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Netflix reveals the shadowy experiments they use to get you to watch their shows

Netflix is constantly experimenting on you - but try not to feel like you're being watched

Orange is the New Black actors Natasha Lyonne and Selenis Leyva appear on stage at a panel discussion in July 2015 Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

Have you ever noticed that the thumbnail images on the Netflix homepage seem to change whenever you log on? Maybe on a friend's account, the picture for House of Cards may be completely different to yours, or the text may be in a different place?

Chances are the changes have never crossed your mind. But they're happening, and they're all part of Netflix's complex experiments to get you to watch their shows.

The secrets of the streaming site's psychological experiments have now been revealed in two blog posts , written by Netflix engineers Gopal Krishnan, Steve Urban, Rangarajan Sreenivasan and Vineet Kannan.