Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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#230204-222614-273804 Please explain which part of this constitutes a film review, a ‘critical evaluation’? ”The setting was excellent”. Is that really it? An IMDb user, trying to decide on an evening’s viewing, is concerned only with the setting? ”Hmm … horror? … romance? … historical dram
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I challenged a review - #230224-203535-097504 - and my challenge was rejected. I gave examples of where it was factually inaccurate, wrongly claiming that slavery ended in the US in the twentieth century, and that Charles Dickens was still writing long after his death. These untruths were used as
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How long does it take IMDb to respond to Reported Reviews?
On June 24th I reported a few reviews that did not align with the IMDb review guidelines (the reviews included spoilers, and harassment toward a religious group). It has been a few weeks now and the reviews are still on the movie's page? How long does it take IMDb to respond to Reported Reviews? Has
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The downvote option in the User Reviews Section might still be abolished
I wrote this post:"I realize that it would be a huge issue and this idea might sound precariouslyrevolutionary but the reasons for coming up (no pun intended) with it are quiteobvious. Let me list them briefly.Point 1. If someone – for whatever reasons – didn’t find someone else’s review “useful
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How do I become a top 1,000 reviewer as indicated by the green badge - currently not, I have provided roughly 7,600 reviews
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REVIEWS - Keep getting my reviews declined for the same film...
I know this can happen for movies with controversial material or touchy subjects because of the use of some key words but I didn't expect to get 4 consecutive reviews getting declined for a film like "Around the World in 80 Days" and I'd like to know why, which guidelines weren't met?Here are the p
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Missing External Reviews - A Stitch In Time (2022)
Hi IMDb support team, I wonder why a number of high-profile external critic reviews for film A Stitch In Time (2022) have not appeared on its IMDb's page, most notably: The Australian, David Stratton review: https://csp.newscdn.com.au/trustedreferrercheck.esi?url=https://www.theaustralian.com.a
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Reviews glitch
Guys why the movie "Murda Boyz: Mahlenska Klasa" has 3.8 average score when 86% of the people has voted with 10 stars ??
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Fake reviews
An IG post is asking thousands of followers to leave a fake review to hurt a film.How can we report this? https://www.instagram.com/p/C8ZeTB1g2Jo/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3tLoOhF-PaESw4SrYEUyPLEO8aZ64w4ubXVTo1_6ogD41tD4bBDYS2-4U_aem_LNPJ_eMm9yrygCZPE9m29w
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Frequently declined reviews.
Why are my reviews being declined because they are not 600 characters but I have see reviews that are definitely not this long?
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