The left even ruins Netflix ratings system.

[Fishking]

Eh, I don't care either way. I never really cared for the 5-star rating system in the first place. Anytime I want to find out if a particular show or movie is good or not, I just Google it.

Yes, you can do that but is that really that different? Whatever you google is probably going to have a similar ranking system so now you're adding an extra step in there.

 

[RickJames3000]

Watching that show was so awful it made me want to commit suicide

You should try giving it another try.

 

[Fiddytree]

If something has a low rating, it's probably bad.

Unless the people rating the products are uncivilized clods.

 

[Fishking]

I bet you if you try you can find another way of getting a review of the movie but that would mean having to try to

Which is also more of a waste of time. Why should I have to look up ratings of every movie or show I scroll across on another platform that uses the very same ranking system they used to have in Neflix to begin with?

 

[Fishking]

Unless the people rating the products are uncivilized clods.

Maybe you have strange tastes, in which case, you still didn't need the new system because Netflix had already had a slot for suggested shows and movies, based on viewing history. You could just ignore the stars.

 

[Fishking]

I feel like it's pretty obvious based on literally every Netflix user's behavior. You're looking through their selection, you find something that catches your eye and you look at the rating 1-2 stars, nah, better keep moving. They started noticing large swathes of their content ended up untouched if it got bad ratings early on. Perhaps you should direct your anger towards the people who actually made the business decision and not make up some bull**** story about "waaa, the liberals!"

This isn't an isolated thing with Netflix. Another similar thing that is happening is people having their youtube channels demonetized because their content is offensive to liberals. I don't really care if you disagree, honestly. This is a pretty obvious trend across many platforms.

 

[Fishking]

So essentially you're just making something up because you want to attack "liberals" over Netflix now, yeah?

lol

I guess some folk ain't got better things to do.

Yes, I have my own thoughts on it. Do you always believe official statements?

 

[katzgar]

Which is also more of a waste of time. Why should I have to look up ratings of every movie or show I scroll across on another platform that uses the very same ranking system they used to have in Neflix to begin with?

might be good to get out of the basement more

 

[Ikari]

Yes, I have my own thoughts on it. Do you always believe official statements?

i try not to turn everything into conspiracy theories against "liberals", and I can certainly see Netflix making stupid, unpopular decisions as it seems to have a track record of it.

 

[Fishking]

might be good to get out of the basement more

Oh! I hadn't thought of that! Thanks for that because I was stuck in my basement that doesn't exist in my house so it was like an alternate universe black hole where I could only escape from it's non-existence was if someone pointed it out. I'm now free!

 

[Fishking]

i try not to turn everything into conspiracy theories against "liberals", and I can certainly see Netflix making stupid, unpopular decisions as it seems to have a track record of it.

And you don't see a trend here? I see this as running parallel to the demonetizing of youtube channels with content that is deemed to be offensive to liberals. I find it weird that this is really a shock. Look at college campuses, you see the same mentality. Shut down anything that conflicts with their world view. This is a growing phenomena.

 

[Ikari]

And you don't see a trend here? I see this as running parallel to the demonetizing of youtube channels with content that is deemed to be offensive to liberals. I find it weird that this is really a shock. Look at college campuses, you see the same mentality. Shut down anything that conflicts with their world view. This is a growing phenomena.

I think it's quite the stretch to try to blame "liberals" for Netflix decisions. It seems more like you just want to demonize the other side so much that you'll even try to find the pettiest of things to blame on them.

Then again, that is also the track record of partisans, and that too has been growing lately. So perhaps just par for the course.

 

[Carjosse]

Yes, you can do that but is that really that different? Whatever you google is probably going to have a similar ranking system so now you're adding an extra step in there.

Well Google is not going to recommend things to you based on what you previously watched, it will just show you what other people thought of the movie/show. Netflix is just a recommendation engine, and in order to fuel that engine it needs ratings and the old 5-star system was ineffective and this new thumbs up and down system actually get more people rating so the recommendation engine works better. It has nothing to do with bad ratings on the star system.

 

[Fishking]

Well Google is not going to recommend things to you based on what you previously watched, it will just show you what other people thought of the movie/show. Netflix is just a recommendation engine, and in order to fuel that engine it needs ratings and the old 5-star system was ineffective and this new thumbs up and down system actually get more people rating so the recommendation engine works better. It has nothing to do with bad ratings on the star system.

But you don't get to see the thumbs up or thumbs down, so it's worthless. If I got to see that something got significantly more thumbs up than thumbs down then I wouldn't care, as I'd have an indication. It would be similar to how Youtube runs their rating system. It doesn't give you that, it only files away your thumbs up into a preference category so you'll get matches of similar stuff but crappy quality but you wont know that until you watch it.

Also, what if you see something that's outside of your normal watching preferences and it's rated really high? You might decide to watch it and really enjoy it. Now you don't know what all that other stuff is.

 

[Ikari]

Well Google is not going to recommend things to you based on what you previously watched, it will just show you what other people thought of the movie/show. Netflix is just a recommendation engine, and in order to fuel that engine it needs ratings and the old 5-star system was ineffective and this new thumbs up and down system actually get more people rating so the recommendation engine works better. It has nothing to do with bad ratings on the star system.

No way! It's liberals! There's no other explaination. Everything that happens in the world that I don't like is due to liberals. Those kids on my lawn over there....liberals! Firefly being canceled.....liberals! Walking Dead's season being so terrible and boring....liberals! Why I had to skip breakfast this morning.....liberals!

