I have a membership with Netflix and recently noticed that they now include a Community section accessible by members. The new Community section appears to be an attempt by Netflix to add social networking to its site and begin competing with well known social network sites for movie fans like Flixster.

The new social networking features include “top 10 lists”, popular movies by hometown, and a friends list showing recent activity and movie ratings. Although none of the features are unique or groundbreaking, Netflix has a large membership and resources and could become the dominant force in social networking for movie fans.