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What does the recommendation system have to do with the available content (and especially what Netflix produces)? I also remember reading on HN that the system
by ciupicri 3y ago
What does the recommendation system have to do with the available content (and especially what Netflix produces)?
I also remember reading on HN that the system was simplified even if the Netflix Prize [1] competition was supposed to make it better.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix_Prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix_Prize
- ceejayoz 3y ago> What does the recommendation system have to do with the available content... It impacts substantially your perception of what Netflix has on offer. My kiddo's subaccount has all sorts of stuff I had no idea they carried. If the parent poster is seeing exclusively female leads with effeminate male supporting roles, that's what Netflix thinks they want to see.
- mcphage 3y ago> the Netflix Prize [1] competition was supposed to make it better Was supposed to, but the winning algorithm was unusable in production.
- ghaff 3y agoIt was unusable in production. It's also the case the Netflix' goal isn't actually to give you the best recommendations; it's to keep you as a subscriber which is a correlated objective but not the same thing.
- mcphage 3y ago> which is a correlated objective but not the same thing. True, but even if they didn't share it with their subscribers, "How much would this user like this movie" is a valuable tool in keeping subscribers.