Is there a list of the “special keywords” that get delayed processing?

I know that keywords now have a low priority, but certain keyword submissions are processed later than other keywords. These “delayed” keywords are ones that IMDb apparently regards as “especially sensitive” since they deal with sex, politics, religion, etc., and IMDb apparently considers itself as the moral arbiter of such keywords.

To me, keywords are an objective reporting of the content of a title, whatever they are, and regardless of how one “feels” or “thinks” about them. Subjectivity should be avoided in keywords. Keywords are reporting, not editorializing.

Here are just a few examples of IMDb’s “special keywords”:

butt-grab

erection

fellatio

female-masturbation

homosexual-teenager

implied-rape

jew (deferred to “jewish”?)

marital-rape

penis

rape

repressed-homosexual

teenage-rapist

transgender

There are many others.

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Bethanny

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2 months ago

Hi @bradley_kent -

Thanks for your observations. Depending on the data type, contributions should be processed on IMDb within 1 - 7 days.
Contributions are not processed strictly in the order they are received; we optimize processing for overall efficiency and accuracy. This means even items within the same submission for the same data section may go live at different times.

Cheers!

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bradley_kent

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I understand all of that, but this does not answer my inquiry. WHY are the keywords dealing with sex, religion, politics, the ones that have delayed processing. If the delayed keywords were random, your response would suffice. But the delayed keywords are not random. They have apparently somehow been designated for possible morality/censorship/sensitivity/puritanical thinking.

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2 months ago

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Ozzy

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Hi @bradley_kent,

As mentioned above, the processing of certain data is not always conducted in the order it is received, and therefore delays can be encountered. However, as you are probably aware, contributions need to be verified and dependent on numerous factors we consider when processing, will occasionally require additional verification. As such, the keywords you have highlighted can often take longer to verify and process, but there is no editorial decision-making taking place in regards to the subject of these keywords.

I hope this helps!

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2 months ago

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Is there a list of the “special keywords” that get delayed processing?

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