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posted by martyb on Wednesday February 26 2020, @03:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the FOMO dept.

Music charts have them, Rotten Tomatoes is built on them, it's why we vote on polls, and now Netflix will show the top 10 shows for users to see and will badge shows with their top 10 number in the listings.

While the streaming video on demand (SVOD) platform has long had a trending side scroller to show what titles have received an up-tick in interest (usually titles that have just been added to the service), the new feature lets you see what people are actually watching the most.

In essence, it’s the same as the wall of top-selling titles in a book shop (if you can find one of those) or the most streamed songs chart on something like Spotify or Apple Music.

[...] Netflix director of product innovation Cameron Johnson said the company had been testing the feature in Mexico and the UK for the last six months and would now roll it out more widely around the world.

“We’re constantly looking for ways to make Netflix better. It’s why we’ve been experimenting with top-10 lists,” Mr Johnson said.

“When you watch a great movie or TV show, you share it with family and friends or talk about it at work so other people can enjoy it too. We hope these top-10 lists will help create more of these shared moments while also helping all of us find something to watch more quickly and easily.”

 
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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2020, @05:43AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2020, @05:43AM (#962735)

    Since, after all, they already removed support for user reviews. [variety.com]

    After all, why make it easier for viewers to let everyone else know when their shows are garbage?

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  • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday February 26 2020, @07:23AM (1 child)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Wednesday February 26 2020, @07:23AM (#962755) Journal

    If you left it running after/during your show-induced suicide, it still counts.

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    "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday February 26 2020, @04:06PM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 26 2020, @04:06PM (#962917) Journal

      Committing slow suicide by watching Netflix could be mistaken by the medical examiner as, cause of death: died while enjoying watching popular TV program.

      Feedback to Netflix: Program was so good that he died watching it.

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