Some Netflix Users Have Rated 50,000 Shows

An anonymous reader writes "Netflix has released some statistics about its users, showing that more than one percent of its customer base has rated 5,000 shows or more, and a few hundred users have rated over 50,000. A reporter for The Atlantic tracked down a few of those extreme users to find out why they do it. Mike Reilly, a producer, heard about the Netflix prize, and wanted to test the limits of the movie recommendation algorithm. Lorraine Hopping Egan has rated about 6,500 movies, but she still uses word of mouth when trying to decide what to watch."

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Evidence

[Sonny Yatsen]

FTA:

Several hundred Netflix members have rated more than 50,000 filmed entertainment programs. 50,000! To watch all those at a pace of one movie or TV show per day, it would take 136 years.

More evidence that Immortals walk among us.

Re:Evidence

[pablodiazgutierrez]

Or watching more than one show per day. Or having watched them in the past, long before Netflix was around, and rating them in their system.

Re:Evidence

[idontgno]

Or botting the whole stinking thing.

That's my odds-on favorite theory on how you can rate 50k items.

Re:stuff that matters?

[spun]

Sure Slashdot has changed. Back then, people wondered when Slashdot would publish some news for nerds and stuff that matters. Now people wonder when Slashdot stopped publishing news for nerds and stuff that matters. Totally different.