Ever since Netflix dropped the 5-star ratings, user reviews have taken a back-step on the Netflix website. Now Netflix have announced that they are removing the user reviews from 30th July as their usage has declined. This does make sense as the thumbs up/down system was designed to be quick and easy; writing a review doesn’t fit with the ‘quick and easy’ approach so people were less inclined to do it. Also, it was rather difficult to find where to write a review on the website…
Hi [name],
You contributed a review on Netflix within the last year. We wanted to let you know that this feature will be retired on 14th August due to declining usage.
We appreciate you taking time to write a review. All of your reviews will be available at netflix.com/reviews until 14th August.
–The Netflix Team
So, if you like to read reviews and will miss the official user reviews on Netflix then why not head over to our own reviews site at https://uk.newonnetflix.info/reviews
Updated 31st July – the date has changed from 30th July to 14th August
They didn’t exactly make them hugely visible. Maybe they’d have gotten more use if you didn’t have to select the show, then click details, then click all reviews to see more than the two they pick as the “top reviews”.
Just looked on my phone app, I can find where I can rate something, but can’t find other users ratings.
I’d not read your instructions, so it’s not obvious.
Any ratings are only really useful alongside where it has year, certificate, etc., where there’s loads of blank space to put a basic percentage or out of ten rating.
I didn’t even realise there was a review thing on there. I obviously didn’t pay enough attention.
To me, this proves that t wasn’t a bad feature, it was a poorly implemented feature.
Don’t think I’ve ever looked at one, so it’s not something I’ll miss.
I didn’t know there was an option for this, I would have used it. Always have to go to IMDB for ratings and reviews
Thereby proving my point that they made them too obscure.
Pretty sure the IMDb rating used to appear in their listings. Might have been another another service like Netflix but I’m 80% sure it was Netflix.
That was the best way of all.
BRING BACK IMDB RATINGS!
Listed alongside the year, age rating, etc. There’s room for it on all the apps on all the platforms I’ve seen
I don’t think they ever had IMDb ratings?!
I wouldn’t bet a mortgage on it, but I’ve been an on and off subscriber since when it was launched in the UK, and I’m “fairly” sure it did.
The only service like it I’ve dabbled in back in the earlier days was Now TV. It may have been their but it seems unlikely, and from memory I recall it with red white and black. Netflix interface not Now’s, which was white back
Hope this illustrates I’m not claiming I’m right 😀
But would be ideal.
Naughty Kodi add ons have it.
I don’t remember them, even going back to the original grey and red website with the white logo.
Anyway, I don’t think they’ll add them as Amazon own IMDb and would they want to promote competition?
Regardless, our website has IMDb ratings as well as TMDB net, MetaCritic and Rotten Tomatoes 🙂
https://uk.newonnetflix.info
The daft thing is everything still has a star rating – where does that come from with the thumbs up/down and no reviews?
I think they should have kept the reviews but they are not easy to find if you do not use a mainframe computer for Netflix. I often find reviews informative and helpful on IMDB and Amazon with an independent perspective.