Kabukiman
Greatest Person Ever
Just got this e-mail:
I called them to verify that it was true, and it is indeed true.
This majorly sucks for those of us with families or roomates. The way it works currently, you could set up a profile and queue for each individual person in your household. In my situation, I pay for 3 DVDs and have one sent from my queue, one from my wife's, and one from my son's. We have our queues set and don't have to do any rearranging or managing when DVDs get sent back. It just works.
Without profiles, I would have one queue and I would have to stagger the list to put me at top, then my wife's pick, then my son's and I would have to manage this on a daily basis because movies don't get sent back on a regular schedule, meaning the order would change frequently. My wife will send hers back the next day, it might take me up to a week to send mine, etc. So I can't just stagger the list and leave it be.
Also, if a title isn't available to ship, Netflix moves to the next in the list (which in this case, would be someone else's title!).
Lastly, this totally screws up recommendations. I don't want Netflix recommending "Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town" to my son just because I'm a Troma freak.
This is completely unacceptable. I really hope you think so too. If you are a subscriber and don't want this feature removed, please voice your concern on via the "Contact Us" page at Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/Suggest?type=2&lnkctr=cu_suggest
Sorry for the rant, but I hope enough people complain to get this changed. Netflix is such a great, easy-to-use services, and come September 1, it's suddenly going to become a pain in my ass and I'll have to cancel my subscription.
Dear Kabukiman,
We wanted to let you know we will be eliminating Profiles, the feature that allowed you to set up separate DVD Queues under one account, effective September 1, 2008.
Each additional Profile Queue will be unavailable after September 1, 2008. Before then, we recommend you consolidate any of your Profile Queues to your main account Queue or print them out.
While it may be disappointing to see Profiles go away, this change will help us continue to improve the Netflix website for all our customers.
If you have any questions, please go to https://www.netflix.com/Help?p_faqid=3962 or call us anytime at 1 (888) 638-3549. We apologize for any inconvenience.
- The Netflix Team
I called them to verify that it was true, and it is indeed true.
This majorly sucks for those of us with families or roomates. The way it works currently, you could set up a profile and queue for each individual person in your household. In my situation, I pay for 3 DVDs and have one sent from my queue, one from my wife's, and one from my son's. We have our queues set and don't have to do any rearranging or managing when DVDs get sent back. It just works.
Without profiles, I would have one queue and I would have to stagger the list to put me at top, then my wife's pick, then my son's and I would have to manage this on a daily basis because movies don't get sent back on a regular schedule, meaning the order would change frequently. My wife will send hers back the next day, it might take me up to a week to send mine, etc. So I can't just stagger the list and leave it be.
Also, if a title isn't available to ship, Netflix moves to the next in the list (which in this case, would be someone else's title!).
Lastly, this totally screws up recommendations. I don't want Netflix recommending "Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town" to my son just because I'm a Troma freak.
This is completely unacceptable. I really hope you think so too. If you are a subscriber and don't want this feature removed, please voice your concern on via the "Contact Us" page at Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/Suggest?type=2&lnkctr=cu_suggest
Sorry for the rant, but I hope enough people complain to get this changed. Netflix is such a great, easy-to-use services, and come September 1, it's suddenly going to become a pain in my ass and I'll have to cancel my subscription.