Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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IMDB censoring my reviews
IMDB keeps censoring my review of the Sandman TV series because I pointed out how about a third of the cast is black when they only represent 12% of the US population. It’s truth. Look the stats up and then count how many blacks are represented in this series. I have nothing against blacks, I
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Unintelligible Reviews - #230322-225018-979404
I suggested deleting a review - #230322-225018-979404 - because the English is so bad as to make it unintelligible. Your response was that MY comment did not meet submission guidelines. I am not aware of any specific format that suggested deletions should take, but I am certain - I have read IMDb su
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How are so many people getting round the minimum word count for reviews?
I assumed the minimum character count for reviews had been abandoned, as I see so many reviews on here which are just one sentence.But I just tested by starting to write one, and it is still telling me I have to add 600 characters.So why, when seeing what others have said about a TV series or film,
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Bad reviews removed from Chinese movie
Since May 1 2024 there have been two user reviews with rating 1 star approved and published under a Chinese movie, one of them minehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt15073642/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Both of them were sincere critiques and got several likes and now suddenly the IMDB staff has removed my review
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How to protect from a flood of politically-motivated fake reviews?
Here is the situation: there is a new anti-war Documentary "Russians at War" that was released only to a small audience (200-300 people) during Venice Film Festival on Sept 5, 2024, not open to wide public, however this film received 20 1-star reviews immediately after that, Sept 6-8th. It is very l
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2 of my reviews got deleted.
Can anyone help me understand why they got deleted after being approved? Contribution Id #220807-171045-796804
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Are reviews being censored ?
I do know the answer to this question since any movie review i wrote that was just mildly negative towards americans over politicizing gender roles got declined with no reason given. Just here to say hey dumb dumb americans, not everything is about your hyperspecific focus on whatever current cau
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Why can't my film accept user reviews
My documentary can not accept user reviews. Why not?
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The system for reporting reviews must be improved
My reports are started declined again. This happens whenever more than one is reported, and then they approved after reporting here on GS. And you know what? Multiple reports are much easier to make here on GS instead of clicking each item on IMDb page.Why this happens so often? For many reasons, an
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