Netflix’s tail massage
Filed Under (Industry Biz News) by Admin on 26-09-2009
A couple of Wharton professors recently released a study of the distribution of demand for movie rentals at Netflix, based on the data the company released for the Netflix prize. The authors say the data contradict Chris Anderson’s long tail theory; Anderson says the data back up his theory; and Tom Slee says the data do neither. I wonder, though, whether the Netflix data aren’t hopelessly skewed, at least when it comes to getting a sense of the relative demand for hits as opposed to less popular or niche titles. I’ve subscribed to Netflix for a long time, and what…
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