No Way To Hide Your Prying Eyes
Slate.com delves into Judging Your Friends By Their Netflix Lists (via Hacking Netflix). Although the article belabors the point about the five-star ratings system, it does touch on the voyeuristic thrill of checking out which DVDs your friends have lined up. I’ve gotten a lot of good ideas off them.
Anyone who’d like to become my Netflix Friend is welcome to do so by sending an invite to biz(at)scrubbles.net. We have the four-out-at-a-time plan, with myself having a queue for three deliveries to Christopher’s separate queue for one. C. tends to put the newer films on his (short) list so they get here faster — but my Friends never see that. Instead, they get my unwieldly queue filled with Mystery Science Theaters, weird documentaries, crappy TV shows, old Disney movies and the occasional Criterion disc.
Comments
I'm already your Netflix friend, and I feel I'm letting down the team by not rating the movies I watch. I tried, honest I did. But at some point I realized I couldn't be bothered. Sorry, Matt.
Posted by: Vince | September 19, 2006 06:13 PM
That's okay, Vince! I use the friends feature more for what people have on their queues than the ratings anyway.
Posted by: Matt | September 20, 2006 12:46 PM