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Comment by DethNinja | Hacker News Reader

Netflix needs to nail development of their own tv shows but unfortunately very large quantity of their releases contain such a bad storytelling that it is almost unwatchable.

Is it really that hard for a billion dollar company to find good storytellers and content producers?

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>Is it really that hard for a billion dollar company to find good storytellers and content producers?

Yes. Ask pretty much any studio ever. The promise that data would be this magic ingredient for quality content [that connects with audiences] ended up being pretty much BS. The percentage of content I genuinely want to spend my time with across all services is very low.

Good storytellers are almost impossible to find. Especially ones with consistent output and quality. Yes. There's no way to train for this kind of creative output, no pipeline besides people falling into the profession and not getting washed out.

Eh I can't help but feel that Netflix trying to fight other streamers on content creation was a bad idea. Even if initially it seemed to work out well for them (with some people even claiming their recommendation engine told them what shows would be good, not sure if people are still claiming this now).

A streaming platform is pretty much a commodity at this point. It's not easy but it's not something you need to hire super-premium engineering talent to achieve (as was maybe the case ten years ago). Pretty much no one watches Netflix vs. Disney+ because they have a better software stack.

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