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If any streaming service wanted to give my family good recommendations, they would let me select ALL of the people who are watching right now. Husband. Wife.

If any streaming service wanted to give my family good recommendations, they would let me select ALL of the people who are watching right now. Husband. Wife. Husband and Wife. Husband and 4th grader. Wife and Pre-K. Husband, Wife, 4th grader, and Pre-K. 4th grader. Pre-K. 4th grader and Pre-K. Each of those has a totally different viewing pattern and preferences.

evanmoran 3y ago
This 100%. I promise you that I’m not secretly very interested in Dragon Rider episodes without my kids present. They have their own accounts, but it is hard to share family movies or when they just use the wrong account. I also think half of my viewing is with my spouse. We are pretty aligned in some shows but we are different enough where “My List” really means when I’m alone, and we are missing an “Our List” for when we are together.
globalise83 3y ago
I'm pretty happy with how the accounts work: my children watch Octonauts in a Kids account (sometimes I watch with them), my wife and I have separate accounts, so she doesn't get recommendations for war movies and psychological thrillers, and I don't get recommendations for Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
killingtime74 3y ago
you guys don't use different viewing profiles?
- dclowd9901 3y ago
  I think they’re making the case that viewing profiles are an antiquated concept and what’s more interesting is shared viewership profiles, or some algorithm that takes multiple profiles into account at once.
  - VikingCoder 3y ago
    The University of Minnesota MovieLens collaborative filtering system had this... Twenty years ago?
- furyofantares 3y ago
  The point being that when I watch something with my 7yo, she's not gonna watch any of the crap I watch and I'm not gonna watch any of the crap she watches. We're gonna find something in-between.
- VikingCoder 3y ago
  My daughter isn't allowed to watch Home Alone by herself, but she's allowed to watch it with either my wife or I. Parental Guidance. But neither my wife nor I have any interest in Home Alone 2 being in our personal profile Suggestion lists. And when my wife is trying to bring up Home Alone 2 to watch with my daughter, she doesn't need my daughter seeing Naked European Romance Drama showing up in the Continue Watching.
  - Zanni 3y ago
    I think the suggestion is that you make a profile for "Adults + Kids" (separate from your individual profiles).
    - VikingCoder 3y ago
      It could also allow guests to check in. My friend Steve comes over. He and I both check in. It makes recommendations for shows it predicts we would both like.
motoxpro 3y ago
As a sibling pointed out. This already exists. Profiles don't just let you do "John" they let you do "John and Sally". Maybe they should be more explicit that people can be creative ith their profiles. Would be good marketing for people who are stuck like this.
- danielscrubs 3y ago
  For a family of five that is 32 profiles. And you will need to fill them up with data separately.

evanmoran 3y ago

This 100%. I promise you that I’m not secretly very interested in Dragon Rider episodes without my kids present. They have their own accounts, but it is hard to share family movies or when they just use the wrong account. I also think half of my viewing is with my spouse. We are pretty aligned in some shows but we are different enough where “My List” really means when I’m alone, and we are missing an “Our List” for when we are together.

globalise83 3y ago

I'm pretty happy with how the accounts work: my children watch Octonauts in a Kids account (sometimes I watch with them), my wife and I have separate accounts, so she doesn't get recommendations for war movies and psychological thrillers, and I don't get recommendations for Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

killingtime74 3y ago

you guys don't use different viewing profiles?

dclowd9901 3y ago
I think they’re making the case that viewing profiles are an antiquated concept and what’s more interesting is shared viewership profiles, or some algorithm that takes multiple profiles into account at once.
- VikingCoder 3y ago
  The University of Minnesota MovieLens collaborative filtering system had this... Twenty years ago?
furyofantares 3y ago
The point being that when I watch something with my 7yo, she's not gonna watch any of the crap I watch and I'm not gonna watch any of the crap she watches. We're gonna find something in-between.
VikingCoder 3y ago
My daughter isn't allowed to watch Home Alone by herself, but she's allowed to watch it with either my wife or I. Parental Guidance. But neither my wife nor I have any interest in Home Alone 2 being in our personal profile Suggestion lists. And when my wife is trying to bring up Home Alone 2 to watch with my daughter, she doesn't need my daughter seeing Naked European Romance Drama showing up in the Continue Watching.
- Zanni 3y ago
  I think the suggestion is that you make a profile for "Adults + Kids" (separate from your individual profiles).
  - VikingCoder 3y ago
    It could also allow guests to check in. My friend Steve comes over. He and I both check in. It makes recommendations for shows it predicts we would both like.

motoxpro 3y ago

As a sibling pointed out. This already exists. Profiles don't just let you do "John" they let you do "John and Sally". Maybe they should be more explicit that people can be creative ith their profiles. Would be good marketing for people who are stuck like this.

danielscrubs 3y ago
For a family of five that is 32 profiles. And you will need to fill them up with data separately.