Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Full stops automatically added in reviews
I am honestly not even sure if this is imdb-related or has to do with Firefox/Windows Update, but my guess is the former because it never happened to me on anothe website. I think I've have had it several times lately that when I write a review and stop in the middle of a sentence to change to anoth
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Why Do Some Reviews Get Published Faster Than Others?
I haven't written many reviews, but when I do, it says that they have to be reviewed, which takes days. I am wondering why mine take days to get published while others are published the same day?
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Limit Word Quantity in Reviews
You need to add a word limit to control all the reviewers who drone on and on and on with every single plot detail about a movie or TV show. They do not know how to review, and instead simply parrot back every detail of a story! That ruins the plot for everybody before they even get to see the movie
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Many imdb reviews incorrectly reported
Loads of times when i google a film for the last few weeks since this new version of imdb i think, its showing a very incorrect review like too high or too low and when you click on the page sometimes its broken and missing a lot of stuff and always theres only like a few hundred ratings and theres
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Likes and dislikes for user reviews are not counted
Please do not move this post to the thread "None of my likes or dislike are working on users reviews. Even the ones I’ve done in the past have disappeared. Please help!" My problem is different, and the replies there do not apply! - - -Whenever I see a review I find helpful, I click helpful. Whe
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Problem with the reviews (update receipts)...
Here's the text as I wrote it: And here's "The Last of the Mohicans" a movie from the 90s, my main nostalgic memories provider, a sweeping epic with heart-pounding battles, breathtaking shots, a love story, an unforgettable villain and one of these "where-have-I-heard-this-before?" scores,
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My helpful/unhelpful vote for reviews isnt registering at all.
I upvoted a review on African Queens. It was an upvote on one of the three 1 star reviews. And it isn registering.
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Lots of fake reviews and ratings by bots on bollywood flop movie (new Case Cirkus)
Team, Latest Cirkus movie was greatly criticized by everyone in india for everything bad things and bots are adding fake reviews and ratings back to back? Movie hardly eared 10 crores in 2 days and we have 10k rating in 2 days? How it is possible? Why IMDB is not taking any steps to monitor such
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User Reviews-Requirements
I just went to post my latest review and had to waste 15 minutes trying to whittle it down to fit the 1000 word maximum requirement.As an avid IMDb user for the past 15 years, I have some thoughts on this topic. I realize a lot of this has been covered, however I have a few points I'm not sure were
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External reviews, publish the name of the reviewer?
Hello, I have seen on the external reviews page for the movie Arrival (for example) that most people post their actual name in the link Others write: YouTube [CrashLanded] Ziprett [Nicoletta] (German) This Is Barry Is there a general rule? Are real names mandatory?
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