I have asked this question before and I am even more curious now that the search has changed and it always shows the most popular shows first: Mark movie/show as "not interested at all"
I want to see what is new on my streaming services or in genres I like. Every time I search like that I get so many results I don’t want ever want to watch. Yes I could put them in a list of “not interested” - but that gets me another problem: if I filter my search by “listed” those results will also pop up and I have no idea which listed items I am interested in and which I am not.
I do see only two possible options: one “not interested”-Button, that is basically another kind of list not treated as the usual lists or the ability to filter by specific lists (like “watchlisted” or “(not) on list X” and not just “listed” in general.
Am I the only one who wants this feature? Am I using Trakt differently from anybody else?
So far the only choice I have found is marking them as watched with a very low rating. I wish there was a not interested button as well because I don’t want to really associate watching most of them.
I guess it depends on your view what you consider a better option - getting better search results for yourself or skewing ratings for everyone else
I’m not saying this feature request is bad. I probably would use it too. I’m saying this suggested solution is bad. I mean, how many these not wanted items are there on a single search results page? 3? 5? Is is it that difficult just to skip them? If there are a lot of such items, that sounds more like a bad filtering Of course I don’t know your case - maybe you don’t like quite a lot of different criteria movies or shows - so I might be wrong, but without more personal taste info there’s not much anyone can suggest at the moment
@autbrat never said that their way was good or bad, nor did they suggest it to anyone as a solution. They literally just said, “the only choice I have found”.
Also, one rating isn’t going to skew everyone’s recommendations.
You’re also admitting to not knowing anything about the context of what they said or the question in general, so I’m not quite sure why you’re targeting anyone.
I’d also like this feature, but maybe for a different reason. I’m not personally worried too much about search results, but the lists in the Explore section are what annoy me.
For example, 5 of the top 12 “Trending Movies” are Christmas movies right now. I’d very much like to be able to never see those again, but I can’t because TMDB removed their “Holiday” filter in 2010. No movies or shows past that point have a “Holiday” genre anymore, so the only way would be to create my own “Holiday” or “Ignore” playlist. I don’t see much sense in doing that because of how much manual effort it would need. If there was an “Ignore” option like there is for recommendations though, that would help me a lot in situations where filters just don’t have the ability to remove enough “junk”.
It would solve a lot of problems. Now we have to go to different places and hide stuff there and then it still shows up in recommendations and others. You always see the same stuff again and again if you have it a low rating you at least know you aren’t interested. But a not interested with a note why would be perfect. No low rating skewing the overall rating, no watched stuff you didn’t watch, no stats that make you look like you do nothing else as watching stuff, no stuff showing up in recommendations, calendar and others you don’t want anymore without you hiding in different places.
An argument against I’ve seen often is then people wonder why stuff was not showing up, there is always the possibility to look for something directly and a banner or something indicating that I’m not interested and when clicked shows me the note would solve that.
Of course I don’t know your case - maybe you don’t like quite a lot of different criteria movies or shows - so I might be wrong, but without more personal taste info there’s not much anyone can suggest at the moment 