The Value of Personalized Recommendations: Evidence from Netflix
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- A recent study published on arXiv highlights the significant impact of personalized recommendation systems on user engagement at Netflix. By employing a discrete choice model, the research quantifies the value of recommendation-induced utility and assesses the effects of different recommendation algorithms on viewership data, revealing that alternative systems could reduce engagement by up to 12%.
- This development underscores the importance of Netflix's current recommendation system, suggesting that any changes could adversely affect user engagement and consumption diversity, which are critical for maintaining subscriber satisfaction and retention.
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