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netflix likes to talk a big game, but they still show me movies and shows i've already seen -- multiple times -- in multiple categories. How am i supposed to d

• PeterWhittaker 12y ago
  I had a similar thought. I was intrigued by the title of "beyond 5 stars" but as soon as I realized it was about the recommendation system and dated from 2012, I hit cmd-w. The recommendation system is more of a loose suggestions based on criteria we cannot really explain system. It's rare that I'll look at recommended titles and think "hey, cool". Ironically enough, first level recommendations that are "hmm intriguing" lead to far more "hey, cool": I click on a recommendation, think "meh", but notice something in the "more like this". It's as if they are circling the target but cannot quite close the loop. Before someone declares this to be working as designed, consider that I the user have to go through quite a few recommendations before getting to "hmmm" and not all "hmmm"s lead to "cool". Not sure it's better than Monte Carlo, really. (What I'd really like is a filter, either "movies only", "shows only", or "both". If I want to watch a movie, I do NOT want to be intrigued by a show. I want a 90-120 minute commitment and that's it. CAVEAT: my primary Netflix client is AppleTV, I rarely use the web to pre-search or pre-filter, so perhaps this is a limitation of that app.)