NetflixFor years, Netflix would let you rate movies and TV shows anywhere from one to five stars. That changed in April, when Netflix removed the star system in favor of a new system that simply asked users: “Thumbs up, or thumbs down?” Netflix’s explanation at the time was that the previous star-rating system was confusing to customers. In that old system, if a movie on Netflix had four stars, people assumed that was the average rating among all users.