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Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO by ethbro on Saturday January 19, 2019 @11:32PM (#18951107)
I'm curious how Netflix seems to have failed to innovate at social media consumption in their platform.

If they're really worried about Fortnite, why haven't they made an effort to actually leverage network effects past cost scaling?

My primary reason to get Netflix if my friends have Netflix is so we can talk about the same (Netflix-only) shows.

But why not offer synced or simultaneous viewing with friends groups? Or per group commenting on episodes? Or anything that offers a truly different viewing experience that I can only get on Netflix?

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Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO by PascLeRasc on Saturday January 19, 2019 @11:42PM (#18951156)
I mean, Bandersnatch and Bird Box were all over Twitter for a few weeks after they came out, and their particular Twitter account is pretty engaging. I think a lot of us are thankful that Netflix hasn't adopted the Stories feature of most social media platforms. For the most part they follow the Unix philosophy of just doing one thing well.
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Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO by madeofpalk on Sunday January 20, 2019 @05:10AM (#18952283)
> Netflix hasn't adopted the Stories feature

Boy have I got bad news for you... https://gfycat.com/FrighteningMassiveHart

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Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO by eeeeeeeeeeeee on Sunday January 20, 2019 @07:38AM (#18952768)
Was it just me, or did anyone find Bandersnatch to be meh? I didn’t even finish it and I always liked choose your own adventure stories as a kid.
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Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO by stale2002 on Sunday January 20, 2019 @04:01AM (#18952050)
If only... there were some sort of live streaming website, when thousands of people could get together and watch content at the same time, maybe even with a chat system.

Since the topic is fortnite, perhaps such a streaming website could even include gaming content!

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Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO by pferde on Sunday January 20, 2019 @05:03AM (#18952258)
You're right, and I am surprised Amazon hasn't come up with something like that... or at least acquire a smaller company that does it already, if they can find one.
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Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO by bostik on Sunday January 20, 2019 @07:38AM (#18952765)
Isn't this what they acquired Twitch for?
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Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO by kaffeemitsahne on Sunday January 20, 2019 @08:30AM (#18952945)
Sarcasm :)
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Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO by jedberg on Sunday January 20, 2019 @03:21AM (#18951900)
Netflix had all those social features, but they dropped them all.
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