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Indian Spam

​Is there any way to block the Indian films and TV shows from spamming my feed? Currently 50% of top rated or fan favourites are from India - so clearly the Mumbai Bot factories are manipulating the ratings to push these shows to the top of the listings .​

​Is there any way of precluding them on my Home Screen ?​

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Hello @Rainman1969, 

In order for our staff to review, can you clarify further what specific section on the IMDb website or app home screen you are seeing these Indian film titles? Also, if you can share screenshots would be helpful. Thanks in advance!

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Here you are

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Hello @Rainman1969​, 

Thank you for the information. Please know that for the security of our members, we no longer support login functionality for certain versions of the IMDb App.

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What on earth has that got to do with Indian spam bots manipulating the IMDb voting system to push Indian films to the top of the feedback ratings and recommendations ?

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@Rainman1969​ 

Your images show the showtimes feature, which is supposed to show movies that are playing in your area. Is it not doing that?

By the way, the film Holy Spider is not Indian.

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Hello @Rainman1969,

We appreciate the additional information, as this is useful in the event that staff and tech team need to dive deep and troubleshoot.

However, what @Peter_pbn said is correct​, this section simply reflects what is playing at your local cinema, which is determined by your showtime location settings. Unfortunately, the home display cannot be changed. We appreciate your undertanding.

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Explain to me how these two are number 5 & 6 in fan favourites ?

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And why am I being recommended them ?

Indian spam bot fake reviews 

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And more here 

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@Rainman1969​,

The display of titles within the "Fan Favorites" section rely on a combination of factors (ie. popularity, ratings, location, etc.), and is periodically updated. I encourage you to check your App settings for Region, as you can manually change this if needed; otherwise, if you are seeing Indian titles within this widget it is because the titles meet the desired mechanism criteria.

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Again - more Indian spam ! Latest article of streaming stars then & now…….30% Indian 

Pages & pages of it 

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And more & more !

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@Rainman1969  This is an editorial list, hand-curated by IMDb -> https://www.imdb.com/imdbpicks/streaming-stars-then-and-now/rg3853097728/mediaviewer/rm389100801 and so you are mistaken in describing it as any kind of manipulated spam, sorry.  

Hope this helps.