Netflix Is A Fricking Genius company 💡
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Did you have a Netflix and chill weekend?
I did.
… with the wife.
I noticed one thing pretty interesting while switching between my profile and my wife’s profile.
The rating system for the same movie was different.
When I chose Stranger Things on my profile I had. 4-⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️. While my wife’s had 5-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
I didn’t understand why hers was different than mine until I realized how the rating system worked.
Netflix gives something a rating based on what you have watched before.
If you typically watch Disney movies then Pulp Fiction will get a low rating(one of the top 10 greatest movies of all-time).
It’s an absolute genius move because you are only recommended movies that you would typically watch. Therefore giving you a great experience all the time.
The problem comes in when you want to watch something completely different. Our brains are trained to go to the best-rated movies.
Netflix has so much data on everyone that they know the exact movie to create the best experience.
I can’t imagine what their data portal looks like. To be able to know when someone stops watching a movie, how many movies they watch on a weekend, what kind of movies they watch is incredible.
One company has enough data to create the greatest entertainment experience in history