 

[Fishking]

1:40

Ahahahah! Thanks for that. That's a show I've never gotten around to watch. I'd be OK if Neflix did the Youtube system because they let you see the thumbs up/down numbers.

Damn yous NETFLIIIIIIIIXXXXXxxxxxxx....!!!!!

 

[Carjosse]

But you don't get to see the thumbs up or thumbs down, so it's worthless. If I got to see that something got significantly more thumbs up than thumbs down then I wouldn't care, as I'd have an indication. It would be similar to how Youtube runs their rating system. It doesn't give you that, it only files away your thumbs up into a preference category so you'll get matches of similar stuff but crappy quality but you wont know that until you watch it.

Also, what if you see something that's outside of your normal watching preferences and it's rated really high? You might decide to watch it and really enjoy it. Now you don't know what all that other stuff is.

Because that is not how a recommendation engine works, it recommends you things similar to what you have thumbsed up and people with similar watch histories also thumbsed up, its actual rating does not matter, it is what Netflix thinks you like. Believe it or not different people like different things and a as a result might thumbs down something you might like otherwise. Netflix has an entire section dedicated to Trending on Netflix which is exactly what people think is good and are watching. Have you ever scrolled down beyond the first row?

 

[Fishking]

No way! It's liberals! There's no other explaination. Everything that happens in the world that I don't like is due to liberals. Those kids on my lawn over there....liberals! Firefly being canceled.....liberals! Walking Dead's season being so terrible and boring....liberals! Why I had to skip breakfast this morning.....liberals!

Triggered?

Firefly being canceled probably was because of liberals. Stupid libs!

/sarcasm

 

[Fishking]

Because that is not how a recommendation engine works, it recommends you things similar to what you have thumbsed up and people with similar watch histories also thumbsed up, its actual rating does not matter, it is what Netflix thinks you like. Believe it or not different people like different things and a as a result might thumbs down something you might like otherwise. Netflix has an entire section dedicated to Trending on Netflix which is exactly what people think is good and are watching. Have you ever scrolled down beyond the first row?

Yeah...and I don't always watch what is trending. Do you not agree that there are things that are just objectively bad for most people? Like...bad acting, bad story, bad filmography, bad everything?

Not everything in the same genre is equal.

 

[Carjosse]

Yeah...and I don't always watch what is trending. Do you not agree that there are things that are just objectively bad for most people? Like...bad acting, bad story, bad filmography, bad everything?

Not everything in the same genre is equal.

I don't think Netflix has The Room or Birdemic. What you might think is objectively bad might be good and entertaining to someone else, that is why it is not being recommend to you but to someone else. Most people would call Bleach objectively bad, but there is a certain group that like it regardless.

 

[Vern]

Netflix has recently changed it's rating system from the normal 1-5 star rating to just a thumbs up and thumbs down. Then, when you're looking for something new to watch, it only gives you a % match to your likes. Now, this doesn't mean the show is any good, but is the most basic of genre matches. So I recalled a show that was previously rated at 3 stars, they changed the system to what it is now and it gave me a high fidelity match. So I decide to give it a shot and it's bad. I thought the Netflix star ratings were generally spot on and didn't over-inflate ratings. If Netflix gave something 5 stars, it was generally pretty good. Now I have no idea if the show I'm looking at is any good.

This is my own theory on this, and Netflix's official statement seems a thinly veiled excuse. I think they changed it because leftists were bitching about supposed "Reddit trolls" giving people like Amy Schumer (who is actually horribly not funny) 1 star ratings. They complained about it and now we have this crap system.

Amy Schumer: Alt-right Internet trolls behind Netflix special's bad reviews | Fox News

This is their official statement:

Netflix Changes Rating System Because ?5 Stars Feels Very Yesterday' | The Huffington Post

Sorry. I'm not buying that excuse. The new system makes browsing for better quality shows unmanageable. I did a live chat with customer support to ask if I could set up my account with the old system and no dice. I asked why they changed it and they didn't know, supposedly.

On my Whiny Conservative Victimhood meter, I'm giving this thread 4 stars.

 

[yankintx]

What is it with you Righties and ratings, crowd sizes, and small hands?

 

[Ikari]

On my Whiny Conservative Victimhood meter, I'm giving this thread 4 stars.

It's been switched to a thumbs up/down rating system.

 

[Fishking]

I don't think Netflix has The Room or Birdemic. What you might think is objectively bad might be good and entertaining to someone else, that is why it is not being recommend to you but to someone else. Most people would call Bleach objectively bad, but there is a certain group that like it regardless.

So nothing is worth looking at ratings? Almost everything out there has ratings on it, from movies, to products, to services, to food. Large groups of people generally can be fairly reliable to be accurate enough to be workable. That's how you get bell curves. It even works in deep intel analysis.

So You Think You're Smarter Than A CIA Agent : Parallels : NPR

 

[Mr Person]

Oh...I might not have been clear. I accept that she was targeted by trolls from whatever 4chan is. This probably happens to other people as well. I'm just saying that she just also happens to actually suck as a comedian. She's so bad people walked out of her act. However, that's the risk you run by being a public figure and entertainer.

I wonder how many of the people who walked out have posted about liberals being "snowflakes" and needed "safe spaces"....

Pretty pathetic that people are dumb enough to go to a show by a comedian whose political statements are on the left, then get butthurt when that comedian jokes about Trump or other asshats on the right. I saw the same thing at a Lewis Black show.


Too lazy to learn about who they're going to see and too thin-skinned to be able to weather a few jokes aimed at someone else they may have voted for.