In Netflix there are hundreds and hundreds of movies and series. On some occasions I have spent more time looking for what to see than the time I have dedicated to seeing it and for this reason it is good to have the algorithm that recommends content in shape.
whatWhat is this algorithm? When you enter Netflix there is a section called “recommended for you” and all the content that is in there is based on decisions that the algorithm has made based on the content you watch or mark as favorites among other factors.
However, the algorithm is not infallible and on many occasions because you start to see content by mistake, a relative who uses your account at home or content that you end up not liking, the recommendations begin to twist.
Whatever the reason, if the algorithm recommends things you don’t like, you don’t have to sit idly by and resign yourself.
We teach you how to recalibrate the algorithm and get the right recommendations back on the right track.
How it works and how to recalibrate the Netflix algorithm
Netflix keeps track of your habits when using its application, either on your mobile or on your computer or TV. Pay attention to the movies or series you choose and take note of the genre, the age rating and the actors that appear.
With that data, using machine learning models and artificial intelligence, it generates those recommendations.
Now, what can we do if we don’t like the recommendations it gives us to help you fine-tune your shot?
View and organize your viewing history
if you think that Netflix It is not recommending you correctly, it could be because on some occasion content that you do not like has been displayed with your profile and, of course, this content counts to offer you recommendations.
To view your history and sift through and clean what Netflix knows you’ve watched, you can do it from a web browser.
- Opens netflix.com in your browser.
- login
- Click on the user icon
- open account
- Enter Profile and Parental Controls
- Viewing Activity
And there you will see a detailed list of everything that has been seen with this profile of your account. If you see something suspicious or you don’t like, you can click the hide button and Netflix will adjust the algorithm accordingly.
Give ratings to what you see or correct wrong ratings
When you are browsing the series or movies and when you finish watching them you can rate the viewing with “Not for me”, “I like it” or “I love it”.
If you have put any rating by mistake or you have not put any in what you did not like, Netflix does not take it into account in its algorithm.
To Vsee the ratings you have givenyou have to follow pretty much the same steps as before until you get to your profile and parental controls.
- Opens netflix.com in your browser.
- login
- Click on the user icon
- open account
- Enter Profile and Parental Controls
- Ratings
In this list you will see the evaluations made and you can delete or change them to your actual taste.
Blur and new profile
Finally, we have the most drastic solution, but also the most functional. Start from scratch with a new profile.
There is a problem with this point and it is that it will take a while for the algorithm to understand your tastes, but if you are aware of evaluating and of the content you watch, you will make Netflix offer you perfect content to cover your refined audiovisual taste.
you can just create a new user in the profile list and then delete the old one.
As we can see, there are many options to re-teach the algorithm your tastes and get it to recommend content similar to what we want to see.
