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Didn't they do this already, once upon a time? I know that in the pre-streaming disc only era, I used to have "friends" on Netflix and could send and read revi
by Ogre 14y ago
Didn't they do this already, once upon a time? I know that in the pre-streaming disc only era, I used to have "friends" on Netflix and could send and read reviews of movies, and get recommendations based on what my friends had watched. I had a few real life friends added and a larger set from an online forum I used to be a regular on.
I honestly don't know if that even still exists, and netflix.com seems to be giving me errors tonight so I can't check. Now that TVs and game consoles can get there and I no longer have a disc plan at all, I rarely visit the site in a browser. The various set-top-box clients I've used don't expose that functionality at all, so it may be gone or relegated solely to the browser, which at this point feels like the backwater of the Netflix experience.
- TechNewb 14y agoTrue. I don't know why they have moved backwards in user experience. The best way to find out about films is from user generated lists, not algorithms. The best way to experience a film is a rich discussion after about the artistic or political meanings. These types of interactions don't work on Facebook unless you want to be labeled by your co-workers as a French film loving weirdo. If you love Bladerunner, what other movies would you recommend? Netflix's algorithm is not great when it comes to recommendations, they just recommend camp. Bladerunner is anything but camp. Edit: Would be great to have the social media element be integrated into the TV and console apps. I to love these apps, and would love to find and follow other similar users and friends on the Netflix network.
- Ogre 14y agoI googled it, they dumped the friends feature in 2010. Given that it took a year and a half for me to notice, it's hard to fault them too much. http://blog.netflix.com/2010/03/friends-update.html http://blog.netflix.com/2010/03/friends-update.html