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How to deal with false ratings and false "fans"
I have a distopian future feature film that was in four film festivals, was nominated best film of the year by Marverick Movie Awards in 2019, and got an award of merit from Indiefest, called "Corporate Prey". That dystopian world is much closer in January 2025 than it was when produced. But there are certainly those who would disparage and denigrate it. When one goes to the main page it shows a 6.6 rating based on 21 ratings, but when one goes to the User Review page, ALL that shows is this troll rating of 1/10. That page will not show any of the other ratings. How is this even possible, and what can I do about it
Ozzy
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2 months ago
Hi @rabell, Thank you for your problem report. A review is not required for an individual to rate a title, therefore only the 1 user review is displaying as it is currently the only review submitted and live on this title. In regards to the title's ratings, our voting system already detects and defeats attempts to stuff the ballot and skew the rating. As demonstrated by the difference between the weighted average and the arithmetic mean on the vast majority of titles in the database. For additional information about IMDb ratings and weighted averages, please refer to our FAQ. Thanks!
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