Netflix Moving from Star Ratings to Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down
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It seems that, with their most recent move, Netflix will stay a step ahead of rival streaming sites. As The Verge reports, Netflix Vice President Todd Yellin revealed that the site will phase out the star rating system in favor of a simple thumbs up/thumbs down. Yellin cites a test population for the thumbs up binary system who reported at a rate 200 percent higher than Netflix’s traditional system.