Ratings: Allow more precise voting

And I know this will be problematic and hard as you guys probably had this rating system for more than 20 years but its going to be worth it for the millions of people who use IMDb. 

You described the problem, what are you gonna do with the 20 years of ratings.

I think improving the rating system is a good idea as the data from the last 20 years will remain as it is but for new data the system could be updated as adding a mathematical algorithm to collate the scores fairer would be best, plus being able to give say a 9.5 rating etc would help people in my opinion give a better score so long as the ratings reflect the no. of episodes being reviewed.

Film reviews generally are much fairer than TV series simply because virtually all of the reviewers ( should ) have seen the whole thing & can review it in it’s entirety, where some TV shows are reviewed way too early to be a fair rating.

@The_Torrent​ 

I can't see whether you've voted for the thread where your post has been merged. 

I'm fairly sure that merging your post here does _not_ automatically cast your vote for it. 

If the up-arrow isn't green, then you can vote.

@bderoes​ Thanks. Yh, i was merged and hadn't voted.

add decimal system for ratings. just to be more accurate and fair.

add rating system for separate seasons of a tv show.

for example, if i love the first season of a show, i would rate it 9/10 and if i do not like second season of that show, i should be able to rate it as 5/10.

The current IMDb ratings should have smaller ratings increments.  Rather than the 1 point increment, it should be .25 of a point (or something like that).  In my opinion, that gives the IMDb user a way to give a more accurate rating for a t.v. program, film, etc.  

I would like to suggest this change.

Could we get better review system please?

- Floating point

- Categories (8.5-Blue, 9.9-Green) 

That way I can come back to IMDB to look at a map of my favorite movies.

Thanks!

Relatively good, though definitely not decimal.

Very probably IMDB have too simple weight system by now which does not distinguish well enough scores.

Normally, people who use scores from 2 to 5 should be somewhere around 3x more weighted than ones who does not use them at all. And people who use only 9 and 10 and 1 much less than both above.

Both because it requires time and accuracy to make your opinion useful, and because it's good bot and arrogance protection.

In that case ratings like 5.5 and 9.5 may be valuable. But very probably you feel need of them not because of this, but because you adjust score distribution to incorrect scale - like you used to mark bad films somewhere near 5, while normally you have 1 and 2 rates for them.

Normally, IMDB must do the scaling and normally you safely use scores form 1 to 5. However, who knows if IMDB implements this properly.

As a sidenote, I'd vote for "7+" "10+" "1-" scores - they do not make ugly decimals, and they allow this extra bit of precision.

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axel_de_soomer
Thursday, May 11th, 2017
Ratings: Allow more precise voting
​if it is possible to give ratings like 9.4 , 4.5 , 8.6, ...​
https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdbcom/ratings-allow-more-precise-voting/5f4a79b28815453dba866c16

kyle_i5gvs30ie8k3m
Sunday, December 1st, 2019
Could we please get a decimal point added to the rating system?
https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdbcom/could-we-please-get-a-decimal-point-added-to-the-rating-system/5f4a7a3b8815453dba9ebbf0

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The idea is simple, we should be able to rate a title 8,5 points. I think it's necessary. When you think a movie deserves 84 points, which point would you give? Sadly 8 points. Or you may think the movie deserves 86 points, so would you really want to give a 9 points to that movie? I think not. If you had 8,5 points, wouldn't you use it? I think there is no reason to not to add 0,5 gaps in points. It wouldn't be complicated at all, It would be just great.