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Trax: Netflix tightens up its algorithms …

September 4, 2013

I bought a new “smart” TV … and it came with a 6-month free subscription to Netflix steaming service.

Sweet.

In concept, the streaming concept is a cool idea, except for:

  1. The “loading” message brings a movie to a halt when the “cache” gets full, needs to be emptied, and more content has to stream in.
  2. The limited streaming library … I thought I’d get access to practically every movie ever made … not so, by a long shot.
  3. The goofy recommendations for what I’d like to view next.

#3 surprised me since Netflix have invested heavily in systems to figure out what we want to to see.

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Here’s what’s going on and what Netflix is doing about it …

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