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270 Points
Minimum Number of Characters to Write a Review
I thought the minimum number of characters to write a review was 150. I'm getting an error message, "Sorry, your review is too short. It needs to contain at least 600 characters." What happened to being succinct, precise/concise, to the point, not wordy?
ejimie
12 Messages
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122 Points
1 year ago
Recently I wanted to post a review of the new Dahmer series and I could not post unless the post contained at least 600 characters. I see several posts containing far less than 600 though. I've only posted a few times before but none of my reviews had as many as 600. Why and has anyone else run across this?
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happy_quadruped
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74 Points
1 year ago
If 150 was too short, surely you could have gone to 300. I have written reviews that I thought were fair that were like 350 characters, and I have read reviews I appreciated of that length. For some short videos there isn't much to say.
On the whole this doesn't make much sense because of course people can just pop on to a show they don't like and leave a drive-by 1 star rating without writing a review. By definition writing a review is always more thoughtful than just leaving a rating.
But what do I know, this comment is probably under 600 characters.
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FilmCritic10
68 Messages
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598 Points
1 year ago
@Michelle Why don't you guys answer the conversation about Minimum Characters?
What's this community about?
You just totally belittle us users giving a derisive response...
It's sad that IMDB, a platform fed by it's users, just ignores their opinion.
It should be a prolific discussion, but you guys may be very busy. Do you get paid for this mediocre job??
No offense, thanks!
https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/minimum-number-of-characters-to-write-a-review/630a78bac5eeb86e2c3b056b
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FilmCritic10
68 Messages
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598 Points
1 year ago
And what about the new minimum number of characters??
From 150 to 600 overnight..
It's just a disaster, long reviews are mostly full of spoilers and small talk.
IMDB please reconsider that!!!
https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/minimum-number-of-characters-to-write-a-review/630a78bac5eeb86e2c3b056b
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carmendiana
10 Messages
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138 Points
1 year ago
So are reviews no longer welcomed?
is this the message that IMDB wants to give?
600 characters is crazy long and makes no sense!
there are thumbs up/down votes to highlight quality comments.
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mirza_umair
22 Messages
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478 Points
11 months ago
There is no option for people like me who want to write/read a short review. I think 200 characters will be sufficient.
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FilmCritic10
68 Messages
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598 Points
11 months ago
@Bethanny https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/minimum-number-of-characters-to-write-a-review/630a78bac5eeb86e2c3b056b
???
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EternalMoment
9 Messages
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106 Points
11 months ago
This is completely ridiculous and wrong. Reviews will be useless water instead of what people want to write and want to read.
that was 125 characters to express precisely what we think, by the way
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Laura_B
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60 Points
10 months ago
I guess at below 600 characters its more of a comment / opinion than a review ?
Thought IMDb was there for film lovers who could easily write the equivalent of the shortest newspaper review about a movie they've seen !
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Wrldruler
2 Messages
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60 Points
10 months ago
I hate this 600 count limit. Small new movies are getting rating votes but no comment reviews because nobody wants to type 600 characters out for 5/10 movie. So I end up having to search Reddit.
I also don't want to read a huge review for a lame movie. The only words I really need to read in a review are like "Good if you like slashers" or "Slow and boring" or "Stupid but fun".
The vast majority of movies out there are junk. Stop asking me to read/writer an awesome review for junk.
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DrProfessor
46 Messages
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958 Points
10 months ago
It's sad that imdb which was once a community based site, is requiring users to generate content considered relevant to their business model.
This is how the internet has gone. All of it is corporate ruled to make the most money, and collect as much metadata as possible. Big brother is watching.
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agof
464 Messages
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8.6K Points
10 months ago
600 is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay to much
300 is understandable.
most of everything is mediocre and most of the movies are the same movie that can be described in a couple of words.
if a movie is not a 20 hours essay worthy terrible there is not much to talk about besides describing it as it actually is and noting all the noteworthy parts
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KarthikKrtk
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70 Points
9 months ago
I see so many of the reviews in 1 line or 2 lines. It definitely is not 600 characters. Why would imdb ask me to write reviews in 600 chars but not others? How to post a review less than 600 characters?
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jim_dutton
14 Messages
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396 Points
9 months ago
600 characters is fine for a movie or a TV series. That requirement needs to be lower, however, for individual series episodes. 600 characters leads to a lot of useless padding for a description of a TV episode.
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nunorochaportimao
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72 Points
9 months ago
Absurd imposed so many words . Sometimes it is justified. Unfortunately others don't.
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