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Community driven movie recommendation app - check it out https://www.movvio.com Now the biggest challenge is to how to get ppl to subscribe for Early bird access while we are finishing the app :(

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As a developer, I'm curious to know how 'Step 3' is supposed to work compared to other ways making recommendations.

One of the big problems I have with recommendations is recommending things I've already watched. Netflix used to be so good at the start, now my tastes are just pooled in with what everyone else is watching now.

So, when you join the app, you will go through onboarding flow where we try to understand your movie genre interests, as well as, you can opt-in to give suggestions in the future (this way you become part of community). So, once you submit a request, app will send those request to selected ppl from the community asking for a good suggestion. Once they suggest movie/TV show/series, you will be notified and will be able to pick those that you like/dislike. App will try to understand who are ppl from the community which suggestions you liked the most and in the future will connect you profiles similar to those people. That way you will have your unique path. The main reason for this is when we did PoC most of the participants stressed that they take suggestions from people they know and share similar taste. But again, we are in stage of releasing our MVP, so I'm sure there will be more things to learn :) Hey, why not subscribe for "Early access" and help us crack that part :)

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