And yet still no "Watch Together" option. It is frankly inconceivable to me that Netflix has no interest in making their platform just a bit more social.

I guess we all have to settle more more tricks to get us to watch whatever bad-to-middle reality show they've launched this week. Less glibly, I would actually be interested in this feature if I didn't feel like Netflix's recommendations to me are so bad for me. I've felt this way since the rating scale change, but I can't honestly say that was the cause. It's more likely a result of increased Netflix-produced content, which by-and-large I find uncompelling (with documentaries being an exception).