Finding your External Profile link and Anonymous Friends links
John just asked an excellent question:
"How do I find Anonymous Friends Link. I'm also having trouble finding Outward Profile page URL. I think I'm doing what it said. But get nothing I guess I'm doing something wrong."
1. Anonymous Friends Link. This allows strangers to connect to you as Friends, but doesn't reveal your real name nor email address. (Yes, i think it sometimes shows your first name in some situations - a bug that is being dealt with - but it's still pretty anonymous, and better than being just a "Fave." To find this link: (a) go to the "Friends & Community" tab; (b) In the sidebar, click on the "Friends and Faves" button - which takes you to the Friends page. (c) In the subnav on the top of the page, notice "INVITE FRIENDS" link. Click this and you'll see a pair of ways to connect to others. The one on the left is with your real name, using real email addresses... the one on the right is an anonymous LINK that you can post on your blog, or here, or wherever. This is the best way to connect securely to strangers at netflix.
2. Your Outward Facing Profile page. This is how the world sees you when they click on your avatar or name when they find one of your reviews or lists on the Netflix site. The problem is that its easy for others to get to here, but hard for you to get here yourself. (And it's my fault - sorry. There should be a link directly from your Profile page to here, but it wasn't executed before i left. My bad.) The work around to get this link is: (a) follow steps above A and B to get to the Community Page. (b) Click on your Friends and Faves button in the sidebar. Now you're looking at YOUR Friends. (c) Select any of your Friends and click on them, so you're looking at THEIR profile page. (d) Click on the sidebar button to see THEIR FRIENDS (which, obviously, includes you). (e) Find yourself in their list of Friends, click on your avatar, and see your External Profile page. This is what you're looking for. Grab the URL from the screen and feel free to pass it around or post it here on your profile.
It should be so so so much easier to do these things, but alas, it's not. I'm impressed so many have figured it out, but sorry many of you have not. Good luck.
"How do I find Anonymous Friends Link. I'm also having trouble finding Outward Profile page URL. I think I'm doing what it said. But get nothing I guess I'm doing something wrong."
1. Anonymous Friends Link. This allows strangers to connect to you as Friends, but doesn't reveal your real name nor email address. (Yes, i think it sometimes shows your first name in some situations - a bug that is being dealt with - but it's still pretty anonymous, and better than being just a "Fave." To find this link: (a) go to the "Friends & Community" tab; (b) In the sidebar, click on the "Friends and Faves" button - which takes you to the Friends page. (c) In the subnav on the top of the page, notice "INVITE FRIENDS" link. Click this and you'll see a pair of ways to connect to others. The one on the left is with your real name, using real email addresses... the one on the right is an anonymous LINK that you can post on your blog, or here, or wherever. This is the best way to connect securely to strangers at netflix.
2. Your Outward Facing Profile page. This is how the world sees you when they click on your avatar or name when they find one of your reviews or lists on the Netflix site. The problem is that its easy for others to get to here, but hard for you to get here yourself. (And it's my fault - sorry. There should be a link directly from your Profile page to here, but it wasn't executed before i left. My bad.) The work around to get this link is: (a) follow steps above A and B to get to the Community Page. (b) Click on your Friends and Faves button in the sidebar. Now you're looking at YOUR Friends. (c) Select any of your Friends and click on them, so you're looking at THEIR profile page. (d) Click on the sidebar button to see THEIR FRIENDS (which, obviously, includes you). (e) Find yourself in their list of Friends, click on your avatar, and see your External Profile page. This is what you're looking for. Grab the URL from the screen and feel free to pass it around or post it here on your profile.
It should be so so so much easier to do these things, but alas, it's not. I'm impressed so many have figured it out, but sorry many of you have not. Good luck.
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Permalink Reply by Sam Wilson on
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By the time I did all of that silly bullshit I could watch a decent movie....which is I thought the object of this whole exercise.....fuck a bunch of friends.
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Permalink Reply by Alan-Not So Nice Not So Helpful on -
Fail. The object of being in this forum is to communicate with others who may or may not be like minded as far as movies are concerned. If you really believe the "fuck a bunch of friends" mentality, then why are you even here? Why sign up for a discussion forum? By the time you did all this silly bullshit, you could've watched a decent movie.
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Perhaps you are right. I stumbled into the discussion forum by accident.....my bad....adios.
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Permalink Reply by QN on -
Thanks for the how-to. Friends have been saying my outward has been frozen for months, despite frequent haircuts and rental/rating activity. Also, except for occasional blips when Favorite Genres is 50+, the list usually reverts to an abbreviated version. None of this is vital, but I was wondering whether these are the kinds of bugs Netflix works on during the increasing community features blackouts.
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