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DisturbedNocturne t1_j94ejvj wrote

Reply to comment by bob1689321 in Netflix Quietly Drops Its ‘Surprise Me’ Shuffle Button by Captain_Smartass_

Even "random within a genre" would've been far more useful than what they had. Sometimes I'm in the mood for a specific type of movie, but I don't think I'm ever in a mood of "Oh, I'll watch whatever!" I don't think the feature even differentiated between a television show or movie which was even dumber.

It was just a lazy feature with no thought.

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dare_dick t1_j94vxxo wrote

That's exactly why I switched to Plex with my own media server. I have multiple playlists. Sometimes I'm in the mood for a sitcom. So I do a random episode from multiple sitcom shows. Other times I like anime ... etc.

It's so much more meaningful than random episodes/movies from the entire collection!!

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Ozlin t1_j97xc1g wrote

Even if it was "random thing from my list" it would have been a bit better. But I agree having it be within a genre from your list would have been the best option. I used Surprise Me once and its selection was poor enough that I never use it again as well. Seems to be the common experience.

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