Hey @netflix does your algorithm take it into account when someone wants to simply enjoy the credits after a powerful episode of TV and rapidly goes as fast as they can to hit the "watch credits" button but can't because you only allow takes two seconds so...
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You have to go back to the prior episode menu and literally fast-forward through the episode just to have that moment of enjoying and seeing who did the guest voices, but when you go to pause it hits “next episode” right when it pops up and you literally do this two more times?
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And does the algorithm account for how literally everyone is angry that you cut down the time for this and we’re all just endlessly spinning into a hopeless, constant glut of streaming and lack of choice that we have no autonomy over, but...
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We have to face the fact that the company and the algorithm itself could give less of a fuck about experience and would rather just constantly play more more more and because it gets results nothing matters? Like, it can read that too, right?
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Anyway, I would like the permanent option to watch credits.
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Okay, know what bugs me about the tech industry? The completely blatant hypocrisy when it comes to options and convenience. Because convenience to tech people is the ability to skip over things and play content at 1.5 speed or whatever disregards the work itself. But...
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I want the option to not be interrupted, the option not have to rush for my fucking controller when I'm crying over something, the option to enjoy something and be in the moment. But by all means, tech people get the button that allows them to watch the next whatever the hell.
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Because the one thing they never think about when it comes to the algorithm is how maybe other people don't think like them.
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Also, with any data-driven company you have to be extra sure you aren't being a slave to an algorithm that doesn't understand what people want versus what people put up with through gritted teeth. Remember, everything has a tipping point.
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Replying to @FilmCritHULK @netflix
I see somebody has been watching bojack
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*points to nose*
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