[shiroiuma]

>It seems like all netflix ever shows you is what they want you to see. My guess is that they intentionally hide certain older content to try and drive viewers to newer content so that they can collect metrics.

The other reason might be the way they distribute stuff: from what I've read, they have equipment set up in various locations to cache content to reduce overall network load. So they want you to watch stuff that's cached on a server at your ISP, rather than something in the archives they have to serve from their main location.

[hkxer]

I’m inclined to think the reason for that is that location is a major factor in people’s content preferences, not purely because stuff is cached in one area, that seems extreme.

[shiroiuma]

Local/regional preferences surely have a lot to do with what's cached near any particular person. So I'm guessing the Netflix tries to push people to watch stuff that's more popular in their area?