Social Media

I recently got a Netflix account.  I love the service so far, and the recommendations seem to be pretty good.  The Netflix Prize is really cool.  I was really interested when I saw the “Friends and Community” section.  It looks like Netflix is making a half baked attempt at a social network, it’s especially half-baked when you click on “Community Forms” which takes you to the Ning Netflix page.  When I first looked at the “Friends & Community” tab I thought it was pretty cool, except for the fact that I had no idea if I knew anyone who actually used Netflix … come on!  The first time I actually wanted to use one of those Gmail inspecting friend finder/spammer tools they didn’t have one.  Then … after a few weeks I finally ran into a buddy who uses it … I went to add him, and I couldn’t even find him!!!!  I entered his email address into this even more spammy looking page, hoping it would return something useful, but nothing.  I have no idea if the email address I used for him is registered in the Netflix database.  What the eff … I’m sure the web strategist would have something to say about this.  My battery is dying … out.