Netflix Rating System

[DMC]

I just noticed it in passing. I had no idea it was a major conspiracy in the same boat with the JFK assassination and Baird's price fixing. I felt like they did it because they lack content and some marketing asshole had the brilliant idea of rearranging the ingredients and calling it a different dish.. like "just remove the ratings and just like that you have all these new, interesting les that no one ever watches because of the 1 star ratings.. suddenly they are interested and can decide for themselves".
Hey dip , wasn't that how the ratings got started, like someone watched and decided it sucked? So you wanted to spare me the time of watching a ty movie and you shared the ratings with me?

Netflix used to think more like Amazon, like a distributor of products but they've started creating their own so now they have to avoid the ratings system lest they fall victim to it.

[unleashbaynes]

Uhh, how would a thumbs-up thumbs-down rating system benefit them? Seems like it'd be easier for a kneejerk negative reaction to one of their shows to snowball.

[DMC]

Uhh, how would a thumbs-up thumbs-down rating system benefit them? Seems like it'd be easier for a kneejerk negative reaction to one of their shows to snowball.

Because anything over 50% is a thumbs up.

Also, because they now have an entire cache of unrated movies you need to watch to know if you like it or not, and to push you to watch, they match to you! That's bigFlix telling you what you want to watch, instead of some socialism driven libstarred rating system.

How does it not benefit them? How does it benefit me?

[unleashbaynes]

I have no idea man. I usually just go by a combination of the description+ the rating. I start it up and if i'm not impressed 30 minutes in i bail. I figure this won't change my viewing experience very much.

[DMC]

I can't do 30m. If I feel like FFWDing the thing to get to the point, it's not worth watching.

[Spurtacular]

calm down, rush.

I rarely listen to that . I'm not a lemming. I just know how goes down these days.

[AaronY]

I rarely listen to that . I'm not a lemming. I just know how goes down these days.

You're actually a moron who has his head way up his ass over politics but whatever

[Spurtacular]

You're actually a moron who has his head way up his ass over politics but whatever

Save it for your mama, . I wasn't talking to your sorry ass.

[spurraider21]

That Breitbart article is symbolic of how far people have their heads up their ass with politics nowadays. Everyone gets super into this left/right paradigm of looking at things and then uses that to explain every single thing.

Those two posts directly up above are symbolic of how far people have their heads up their ass with politics nowadays. Everyone gets super into this left/right paradigm of looking at things and then uses that to explain every single thing.