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Positive review bombing?
I found a title on imdb where the reviews seem pretty suspicious. I'm talking about the Iranian show "The Heroes" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7657124/). It seems to have gotten many new ratings and reviews in only the last few days (although the show started in 2008), all of which give 10/10. Scrolling through the reviews, all of them are from 30/31 January 2022 (and all of them have a few hundred likes). I'm not saying it is impossible that the show is so well-rated, but it does seem a bit weird to me.
The show is 9.9/10 and #33 in Top TV shows now.
I could not find much on the internet about the show. Does anyone have any idea what is going on?
keyword_expert
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3 years ago
There is definitely major vote manipulation going on with those reviews, even if some of the reviews were legitimate in the first place. Somebody is boosting the positive reviews with thousands of votes marking them as "helpful."
You can see that with this review, which was posted just yesterday, yet it already has 2,200+ "helpful" votes. There is zero chance those votes are legitimate.
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keyword_expert
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3 years ago
There is also blatant manipulation of the ratings, as shown in this image.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7657124/ratings
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keyword_expert
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3 years ago
I saw the same things back in September with a movie. I reported it here in this forum, but IMDb staff have yet to take any action, which is really disappointing -- the lack of action is making users lose confidence in the IMDb ratings and reviews.
https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/blatant-vote-manipulation-on-this-title-you-go-to-my-head-2017/613728e57fa42f0bc9ad38eb
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