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Netflix experimentation seems to have suffered in the past year IMHO, with worsening recommendations and no simple way for users to provide feedback. And bugs are creeping in-- this week I've hit two different bugs in the Netflix recommendation engine, so something's amiss.

The experiment I would love to see is an simple icon that means "I don't want to watch this".

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It's been pretty apparent for me that their who focus changed a couple of years ago from "here's some stuff you might enjoy watching" to "here's the stuff we want you to watch" or much like Google ads, "here's something you've already watched, watch it again"

I'm almost at the point of cancelling my Netflix subscription simply because it's so much effort to find something of interest now.

For the love of God, can we please get an "Only show me things in my native language" option?

There already exists a simple icon for "I don't want to watch this": the thumbs down button. Clicking it is supposed to remove the show from your recommendations (after a day or so, to clear the caches).

It turns out that Netflix thumbs down conflicts with thumbs up.

For example, pick a movie that you like, yet don't ever want to watch on Netflix; perhaps you've already seen the movie on a different service. Do you click thumbs up ("I like this") or thumbs down ("Not for me")?

Next, if you watch some of the movie, then it shows up in your "Currently Watching" list, with icons for thumbs up ("I like this but don't want to continue watching"), thumbs down ("I don't like this"), and a broom ("Just cleaning up").

What I am suggesting as an experiment is a choice that means "I like this but don't want it on my main page".

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