I'm a founder of a film website which just turned 20 years old, and refuses to die... even if most people don't even know it's alive. AMA!

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Hi Reddit!

I'm Mike Powell, one of the co-founders of Criticker, a film recommendation website which debuted way back in 2005. We've just celebrated twenty years online, and thought we'd use the opportunity to answer some questions from the Reddit community.

If you've not heard of Criticker (and chances are you haven't), I'll introduce it a bit. Basically, our algorithm works by matching you to other users, and then using the ratings of your "most compatible" users to generate recommendations for you.

Criticker has always stayed small, with a team of 2. We've never sought nor received funding, wanting to stay completely independent and bootstrapped. Has that been a good decision? Well... I'm honestly unsure. In some ways, Criticker is successful -- the freedom, the loyal fan base, the accuracy of our predictions, the sheer age of the site. But we've always struggled with adoption and name recognition.

I'll be answering any questions you might have, today (Oct 13) from 10am-12pm EST. You can ask about the site itself, the journey we've been on, what it was like launching a site 20 years ago, or whatever else you want!

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It's time for us to close this AMA. Thank you all so much, and thanks to the moderators of r/IAmA/ as well. This has been a lot of fun, and you've all asked really great questions!

Please feel free to continue posting as other questions occur to you. I'm taking a break now but will be looking at the thread over the next few days, and answering more.

Thanks again!