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.”
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2020, @03:56AM (2 children)
Pornhub.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2020, @07:36AM (1 child)
Redtube
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2020, @07:42AM
Motherless.com
(Score: 3, Insightful) by PinkyGigglebrain on Wednesday February 26 2020, @04:58AM (1 child)
Like I fucking care what other people are watching.
I had about a dozen or so DVDs in my Q that i really wanted to watch that were listed as "unknown" for when they will be available or "Very long wait" (for the last 6+ months) for when they will ship. I eventually cleared them after most of them sitting there for over 2 years.
So how about instead of spending money and time adding gimmicks I don't give a shit about Netflix makes sure they can actually provide the titles that you claim to have?
The worst part is when disk 5 of a 6 disk set is "unknown".
"Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday February 26 2020, @04:04PM
The popularity of programs tends to weight negatively when I consider whether I should watch something.
The vast majority watch crap. Junk food for the brain. Like McDonalds.
A top ten list might serve as a good "warning" list of low grade drivel to beware of.
Is it just me? Am I alone in finding it more and more difficult to find something good to watch despite the quantity of choices? Am I just a cranky old man now?
and get off my lawn!
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2020, @05:43AM (2 children)
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?
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday February 26 2020, @07:23AM (1 child)
If you left it running after/during your show-induced suicide, it still counts.
"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
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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(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday February 26 2020, @07:08AM (2 children)
Netflix has been experimenting with user-directed narratives, but what they need is a branching storyline that changes day-to-day depending on the choices everyone watching the show has made. Clans would form based on which characters they'd like to champion.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by Common Joe on Wednesday February 26 2020, @10:07AM (1 child)
A storyline that changes / gets updated every day based on voting? It sounds like you're promoting the next generation of soap operas.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday February 26 2020, @12:10PM
If you like. I'm thinking it's more like Lord of the Rings, but this time you want to follow the events happening around Erebor.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 3, Touché) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Wednesday February 26 2020, @03:42PM (1 child)
... I'm sure they don't want to anymore, because streaming is much better rent seeking than sending.
And apparently Netflix played the keys of the PR machine correctly, because this really isn't big news at all, other than Netflix desperately trying to stay relevant as a creator/streaming conglomerate like the others. Because it measures what is popular on Netflix, which not only doesn't have all content on streaming available it doesn't even have all content that is hot right now.
Page me when Picard makes their top ten, please.
This sig for rent.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2020, @07:33AM
Isn't Picard locked into some channel few people watch?