Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Ups and Thumbs Down

Re:Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Ups and Thumbs... by bmelton on Friday March 17, 2017 @11:04AM (#13894469)

This seems like pure difficulty for me. When I think of thumbs up / down metrics I think in terms of "would I endorse this?"

A movie like "Suicide Squad" was (to me at least) highly enjoyable, though I thought it objectively had many problems with plot and delivery. I would probably give it 3 stars, which is relatively neutral for me (or leave it altogether unrated). If it were thumbs up/down, I would probably have to leave it unrated completely.

Maybe that's an improvement, but the more discussion I see around this, the more I realize the futility of single-axis metrics for things like this, until and unless you're asking a single question "Did you enjoy this movie" is a much different question from "is this a good movie" -- and I don't really know which one I've been answering on Netflix all these years past.

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Re:Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Ups and Thumbs... by bluntfang on Friday March 17, 2017 @11:58AM (#13894979)

I think you are an anomalous user. I'm not sure why you're OK with rating 1-5 stars but not a thumbsup or down. I think you're just upset because they are changing.

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Re:Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Ups and Thumbs... by CaptSpify on Friday March 17, 2017 @01:29PM (#13895968)

I like giving weight to my vote.

3 stars = "not a bad movie, but wouldn't recommend"

4 starts = "decent movie, would recommend"

5 stars = "great movie, would definitely recommend"

A binary choice doesn't have any weight to it.

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Re:Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Ups and Thumbs... by kartickv on Saturday March 18, 2017 @02:09AM (#13900148)

I don't think there's a need for weight since there are many reviewers. The weight is the percentage of people who thumbed it up.

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Re:Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Ups and Thumbs... by CaptSpify on Monday March 20, 2017 @11:40AM (#13915081)

How does weight have anything to do with amount of reviewers? Those are completely unrelated metrics.

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Re:Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Ups and Thumbs... by sethammons on Saturday March 18, 2017 @09:49AM (#13901208)

The current suggested rating is influenced by your history of rating, with weight given to how highly you rated it. There are shows that are suggested at 4 stars for my wife but at 2 stars for me.

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Re:Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Ups and Thumbs... by sethammons on Saturday March 18, 2017 @09:46AM (#13901200)

This. And based on my history of rating, Netflix had been pretty good at guessing if something will be 3+ stars. If they think it is 3 stars, I consider watching. If they think it is 4+, I tend to really enjoy the suggestion. Though, nearly every Netflix original is suggested at 5 stars, lol.

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Re:Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Ups and Thumbs... by __david__ on Friday March 17, 2017 @03:31PM (#13897209)

I agree. I even want a couple more increments between 2,3, and 4. There are a lot of movies I see that I think are better or worse than a 3 rating but don't justify a 2 or a 4. I feel there's a lot of room for nuance around the middle area.

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Re:Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Ups and Thumbs... by phy6 on Friday March 17, 2017 @01:18PM (#13895851)

Lets say a movie previously would have shown 3 out of 5 stars. Where does that fit in with the binary thumbs up/down? I think they are just doing this because recently some actors movies are being attacked with 1 star ratings for being politically vocal.

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Re:Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Ups and Thumbs... by alphapapa on Saturday March 18, 2017 @01:12PM (#13902284)

> I think you're just upset because they are changing.

This is actually rude of you, bordering on ridicule. He explained very clearly why he is dissatisfied.

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