later, I came to the separate realisation that I myself was bisexual. It's an interesting story, but... not difficult to imagine? There is a sizable percentage of modern media that features queer characters or aspects. It makes sense that over the course of a few months, you could encounter that media and eventually come to a realization about your own sexuality and experiences. It's kinda a nothingburger story. "Dear Penthouse, I never thought it would happen to me..."
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OJFord 3y ago
As a customer of ten years, there are still marketing categories it miserably fails at recognising I am not a part of. Cartoons has been my biggest and longest battle. I could so easily volunteer that information: I do not want to watch anything animated. I wish I could. The current ratings system is missing two verdicts: 1. Meh: I've seen it (rating is the only way to tell it that if you didn't watch it on Netflix) but thought it was neither remarkably good nor bad; 2. Not interested: I've not seen it, and know that I don't want to.
- watwut 3y ago
  It is missing also "for christ sake show me something new" thing. Instead, it is attempting to out me in a box and never venture outside of it.
- makeitdouble 3y ago
  Whole market categories seem to be the most complex things to remove. I don't ever watch live blockbuster movies and there's absolutely no way to have that understood in the recommendations. I think it comes down to the variety of people looking at those, there will always be a huge segment that 99% matches your profile and also watches them. > I could volunteer that information Users are giving too many false information when asked, I think this becomes a losing strategy if your goal is to maximize watch time. The LGBQT angle in the article is a prime example of that.
hulitu 3y ago
> Having determined the correct marketing category, it feeds you more content from that category. Maybe this is the aim. But in practice they recommend Netflix content which has nothing in common with your preferences.

smoldesu 3y ago

I agree with this. I will also add, being gay myself; 1. The television you dedicate time to watch will often (if given long enough) reflect the general values and interests you hold. It's not hard to imagine Netflix doing this with even more subtle details or personal traits. 2. Their example is extremely vague and generic: > Spotify suggested a playlist it described as "sapphic" - a word to describe women who love women. > After a couple of months on TikTok, I started seeing videos on my feed from bisexual creators. > A few months later, I came to the separate realisation that I myself was bisexual. It's an interesting story, but... not difficult to imagine? There is a sizable percentage of modern media that features queer characters or aspects. It makes sense that over the course of a few months, you could encounter that media and eventually come to a realization about your own sexuality and experiences. It's kinda a nothingburger story. "Dear Penthouse, I never thought it would happen to me..."

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OJFord 3y ago

As a customer of ten years, there are still marketing categories it miserably fails at recognising I am not a part of. Cartoons has been my biggest and longest battle. I could so easily volunteer that information: I do not want to watch anything animated. I wish I could. The current ratings system is missing two verdicts: 1. Meh: I've seen it (rating is the only way to tell it that if you didn't watch it on Netflix) but thought it was neither remarkably good nor bad; 2. Not interested: I've not seen it, and know that I don't want to.

watwut 3y ago
It is missing also "for christ sake show me something new" thing. Instead, it is attempting to out me in a box and never venture outside of it.
makeitdouble 3y ago
Whole market categories seem to be the most complex things to remove. I don't ever watch live blockbuster movies and there's absolutely no way to have that understood in the recommendations. I think it comes down to the variety of people looking at those, there will always be a huge segment that 99% matches your profile and also watches them. > I could volunteer that information Users are giving too many false information when asked, I think this becomes a losing strategy if your goal is to maximize watch time. The LGBQT angle in the article is a prime example of that.

hulitu 3y ago

> Having determined the correct marketing category, it feeds you more content from that category. Maybe this is the aim. But in practice they recommend Netflix content which has nothing in common with your preferences.