I would like to add a counterpoint to the suggestion that recommendations be based on viewing habits. It should be optional. That's how they broke Netflix. I would prefer that the recommendations be based purely on my ratings, because my ratings reflect how much I actually liked something, I don't try to be objective about it. Also I sometimes give a negative review to something I haven't seen just because I hate it on principle, such as anything with zombies in it, as a way of saying stop recommending zombie stuff, but if the recommendations are based on what I've rated instead of how I rated it, it could have the opposite effect. If the recommendations are based only on how much you like something then it's easy to get good results just by being honest about how much you like things.
Lisa
I would like to add a counterpoint to the suggestion that recommendations be based on viewing habits. It should be optional. That's how they broke Netflix. I would prefer that the recommendations be based purely on my ratings, because my ratings reflect how much I actually liked something, I don't try to be objective about it. Also I sometimes give a negative review to something I haven't seen just because I hate it on principle, such as anything with zombies in it, as a way of saying stop recommending zombie stuff, but if the recommendations are based on what I've rated instead of how I rated it, it could have the opposite effect. If the recommendations are based only on how much you like something then it's easy to get good results just by being honest about how much you like things.