Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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External reviews on Google Drive
I have noticed a few links on External Reviews pages which are links to Google Drives. For example, for Think Like a Man (2012), one of the external links is a link to https://drive.google.com/drive/search?q=tt1621045. This is not a publicly available review; the only way that one will find a review
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User reviews > 👍Helpful / 👎Unhelpful
"👍Helpful / 👎Unhelpful" may suggest the original intention of the User Reviews -- to help other people determine whether they should watch a movie or not. But I don't think that's what the thumbs Up/Down are being used for anymore. For the most part, I think there's a lot of tapping on Hel
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External reviews for adult titles not accepted
Before posting here, I was directed to this topic https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/adding-external-reviews-to-adult-films/60e07dc9177dfd4224d3311f but there was no specific explanation what to do to get your external review additions included.
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Reviews declined, but no idea why
I'm not sure if this is the right place, but I saw some similar posts in this forum. I recently posted 3 reviews about vampire movies that were all declined and I'm not sure why. Am I missing some area on the page that tells me why? Is there an edit and resubmit button somewhere I'm not seeing? B
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My user reviews seems to keep getting deleted. No idea why
I recently queried about deletion of my reviews which was answered and reinstated by @Michelle However it seems to have been deleted again? If someone could look into the probable cause. Contribution #220807-171045-796804
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Users not able to filter TOP REVIEWS for spoilers and not warned of possible spoilers.
I started to read the TOP REVIEW for a movie titled "Wings of Desire". As I read I realized that the review contained detailed information about the movie which I would certainly regard as spoilers. And yet, unlike in the User Reviews section, there is no warning that the review may contain spoilers
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Gramatical review needed, and language selector in order to classify the reviews by language.
I thing some assistance when we write a review are needed, gramatical review needed and language selector in order to classify the reviews by language, in order to do reviews in more languages that not only english.
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Reviews seemingly not submitted but most likely are.
I wrote a rather lengthy review for a title and after checking the status, noticed that it had not been seemingly gone through with no email confirmation or receipt on my submission page. This is the third time this issue has arised in the past month, obviously due to updates. The first time, it too
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My reviews were approved but aren’t showing up!
I’ve posted these reviews a few days ago and they all were approved but are not showing up on the series page or on my list of reviews. Here are the reference numbers: #220701-091152-383404 #220701-091314-198804 #220701-091459-191704 #220701-092051-956304 #220701-092218-955704 #220701-092407
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Problem with politically biased IMDB user reviews that denigrate United States democrats
I have been looking at IMDB user reviews for 2016's Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party as seen at imdb.com/title/tt5646136/reviews , 2018's Death of a Nation as seen at imdb.com/title/tt8564902/reviews , and 2020's Trump Card as seen at imdb.com/title/tt12109842/reviews ,
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