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Hi MovieLens users! We recently launched our first major revision to MovieLens since 2003! Please help us grow in the right direction by giving us thoughtful feedback on the design and functioning of the new user experience.

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  1. Would be MUCH BETTER If i could rate "actors"

    Wish i could rate actors.. There're some movies I'll never watch if there's some actor I dislike in it. I hate poor acting =\

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  2. New DVD and/or streaming releases

    Need a filter to differentiate new DVD and/or stream releases from new theater releases

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    under review  ·  Max Harper responded

    We would love to do this, too. We are still considering our options, since it’s not totally clear how to get this data.

  3. Add the ability to sort "My Ratings" alphabetically.

    I'm surprised this isn't in your list of sorting options for My Ratings already.

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  4. Allow the option to show or hide films you've added to your wish list

    I don't believe this exists yet...

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  5. need a filter to sort by recent dvd release

    I would like to be able to see whether anything at redbox is worth renting

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  6. Connect my MovieLens ratings to my other rating databases such as Netflix.

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    under review  ·  Max Harper responded

    I’ll keep this idea open in case it attracts discussion. However, we have no ability to connect movielens ratings with Netflix ratings. We are planning to support import from imdb and export ratings pretty soon.

  7. User Appreciation

    I think there should be some sort of rewards system for people who continue to use movielens. For example after rating say, 500 titles, could there at least be a thank you? It may seem trivial but in my opinion every one wants to feel that their input is valued and appreciated.

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    under review  ·  Max Harper responded

    I think this is a really great idea.

    Others: would a “thank you” email message make you feel good? Would you rather see thank you messages in the interface, or with badges/points?

  8. Allow users to pick favorite genres (was: The selection of obvious genres is questionable)

    When I press the "Explore" button I found a list of genres half of which are irrelevent for me. Either make the list of obvious genres dynamically chosen for my account, or let me configure it, or give me more of them in the menu, or whatever.

    It gives me

    animation
    comedy
    documentary
    foreign (this is no a genre dammit!) Foreign to whom????

    I'd rather see

    adventure
    file noir
    eastern
    western

    so most of the times I will have to click twice.

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  9. Dark theme

    I tried to use Firefox's dark color switcher, but it overlays over the stars (so I can't se recommendations). Since your focus is movies, a dark theme seems logical. Many of your users browse this site with an HTPC. Many HTPCs (like mine) use dark themes,,, specifically because it's more amenable to night viewing. Please give us a dark theme option.

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  10. Cannot find the RSS feature from the old version (to see which were the last 20 movies I rated)

    I really liked the RSS feat feature of the old version. It often helped me remember the name of the movie I wanted to recommend to a friend. I also found it interesting to see which were the last 20 movies or so I had watched and entered on the side...

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  11. Plot summary

    I would like to have a plot summary when the cursor is hovering over a title.

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  12. refine search with boolean filters

    Could you add a feature to refine search with operators ?
    I mean, it is actually possible to search by multiple tags, for example :

    "eighties, superheroes, drama"

    it would be awesome to be able to be more accurate with boolean operations, eg.

    "eighties +horror +teen"

    "superheroes +vilains -batman"

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  13. Incentivize tagging, edits, user loyalty

    People love a t-shirt, a button for their backpack, or even a gold star next to their user name. If you're looking to increase user participation in tag maintenance, merch and/or some sort of premium account are the answer. 1000 tags, enjoy your new coffee mug. 5,000 tags, have some embroidered socks.1,000,000 tags, welcome to movielens gold where the movies rate you.

    If this means we will be seeing ads on the site to support an overwhelming obligation to supply a huge influx of chronic taggers with cheap crap, then forget I suggested it.

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  14. Movie Details & Options When Hovering Over Cover

    It'd be great if when I hovered over a movie cover I could see a brief synopsis of the film w/additional options (i.e., Add to Wishlist, etc.), instead of having to click on the movie.

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  15. Remove Recent Releases From Main Page, They Can Be Found Anywhere!

    It isn't difficult to find recently released movies that are popular. EVERY other recommendation site does this, you can find those movies on IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes. I don't use movielens to see whats currently playing in theaters! I mean come on you can just google that stuff.

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    under review  ·  Max Harper responded

    Thanks for the feedback. Other users like this feature because viewing movies in the movielens interface offers different information (e.g., predicted ratings). Let’s see if others chime in.

  16. Ajax based refresh button and automatic refresh

    I'm new to Movielens and I find it annoying to reload the whole page once I've rated already-watched movies in the recommendations, (which actually are more than 50-60% of the recommendations). It'd be great to have an ajax based refresh button to reload new recommendations. Moreover, an automatic refresh system would be great, once the system detects a certain number of rating to recommended movies.

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  17. List

    Let us create personalized list! they are so much fun, and get people in conversations!

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  18. Clean ratings

    It's hard to think about unbiased rating when I'm looking at the predictions and statistics. It would be nice to have a UX flow where that information is not visible before I enter a rating.

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    under review  ·  Max Harper responded

    Good feedback. We would like to provide an unbiased interface for rating movies.

  19. I liked being able to control how many movies I saw per page

    I really can control the amount of information I'm getting in the old version. The pictures are nice but I like Movie lens for the control and the information! Improved graphics are nice but they're secondary to me.

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  20. Display list of movies for rating statistic

    In the About your ratings, it shows graphs of movies based on year, rareness, etc. But it only gives the number, whereas I don't know which of my movies qualifies as "rare" or "common" and I'm also curious to see why I have a spike in movies from 1985-1990

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