Kids destroyed my Netflix with weird accounts and shows

Feb 25·1 min read

Just went to watch something and the entire recommendation algorithm is completely broken. Scrolled back and apparently my 6 and 9 year old have been creating random accounts and clicking through everything. Now it's all cartoons mixed with cooking shows and random stuff. Spent like an hour deleting accounts and fixing parental controls. Anyone else have this problem? Thinking about just getting them their own restricted profile instead.

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Comments(6)

RRobertRegularFeb 26

The algorithm knows no mercy. You're gonna be getting recommendations for kid shows for the next six months. Time to make a kids profile and lock them out of the real one.

PPaul T.RegularFeb 25

Oh man, this happened to us too. I just deleted all their random accounts and set up parental controls so they can't create new ones. Game changer for keeping the recommendations sane.

SScott W.RegularFeb 25

Kids at that age have no chill with streaming services. You might want to set up a separate kid profile with restricted content so they can't mess with the main account anymore.

DDavid K.New DadFeb 25

Oh man this happened to us. My Netflix was full of Blippi and random kids shows. Took forever to clean it up. Now I have a separate kids profile they're not supposed to touch.

SSteve H.RegularFeb 26

At least they're creative. Could be worse than weird accounts I guess.

BBrianNew DadFeb 26

This is hilarious but also infuriating. Did you set up a kids profile for them to use or are they just free ranging on the main account?