[TV orNotTV] 'If You Watch These, You May Want to Come Out...'

2023-08-15 Thread Mark Jeffries
BBC reporter Ellie House swears that before she had decided to come out as bisexual, the Netflix algorithm already knew: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66472938 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group a

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'If You Watch These, You May Want to Come Out...'

2023-08-15 Thread Joe Hass
There is a legendary story about Target involving a customer who came into a store furious that his daughter received personalized coupons that were targeted towards a pregnant woman, only to have the guy return weeks later to apologize because his daughter actually *was* pregnant. Never question

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'If You Watch These, You May Want to Come Out...'

2023-08-15 Thread Kevin M.
I’m not an algorithm, as far as you know, but when I worked at Bed Bath & Beyond, I was able to predict at least three pregnancies of customers and one coworker. On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 12:13 PM Joe Hass wrote: > There is a legendary story about Target involving a customer who came into > a stor

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'If You Watch These, You May Want to Come Out...'

2023-08-15 Thread Tom Wolper
Her preferences wouldn’t have changed just because she came out. She was probably choosing to watch shows and movies with a queer sensibility without being conscious of it and Netflix was able to connect the dots before she did. On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 3:31 PM Kevin M. wrote: > I’m not an algori

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'If You Watch These, You May Want to Come Out...'

2023-08-15 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 12:50 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > Her preferences wouldn’t have changed just because she came out. She was > probably choosing to watch shows and movies with a queer sensibility > without being conscious of it and Netflix was able to connect the dots > before she did. > Wonder

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'If You Watch These, You May Want to Come Out...'

2023-08-15 Thread John Edwards
On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 5:22 PM Kevin M. wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 12:50 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > >> Her preferences wouldn’t have changed just because she came out. She was >> probably choosing to watch shows and movies with a queer sensibility >> without being conscious of it and Netf

Re: [TV orNotTV] 'If You Watch These, You May Want to Come Out...'

2023-08-15 Thread Diner
"My TiVo Thinks I'm Gay" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoUJvAQg7KI On Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 6:59:49 PM UTC-4 John Edwards wrote: > On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 5:22 PM Kevin M. wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 12:50 PM Tom Wolper wrote: >> >>> Her preferences wouldn’t have changed