[xiaomei]

I wonder why Netflix doesn't match users with similar movie preferences. Perhaps is a legal restriction.

[MasterXen]

I thought it was closely related to staying within the boundaries of VPAA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Privacy_Protection_Act

[warmwaffles]

Right but if you were matched against other anonymous users with similar likes, it would be legal

[icefox]

In their recent blog entry they say that it is, but in other countries you can sync up with your friends. In the US you can share rss feeds of what you have watched and me and my friends use that.

[smokey_the_bear]

Netflix used to have friends features in the US too, you could see what they'd watched, and take quizzes where you guessed what movies they liked. It was pretty fun.