A directory of Netflix's “secret” categories

Post by loumf » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 1:57 AM UTC

joesmo wrote: post #40

It'd be nice if these categories weren't hidden, but at this point, the Netflix UI has gotten so useless that if the service was a little more expensive, it wouldn't be worth the price. Basic UI features that I'd expect from even an alpha quality service like filtering by star rating simply don't exist. Up until today and this post, proper categories did not exist. The whole Netflix UI experience has consisted of scr…

Post by themartorana » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 2:01 AM UTC

lazzlazzlazz wrote: post #46

mpdehaan2 wrote: post #21

It would be nice if Netflix made it easier to browse content rather than choosing what categories to display and show to you. It can get stuck thinking your really like a genre, and the recommendation engine can penalize you too much for too many likes or dislikes. Now that the website is a bit more focused towards streaming-on-computer it's somewhat harder to browse and prepare a queue. It feels that some content is…

The US Post Office is utterly, profoundly reliable.

Post by OJFord » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 3:51 AM UTC

rogerbinns wrote: post #53

mpdehaan2 wrote: post #21

It would be nice if Netflix made it easier to browse content rather than choosing what categories to display and show to you. It can get stuck thinking your really like a genre, and the recommendation engine can penalize you too much for too many likes or dislikes. Now that the website is a bit more focused towards streaming-on-computer it's somewhat harder to browse and prepare a queue. It feels that some content is…

> It would be nice if Netflix made it easier to browse content ... It would be even better if they fixed recommendations. If you do not use a web browser - ie use Roku, Chromecast, Android etc - then you cannot mark something as "not interested". So it keeps showing you the same thing over and over again, that you do not want to watch. Makes the service seem dumb and hostile. Don't get me started on them showing you…

    > Even more bizarre is how they predict how many stars
    > you'll give something, which seems fairly good. And then
    > go ahead and recommend items with few predicted stars.

Post by rosege » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 5:06 AM UTC

carb wrote: post #59

petke wrote: post #29

I got existed for: "Dark Comedies 869". Man its difficult to find these kinds of movies. Unfortunately there was not 869 of them but just 6. I have seen them all. One of them was amazing; "Sightseers" if anyone wants a movie tip.

I get 28 results for Dark Comedies. Do you want me to share the list with you?

Post by sixothree » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 5:30 AM UTC

qrendel wrote: post #67

lazzlazzlazz wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The US Post Office is utterly, profoundly reliable.

Usually true, but where I currently live my neighbor has to bring me my mail about once a week - the post office apparently just decides to put several people's mail in his box, rather than walk around the building to the separate apartment mailboxes. I also end up with my weekly Science subscription usually arriving in pairs every two weeks. I'm not sure who is to blame for that one.