Net Neutrality is Live
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@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
Now if you're still with me - I think that Netflix could actually provide you with content you both would like based upon your moods, but it will require a fair amount of work on your part. when you are watching netflix you'll need to tell it your mood, and who's watching.. then over time netflix will learn things about you.. and be able to provide suggestions that will fit you both. This technology already exists, maybe not commercially, but technically, it just takes implementation. Unfortunately that cost of entry is probably to high, do you really want to spend time telling the system who's watching and what their mood is when you start watching, of course not, who's got time for that?
The Playstation Netflix App has a really cool feature called Netflix Max. It allows you to answer two or three questions then it gives you suggestions based on how you rated other shows/movies. It is a really nice addition especially during that time where you really don't feel like finding a show to watch.
Interesting, now IRC and wife need to agree to not give the title any credit good or bad, and not read the synopsis and just start watching the show and he'll have nearly what he wants.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
@IRJ said:
I think its a million dollar idea and its what Netflix needs to knock down the TV providers.
I might go pitch the idea on shark tank....uh never mind. Well maybe, if I add a QVC channel to the idea......
Trust me, everyone who has used on demand services for the past fifteen years has thought of this, worked out how to do it and thus far, determined that it isn't worth any money. What you are proposing has been discussed a lot and always comes out to "no vendor cares because the value is too low." Trust me, I know exactly what you are asking for and it takes absolutely nothing for the vendors to provide. But they just aren't seeing a market for it. This idea goes back to the earliest days of Internet streaming services. @AndyW and I were working in this space, doing actual channels for radio, in the early 2000s - and even then no one would use them versus on demand based systems.
I was joking about the million dollar idea think. It was just an attempt of humor at Mark Cuban's expense.
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I'm not sure there will ever be an algorithm that will give reliable recommendations on what I'd like. I dunno, maybe I have less predictable tastes than most people. Spotify, Amazon and Netflix all seem well wide of the mark.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
I'm not sure there will ever be an algorithm that will give reliable recommendations on what I'd like. I dunno, maybe I have less predictable tastes than most people. Spotify, Amazon and Netflix all seem well wide of the mark.
OK I can see that, and even agree that it will be painful at best to get them to give you something that will fit your mood at the time you're looking... but really - channels DEFINITELY don't do that for you now. You're forced to choose only from the selection that they have playing at the moment you're looking.
So look at Netflix, Hulu, etc the same way - that you're forced into this small focused list that they are providing you - really it' no different than what is on the channels on the cable box.
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I rely on recommendations and reviews in the TV listings of my newspaper. They don't tend to review Netflix programs to the same extent. I'm sure they will as Netflix becomes more popular. Professional critics always beat algorithms for me.
For me, art is either good or it isn't. There isn't any particular genre I like over another. So an algorithm would never work. There will never be a computer that can calculate why I love Breaking Bad and Seinfeld so much more than other series.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
I'm not sure there will ever be an algorithm that will give reliable recommendations on what I'd like. I dunno, maybe I have less predictable tastes than most people. Spotify, Amazon and Netflix all seem well wide of the mark.
Same problem. those algorithms can't figure out what I like at all.
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So forget the algorithm and simply watch what it puts in front of you, just like cable does.
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I'm not sure how preventing paid prioritization == preventing content... but I guess this is a thing now.
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@coliver said:
I'm not sure how preventing paid prioritization == preventing content... but I guess this is a thing now.
I think they are just worried the government will over reach like they do in many other things. And the fact that the FCC has no enforcement power especially when it comes to companies like Comcast who get around things.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
I think they are just worried the government will over reach like they do in many other things.
This is why I did not want Title II applied. I worked for an ILEC for years and I know just how much of a f[moderated]ed up mess that it made of things when DSL was rolled out back in 2000.
I have never been against network neutrality principles, but Title II was not the best way to go about it.
By using Title II, I expect the ILECs to bring all their lawyers in, and those lawyers already know Title II inside and out. This is going to turn in to a complete cluster f[moderated].
