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Perhaps something here is that this is an identifiable person who actually works at netflix making a semi-permanent and public statement.

Contrasted to a friend who heard something passing on information that they were not expecting to be held accountable for.

I might trust my friends more, if my friend and someone on the internet had the same information, but might trust someone on the internet more if they had better knowledge.

Also, they did say "might not be true", and it certainly makes sense to use new knowledge to adjust the probabilities of belief.