Topic: Recommended shows improvements
The recommend shows feature doesn't work very well.
I can't find many new shows to watch that would seem interesting and I've watched a lot of shows and have them added as my time spent watching can confirm.
You've spent about 8 months, 20 hours and 23 minutes watching your series and have seen a total of 10234 episodes with an average length of 34 min.
That should be plenty of information to provide good recommendations, the problems I keep running in are the following.
Recommendations seem to use the most popular shows I've watched and bases recommendations on just 3 similar shows (that I often don't even find that similar at all). It basically generally ignores many of the less popular shows that I've watched. It also recommends mostly shows based on how popular they are.
Basing on 3 "random" shows I previously watched is a pointless extrapolation, it doesn't even take into account the ratings I give to shows. While I haven't done that with all, I've given some shows a 5 star rating which for me is really an exception, however I never see recommendations based on those 5-star rated shows.
The problem I've been running into lately is finding new interesting shows to watch, as it can take quite a lot of time finding shows I really find interesting. The thing is I would prefer to spend that time watching instead of searching.
So I would really appreciate it if this function would be improved on, maybe by using data from different platforms, such as IMDB or other recommendation sites. Using more than just 3 data points (shows) to give recommendations and looking more at the overall list of shows I've watched with a(n optional) preference for certain years or recency (people get older and change over time). Also preferably taking your personal ratings into account given to shows. Reducing the strong bias towards popular shows and big channels.
Would love to hear other people's thoughts.
If this is not an option, give me a way to export my watched shows to other platforms that are better at giving recommendations. (I've already paid for a lifetime subscription so I'm not going to leave this website ;P)