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My experience of UK netflix is that UI is designed expressly to disguise the fact that beyond a thin crust of popular films, there is a desperate lack of conten

My experience of UK netflix is that UI is designed expressly to disguise the fact that beyond a thin crust of popular films, there is a desperate lack of content and barely any change week to week. There is no - "what's new in netflix" - because it would reveal there is only one or two new films a month. Instead you get "popular", "trending", "blockbusters", "highly rated" that let them display the same content in a slightly different order multiple times. I just feel their only game to overcome the lack of content is to offer you the same film enough times with different forms of social pressure until you finally surrender and watch an Adam Sandler film you have been evading for years...

Ntrails 12y ago
Not only that, but it's always amusing how the top thrillers overlap with the top action and the top drama films. I remember when last.fm used to just scrobble (?) my listening habits and offer music suggestions from people who have listened to similar things. One of the key advantages of that approach was that it wasn't constrained by availability of things it wanted to sell me, and the necessity of offering an answer no matter how valid. I'd be interested in using a similar service for films, which could THEN interact with netflix/prime etc and suggest things I might like.
asb 12y ago
Check out the rather hidden http://movies.netflix.com/WiRecentAdditions http://movies.netflix.com/WiRecentAdditions