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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025

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Reviews rejected without helpful explanation

I understand IMDb is a private company and they can do what they like. And like many, some of my reviews have been rejected. But what's frustrating is the lack of feedback. How hard is it to specify which word, sentence, paragraph or rules are the issue? Most of my reviews are accepted. I often write 10 or more paragraphs. I didn't even realise how many of my reviews had been rejected because you don't get a notification and over time I forget what movies I've reviewed so I don't notice the ones which are missing. That's annoying in itself. To find it months later and see "declined" with nothing else is frustrating. There's nothing constructive about it.

Whatever the process is for rejecting, it's terrible and should be more specific. And that should be easy to implement! In the time it takes to find an issue, you can then SPECIFY the issue. Highlight the "offending" parts! I don't mind making mild compromises to comply with IMDb. At the same time, I resent the level of control or "censorship". But I accept it in the sense that IMDb is kind of publishing these reviews. Fine, it's a trade-off. But please, why can't they be more specific?

For example, is the word "woke" outright banned? Are there any other words which are banned like "stupid", "dumb" or "retarded"? I just need to know. If I knew which words or which paragraph was the problem, it would be so much easier to edit my reviews and at least get them accepted, to mutual benefit. It also helps to specify which rules have been broken. Why make me guess? I don't think I mentioned other reviewers, I don't think I strayed too far from the subject matter, etc. Why not just say "paragraph 6 breaks rule 14"? That's so simple and far more useful.

Otherwise, I have to keep guessing, usually incorrectly, and then resubmitting and wasting more time for everyone.

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Hi christopher_reid_6519499-

Thank you for the feedback! In order for our staff to further review, can you post examples of these declined reviews by providing the 18-digit submission reference numbers?

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These are the numbers for the declined reviews. Again, just to be clear, all I need to know is which word, paragraph, phrase or sentence is the problem. I'm not interested in other people's opinions. And I think either way, the system should be adjusted.

One other idea is to categorise reviews as "accepted", "nearly accepted", "multiple issues" or "outright rejection" or something like that. I feel like most of mine are 90% okay whereas I understand some other submissions might be completely inappropriate, rude or whatever. And then just tag or highlight the part which is the problem.

#251019-104449-568021

#250701-071649-734521

#250527-154703-004521

#240509-113523-460204

#240131-123232-137204

#231119-050833-267004

#230814-135054-431404

#220714-101720-024904

#220519-121147-844704

#210509-172932-295504

#210503-125137-733304

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@christopher_reid_6519499- Thank you for providing them! We are reviewing these and once we have further information, we'll post it below.