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"Is this relevant/interesting?"
Looking at some of the pages connected to title pages has become rather exhausting of late. Why? Because every second line on the page asks "Is this relevant?" or "Is this interesting?". The trivia and keywords pages are perfect examples of what I mean. For every bit of trivia there's a question "Is this interesting?", and for keywords it's just laughable; two columns of keyword with the question "Is this relevant?" beneath each word in each column, literally making the page twice as long as it has to be.
What I'd like to know is; why do you want to know? For my own part, I'm not letting you know, but I'll let you know this instead; those pages have become far less interesting to look at overall due to the clutter of irrelevant/annoying repeated questions, and pages I used to enjoy visiting are now something I can't be bother to look at at all unless I really "have" to.
I put it to you, if a keyword is irrelevant there are many other ways of solving that problem than adding a link beneath each word on the page, this site being one of them. I don't really care how many people have found a bit of trivia interesting in the past either, but that at least I can somewhat understand the reasoning of, but there really aught to be other, more discreet ways of conveying that information, or even hide it for those who doesn't want it.
What I'd like to know is; why do you want to know? For my own part, I'm not letting you know, but I'll let you know this instead; those pages have become far less interesting to look at overall due to the clutter of irrelevant/annoying repeated questions, and pages I used to enjoy visiting are now something I can't be bother to look at at all unless I really "have" to.
I put it to you, if a keyword is irrelevant there are many other ways of solving that problem than adding a link beneath each word on the page, this site being one of them. I don't really care how many people have found a bit of trivia interesting in the past either, but that at least I can somewhat understand the reasoning of, but there really aught to be other, more discreet ways of conveying that information, or even hide it for those who doesn't want it.



dan_dassow
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12 years ago
Jordan Hay (IMDb staff) announced this feature around a year ago.
New Feature - "Is this interesting?"
https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/new_feature_is_this_interesting
The intent of this feature was to allow IMDb users to provide feedback on which trivia and other items are more interesting. You have probably noticed that when items are rated, they are sorted in order of interest.
I personally do not mind the "clutter", but can see why you may find it disruptive. I believe that the IMDb technical staff should look at ways to make this less intrusive and allow user to hide the "Is this relevant?" tags.
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cartman_1337
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12 years ago
I see the same is the case when trying to follow links from other pages, like movie connections. What's the point? Why do we need to click a link twice to follow it?
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nic_b
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12 years ago
Thanks,
Nic
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