"exclude these genres" when filtering PSI list

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Pratchett3
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"exclude these genres" when filtering PSI list

Post by Pratchett3 »

I frequently filter out documentaries from rec lists because I often just want some fiction

but to do this, I have to open up the genre filter and check every checkbox except documentary, and sort by "any of these genres", and even then, if something is half-documentary, half-something else, it still gets included in the results

can you maybe think of adding an "exclude selected genres" mode to the genre filter?

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Re: "exclude these genres" when filtering PSI list

Post by mpowell »

This kind of "negative filtering" is something we've add on our list for a long time. I'm not sure when we'll get to it, but it is something we definitely plan on introducing at some point. Thanks for the input!

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Re: "exclude these genres" when filtering PSI list

Post by Mist600 »

Yes. Absolutely. Please introduce this feature.

Sorry if this is somewhat brief. I wrote rather more effusive & reasoned suggestions for various features a week or so back & they all got dropped into cyberspace black hole :cry:

Still, appreciate the site & would very much like to see this & other smart features added to enhance the experience & draw in more users.

Thanks for all your work

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Re: "exclude these genres" when filtering PSI list

Post by Mist600 »

Music videos/live concerts (which also often get mis-tagged as musicals) would be a category I'd very much like to be able to exclude.

Also, there are frequently occasions I'd like to find a good Polish film or Iranian film or a Spaniah language (inc Latin American) piece to develop my Spanish language ability.
Equally there are times I want to know what good English language mainsteam films I may have missed out in without getting a list full of foreign 'exotica' - the ability to do these searches with filters would be great.


Ideally We all be able to run searches like
•English language films with PSIs of 70+, for me, released 1990-2018

•Spanish language films released 2010-2018

•Iranian, Polish or Japanese films (but not English or any other language) released 1900-2018

•Any films with 60+ PSI, for me, released this year that are NOT in English.

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Re: "exclude these genres" when filtering PSI list

Post by gabba2k7 »

yeah...will also help to exclude animation/cartoons/anime when searching for 'usual' films/series...

i just tried to search for 'action' tv-show'and first 3 results are animation products...and generally 35-45% of results are that way...

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Re: "exclude these genres" when filtering PSI list

Post by volvox »

Please add this feature. Documentaries and animations are dominating other movies in PSI's. We can filter more healthy in this way.

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Re: "exclude these genres" when filtering PSI list

Post by 5Z5qjRCfM2 »

I also would like this feature.

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