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I'm not sure what kind of take this is. If you've lost a child, you don't need a button on your Netflix screen to remind you of the tragedy you've been through.

by xmprt 2y ago

I'm not sure what kind of take this is. If you've lost a child, you don't need a button on your Netflix screen to remind you of the tragedy you've been through. No bereaved parent is going through life ignoring their child's passing only for a Netflix button to be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

paulv 2y ago
Sometimes you can be having a great day and bam, some small reminder of something you lost can send you in to tears. Grief isn't linear.
CrossVR 2y ago
The problem isn't that the Netflix button will make them break down into tears. The problem is that the daily confrontation just brings the mood down. They're just sitting down for a relaxing movie or series and the first thing that comes up is the question: "You don't have kids right?"
- bowsamic 2y ago
  Frankly, Netflix cannot be expected to account for such a trigger
  - edent 2y ago
    Why not? They have an algorithm which can account for every micro-taste on the planet. What's the point of having computers if they can't properly account for the real world?
    - bowsamic 2y ago
      > Why not? Because phenomenal experience of children exists unavoidably outside of Netflix > They have an algorithm which can account for every micro-taste on the planet Citation needed
    - tetromino_ 2y ago
      Because, for one thing, the purpose of Netflix is to display movies and TV shows. Almost every movie or TV show ever made has some children in it somewhere, at least in the background. When your entire content is full of triggers for those who lost a child, what's one more trigger at the loading screen?
  - danaris 2y ago
    They don't have to account for it as a trigger. They just need to add an option to hide the "kids" profile, which, as is being noted all over this comment thread, would be useful for a number of reasons.
yard2010 2y ago
I don't understand this comment - ofc it is. This is one valid reason out of maybe a million to allow the user to choose once and remember the choice.

by xmprt 2y ago

paulv 2y ago

Sometimes you can be having a great day and bam, some small reminder of something you lost can send you in to tears. Grief isn't linear.

CrossVR 2y ago

The problem isn't that the Netflix button will make them break down into tears. The problem is that the daily confrontation just brings the mood down. They're just sitting down for a relaxing movie or series and the first thing that comes up is the question: "You don't have kids right?"

bowsamic 2y ago
Frankly, Netflix cannot be expected to account for such a trigger
- edent 2y ago
  Why not? They have an algorithm which can account for every micro-taste on the planet. What's the point of having computers if they can't properly account for the real world?
  - bowsamic 2y ago
    > Why not? Because phenomenal experience of children exists unavoidably outside of Netflix > They have an algorithm which can account for every micro-taste on the planet Citation needed
  - tetromino_ 2y ago
    Because, for one thing, the purpose of Netflix is to display movies and TV shows. Almost every movie or TV show ever made has some children in it somewhere, at least in the background. When your entire content is full of triggers for those who lost a child, what's one more trigger at the loading screen?
- danaris 2y ago
  They don't have to account for it as a trigger. They just need to add an option to hide the "kids" profile, which, as is being noted all over this comment thread, would be useful for a number of reasons.

yard2010 2y ago

I don't understand this comment - ofc it is. This is one valid reason out of maybe a million to allow the user to choose once and remember the choice.