Netflix does without a general star rating and instead offers a percentage of match, but what does that mean?
Instead of a general star rating and the reviews of other Netflix * users, the
matching system
should respond
much more
specifically
and, above all,
more precisely
to the user and his
personal preferences
for films and series. Because even if a star rating can nicely illustrate how a film or series was received by other viewers, one's own taste was always completely disregarded.
With the help of the Netflix compliance information, the streaming service now wants to
make
more suitable suggestions
or show you how much a certain film
fits
into your
typical usage
behavior.
Netflix is thus offering another service that
is intended to
make it
even
easier for
the user to
choose a film
.
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But how does the new rating and recommendation system work?
The
match score
with a movie or series on Netflix is calculated by the new recommendation algorithm from various factors.
First of all, of course, it takes into account which series and films you have
already seen
.
If you have already watched a particularly large number of films and series in a particular genre, new titles from this genre will generally be
more
similar
.
If many other fans of the same genre stream a certain film from a different genre, the agreement also increases for this film.
Netflix
is like
these values easily
with other users from
having a
similar film
and
series taste
seem to have.
In addition, of course, Netflix uses your
own rating of
viewed titles.
So if you give a movie a “thumbs up” after watching it in the Netflix app, it will be factored in when it comes to matching similar titles.
If you've just recently bought a Netflix account, this percentage will vary a lot from your taste.
The more you move around the app and feed your algorithm with data, i.e. watch and rate content, the more
accurately
Netflix can find films and series that
suit
your
personal taste
.
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Here's how you can influence the match score on Netflix:
The accuracy of the match scores depends, of course, on your own taste, or at least on what Netflix
has
calculated
as
your taste
through your
previous streaming titles
and
ratings of
these
.
So if you have a very diverse taste, Netflix needs more input, but if you only prefer a specific genre of movies and series, Netflix will be able to come up with
suitable suggestions
more quickly.
In summary, it can be said that you have to feed as much data as possible into the app in order to actively personalize your algorithm as precisely as possible.
In order to actively improve your suggestions
and to achieve
a
more precise percentage match of
new films and series, you should rate films and series that you liked with a
"thumbs up"
. The same applies, of course, to films and series that you didn't like. If you give them a
"thumbs down"
rating
, Netflix may exclude similar titles from your future suggestions. Conveniently, content that you have rated with a “thumbs down” will no longer be displayed or suggested on the Netflix homepage.
(Clara Kistner) * tz.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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