Motivation
Profiles that are not the account owner should be able to exclude entire shows/movies on the fly in order clean up the clutter left by shows/movies that other profiles watch. This will clear up an account with multiple profiles ranging from kids shows to adult-focused content appearing in profiles that shouldn’t or don’t want to see other content. A quick for instance: A teenager adds several shows that the parents have absolutely no interest in watching, yet those shows still appear in the parents’ account. The parents don’t want to tag content that they want to watch, because they regularly add new movies and shows and don’t want to have to tag all new content to either be allowed/disallowed.
Problem
- I realize entirely that people accomplish something similar by using tagging (tagging content and then limiting a profile to that tag).
- This is a backwards solution that requires continually tagging new shows and movies that are added. If one forgets to tag new content, then it just won’t show up in the profile, because it hasn’t been tagged.
- So users either keep up with this maintenance tag or they abandon the method altogether, reverting back to the master account, or deleting the account with tag limitations.
- This shouldn’t be relegated to the system folder level. Plex is an advanced media library with built in account/profiles support. Hiding folders per profile removes the convenience of creating master folders based on type of content, not genre of content, which folders shouldn’t care about.
Proposed resolution
2. Simply reverse the logic. Developer an in-app UI menu feature that adds a “Hide show/movie” menu item.
3. This menu item adds an “Exclude” tag, which hides the show/movie from the profile which tagged it.
4. The show/movie remains completely hidden from library, recently added, up next, discover, etc. for that profile.
5. Optionally, add a new menu item list somewhere within the profile which shows all content tagged with this tag, so that privileged users can unhide content. That way if someone hides something on accident, they can make it reappear.
6. Profit! Users will be much happier being able to hide just The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse from their profile without having to go through and tag the other 100 shows/movies to appear in their account.
Final thoughts
Pretty please.