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Netflix to Employees: If you don't like our content, you can quit

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Re: Netflix to Employees: If you don't like our content, you can quit

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I cancelled my Netflix account after the whole Cuties debacle. While visiting my friends I have noticed that Netflix content quality has been dropping sharply the last few years. Let's hope this exodus of customers and content creators will create a new, more interesting industry for the future.

Re: Netflix to Employees: If you don't like our content, you can quit

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"Hey, offending people sells and we're in it for the money...". If this bothers you, chant "we're in it for the money" until it doesn't. If it still bothers you, get outta here.

I think what they’re saying is that the caution needed to avoid offending anyone would be too much of a handicap in the goal of making content that people like.

I know there are specific examples where a person could say “so THIS couldn’t have been avoided?” But as a general policy, they’re saying that they’re going draw their line for what’s acceptable at a place that isn’t intentionally trying to offend, but is sometimes going to end up letting something through that does.

Re: Netflix to Employees: If you don't like our content, you can quit

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"Hey, offending people sells and we're in it for the money...". If this bothers you, chant "we're in it for the money" until it doesn't. If it still bothers you, get outta here.

I think what they’re saying is that the caution needed to avoid offending anyone would be too much of a handicap in the goal of making content that people like. I know there are specific examples where a person could say “so THIS couldn’t have been avoided?” But as a general policy, they’re saying that they’re going draw their line for what’s acceptable at a place that isn’t intentionally trying to offend, but is som…

Why are they surprised when the org begins to resemble the content?

When Netflix sells outrage, why are they shocked when they cultivate internal outrage?

Re: Netflix to Employees: If you don't like our content, you can quit

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think what they’re saying is that the caution needed to avoid offending anyone would be too much of a handicap in the goal of making content that people like. I know there are specific examples where a person could say “so THIS couldn’t have been avoided?” But as a general policy, they’re saying that they’re going draw their line for what’s acceptable at a place that isn’t intentionally trying to offend, but is som…

Why are they surprised when the org begins to resemble the content? When Netflix sells outrage, why are they shocked when they cultivate internal outrage?

99.9% of Netflix content isn’t outrageous in any way. There’s a lot of attention for letting famous comedians do their usual routines in a recorded special, but we’re talking about less than 10 hours of television in a library of like 20,000 hours of Netflix originals.

Re: Netflix to Employees: If you don't like our content, you can quit

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"Hey, offending people sells and we're in it for the money...". If this bothers you, chant "we're in it for the money" until it doesn't. If it still bothers you, get outta here.

So basically the newspaper industry for the past century or so, too?
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