Ratings Injustice

@ACT_1​ Absolutely... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27042557

@wcaparas​ 😀

for history

Come Out in Jesus Name (2023)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27042557/reference/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27042557/reviews - 209 Reviews
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27042557/ratings

2,586 IMDb users have given a weighted average vote of 5.6 / 10
Rating        Votes
10  95.2%   2,461
  9   0.6%        16
  8   0.2%         5
  7   0.0%         1
  6                    0
  5   0.0%         1
 4                     0
 3                     0
 2   0.0%          1
 1   3.9%      101
Arithmetic mean = 9.6   Median = 10

Produced by
Wayne Caparas
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134944/

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Correct… surely IMDB will correct this?

If there are any sockpuppet/bot accounts involved, then it would be the IMDb company's responsibility to suspend them, and that goes both for the ratings above five and below six, on the scale of one to ten. Otherwise there is nothing to "fix", as there would be nothing broken in the first place.

No evidence of bots. I’m confident all 2500+ of our positive reviews are actual ticket buyers, while it’s obvious the 101 1-star votes are non-viewers. Read the 200+ reviews. The actual mean is 9.6. Something is wrong with the system. 

I don't seem much evidence either way. Just to note, most likely nothing can be done to limit the impact of who would be referred to as "meatpuppets" (the Wikipedians' term), lending credence to the possibility of the IMDb staff opting to ignore this matter, after performing whatever due amount of investigation.

Often the question of collusion comes up too, but such a thing is usually easy to prove with a hyperlink to Reddit or a forum like it, unless they people are congregated weeks ago on 4chan, Discord or something like either of those.

I can assure you that it was easy to encourage 2500 people (among the 80,000 who saw the film) to rate the film. Artificial means and collusion certainly weren’t necessary. And no one can seriously think a 1-star rating is an honest score for a documentary. How do I get IMDB to properly investigate this? 

@Michelle​ Thank you so much Michelle. Even a cursory review of the actual written reviews and/or a search of #comeoutinjesusname reviews on Facebook will reveal how passionate our audience is about this film. I am more than confident that the positive ratings are all legitimate. Every single media review has been very positive, and several best-selling authors have endorsed it as a "must see" film. Meanwhile, I've seen many 1-star reviews (some have already been removed) that were clearly written by non-viewers. I'm certainly not asking you to remove all the 1-star reviews, I'd just like to see all the legitimate votes from new members (or at the very least the 200+ very positive written reviews) to be given equal weight. Thanks for looking into this!