Netflix is confused
One interesting effect of having rated more than 500 movies on Netflix is that every resulting suggestion comes with both a “customer average” rating and a prediction of how well I’ll like it. As you can see in the screen grab above, the red stars under my “Add” buttons reflect what Netflix thinks my rating will be, not what the general population of Netflix customers has thought.
I say it’s an “interesting” effect rather than a “useful” effect because, for example, even though Netflix expects me to like “Employee of the Month” 15 percent less than the general population (which didn’t like it much to begin with), the movie still made it to the short list of DVDs I “might enjoy.”
Alison wrote:
You might be interested in Trusted Opinion’s latest feature. Trusted Opinion.com is incorporating Netflix queuing directly from DVD review pages within its recommendation network. While reading the review of a movie, members can now click on a Netflix icon, enter their Netflix username and password, and have the movie automatically added to their Netflix queue. Trusted Opinion is a free online community that brings people and their friends together to share opinions and receive personalized recommendations.
Anyway - email me if you have questions. Just thought you might be into it.
Posted on 27-Jul-07 at 12:18 pm | Permalink