Hey, thanks a lot for the boost!
1. Mmmm we should probably change de stars' color when hovering over them, to make people understand that they're in charge atm
2. Yes, I've read that a lot today. My engrish isn't so bad I guess, but it seems like after countless sneezy testings, I've missed a few trads...
3. Again, problem is that we've already focused a lot on movies not people; if we focus even less on the people, then they will almost disappear, and deegr will lose its special ingredient (ie. finding people that are like you).
Maybe you will actually find it useful to find people like you when you can find people like you from your town/age/sex/opposite sex... See what I mean? ^^
Well, since muting is not yet taken into account in the algorithm, there's no point in muting a movie you and someone have in common, or a movie that you would directly make a search for.
It's a possibility, but I doubt so. The current system would be enough I guess, and we've already got a lot to do/manage/fix... Well, actually, you sir just gave us a lot to do ^^
I see what you mean. No one has complained so far among our current users, but you're probably right that it can be annoying. We'll look for a way to fix that issue.
Problem solved is giving people a reason to actually trust the recommendations made by recommendation engines. We have never known why Amazon (IMDb etc) was recommending us some movies rather than some others. There's a very strong algorithm behind these recommendations, but we believe that humanized recommendation engine is better because you can actually ask the person why he/she liked a movie and would recommend it. It's kind of like Aardvark: sometimes you want a person, not a web page, to answer your question.
That would make it hard to get used to the interface. If you're really attached to the icons, I'd suggest leaving them, and just providing the text as tooltips.
Also, clicking on it once doesn't mean a user will know or remember what it does. :)
Maybe you will actually find it useful to find people like you when you can find people like you from your town/age/sex/opposite sex... See what I mean? ^^