Netflix’s video-streaming service is officially scrapping its familiar star-rating system, hoping to make it easier for its 94 million subscribers to signal whether they liked a movie or TV show.
The service is compressing its familiar one-to-five star system into a simpler choice of thumbs-up or thumbs-down. The change, first discussed by a Netflix official last month and officially unveiled yesterday, is aimed at soliciting more viewer feedback and helping the service make better program recommendations.
Netflix believes its star system has been confusing to many people. The five stars allowed subscribers to tell Netflix whether they “hated,” “didn’t like,” “liked,” “really liked” or “loved” a particular video.
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