Re: Netflix Prize

["Gregory Boyce-3" <user=138@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Tom Metro wrote: 

>> The problem is that the data is more or less bogus. It is based on 
>> customer ID -- which includes families. 
> 
> I don't use Netflix, but I've heard noise on the tech podcasts lately about 
> them possibly getting rid of profiles (at least temporarily until they 
> replace them with something better). As a part of that discussion, it implied 
> that the current feature set includes the idea of individual user profiles 
> such that individual family members can set their own preferences and create 
> their own queues. 

That's pretty much what they do. 

They were going to remove the feature, but changed their mind due to 
customer complaints. 

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