Odd recommendations for movies

[JasonG 16]

My wife brought to my attention that there were a number of "recommendations" that are showing up in the web interface that are very odd (and inappropriate) based on movies that have been watched.

 

After watching Cars 2, Knocked Up and Grumpier Old Men are recommended... I wouldn't want my son watching either.

 

 

Although this one is what concerns us the most -- after watching Cars, Sausage Party is being recommended. The only similarity is that they are animated comedies... the ratings are as far apart from each other as they could be. It's even more ironic when Baby Einstein shows up in the first position!

 

If the algorithm is not capable of taking movie ratings into consideration, can you please look to add an option to disable these recommendations altogether?

[Happy2Play 9785]

There is a way to hide them in the web client using custom css.  But it is usually it is better to create a kids account with parental controls to hide all media above that rating. 

[Rumbaar 13]

That's a strange selection.  Though for children control, I use the Parental controls and set their access to just PG related movies.  Then a separate account for them.  This ensures they'll never get wrong suggestions.  But I have the added issue of the ratings not always working.

[JasonG 16]

We use kids accounts on our Fire Sticks, but from time to time, they sit with my wife while she's logged in and watch something on a tablet or laptop.

 

I guess my primary question is how these "recommendations" are being determined? Just genre, primary actors, collection statuses, or something else? They simply don't seem like good (or even relevant) recommendations for the movies in question.

[Happy2Play 9785]

I believe "Because you watched" only uses Genre to match,  since there is already parental controls per account.
 
Sausage Party and Cars are both " Animation | Adventure | Comedy "

[JasonG 16]

I believe "Because you watched" only uses Genre to match,  since there is already parental controls per account.

 

Sausage Party and Cars are both " Animation | Adventure | Comedy "

 

Agreed on that genre match... from my comparisons on the Cars 2 match, it appears that Emby only needs to have one genre match (regardless of whether three or four genres are listed) to make them a recommendation.

 

Cars 2: Animation•Family•Adventure•Comedy

Knocked Up: Comedy•Romance•Drama

Grumpier Old Men: Romance•Comedy

 

Hopefully long-term there can be an option to simply turn these recommendations off. They take a significant amount of space, and don't offer much value if the matching is fuzzy.

[Spaceboy 2573]

Just set up more restricted libraries for your kids, it's what I do

[Happy2Play 9785]

I hide them, you can put this in the custom css box. Dashboard-Settings-Branding-Custom CSS box

/*Hide Recommendations-Because you watched*/
.recommendations.homePageSection {display: none !important;}

/*Remove "More like this" section per movie"*/
#similarCollapsible {display: none !important;}

[JasonG 16]

 

I hide them, you can put this in the custom css box. Dashboard-Settings-Branding-Custom CSS box

/*Hide Recommendations-Because you watched*/
.recommendations.homePageSection {display: none !important;}

/*Remove "More like this" section per movie"*/
#similarCollapsible {display: none !important;}

 

This is perfect - thank you!!