Four out of five shows watched on Netflix were found by subscribers thanks to recommendations offered them, AP's Frazier Moore reports:
"Most every row of program suggestions (even generic-seeming categories like "Comedies" and "Dramas") is tailored for each subscriber."
"[A] legion of Netflix 'taggers' screens every program, tagging different elements that compose it."
"Viewer habits gathered by Netflix from its 100 million accounts worldwide add more grist to the mill."
An example of the secret sauce: "[F]ans of the 2015 film 'The Big Short,' which deals with Wall Street dirty tricks, have been found to respond to the money monkeyshines that animate 'Ozark.'"
