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Netflix reccomendations rule
(lemmy.world)
To those not familiar with the hilarious Fern Brady: there's probably absolutely miniscule overlap between people who like her style of comedy and those who like hacks like Iglesias and Dunham.
No clue about Gilmore Girls fandom overlap, though.
That's like saying "oh, you like gummy bears? I bet you also like pasta carbonara!" ๐
But the recommendation is not based on show genre, it's based on user behavior. That means that people who enjoy that show usually enjoy that other one.
Or people who watch one stand up special usually watch another because Netflix recommends it, pushing specific ones like those two extra hard.
The algorithm is weighted towards recommending specific shows more than others more than towards the taste of the viewer.
Just like how Facebook, Twitter and YouTube tend to push people towards far right political content, Netflix has been (unsuccesfully) trying REALLY hard to make me like Iglesias, Dunham, Rob Schneider, and other comedians of both stage and screen for over a decade now ๐
These algorithms are sold as almost prescient oracles that know our preference more than we do.
Perhaps people who watch this also watch that because that's what you recommended.
There's videos on YouTube that have been pushed on me over & over even when I click not interested.