"My Tivo Thinks I'm Gay"
There is a story in today's Wall Street Journal (subscription required) about Tivo stereotyping it's customers.
Mr. Cohen, 30, has a TiVo that mysteriously assumed he wanted Korean news programs. The Philadelphia lawyer gave thumbs down to anything Korean, and his TiVo got the message. Sort of. "The next day, it recorded the Chinese news," he says.
TiVo's 500,000 subscribers use the box primarily to record programs they specifically request, and many laud its ability to pause live broadcasts and record a show's entire season. Still, in TiVo-focused online chat-rooms and in secretive admissions to one another, some say they resent being pigeonholed by TiVo's suggestions.
After recording the series American Family and a Shakira special my Tivo thinks I am Spanish. Every night I come home my TV is set to Telemundo. 60% of my Tivo suggestions list is not in English. Time for a hard reset.
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