People Are NOT Happy With Netflix Right Now
A tweet recently posted on Netflix’s Twitter account has raised a few eyebrows.
To the 53 people who've watched A Christmas Prince every day for the past 18 days: Who hurt you?
— Netflix (@netflix) December 11, 2017
While some Netflix users thought the tweet was funny, others questioned why Netflix would share their members viewing habits — Even if they withheld the members identities.
https://twitter.com/Johnson_DavidW/status/940252082916925440
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This tweet raises a lot of important questions about Netflix policys. Who wrote this tweet? Can low level employees access private data? For whom is it possible to access data from specific users? What are the consequenses for employees misusing or accessing data they shouldn't?
— Mimmi Kingdon (@MimmiKingdon) December 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/tequilacaesar/status/940583982676234240
According to Entertainment Weekly, after receiving backlash, Netflix released a statement addressing the tweet:
In the statement, they reiterated that they are committed to respecting the privacy of their members and said the verbiage contained in the tweet was in regard to the trends of their members and not their individual viewing data.
Hmmm … let’s go back and re-read that tweet again. 53 people have watched A Christmas Prince daily for two and a half weeks …
Is 53 people really enough to call the viewing history a trend? Furthermore, they are talking about the viewing history of 53 individuals.
How do you feel about Netflix’s tweet? Do you think it crossed a line?
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