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Data Issues & Policy Discussions

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Review mobbing

Is there anything that can be done when it is plainly obvious that whatever Reddit sub the Angry Virgins (aka incels) hang out in are mobbing a shows reviews? Illustrative example: Foundation (2021): average 7.6, with a clear skew towards 8-10 - and yet all of the "Helpful" reviews are the enrage

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how to make an official complaint against reviewer?

there is a reviewer going by Wanda_E_Pangallo That thinks the reviews are places to spew your own personal racial and political views all over the the rest of us who just want movies reviewed. They obviously know they shouldnt be because they continue to misspell racial slurs and other words that th

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To submit a Turkish Review is impossible because of spelling checks !!!

I can not enter review in Turkish language. It says there are spelling problems. It should allow me to write reviews in this language. We have characters like "ğ,ı,ö,ü,ç,ş" , also different from english. thanks.

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Review went missing

My review for Wakanda was posted on January 5th 2023....I didn't like the movie. I thought it was racist and stereotyping...and said so in my review. The review went missing. Also....many of my other reviews are suddenly gone as well. I tend to use a lot of CAPS and 'special characters'. What

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Should the checkers of reviews, have to detail which-reasons for declining a review?

2 quick yeses and nos each, could be a better idea for answers to this one... ----------- Should the checkers of reviews, have to detail which-reasons for declining a review, to be co-operative / efficient / to-save-time? Is it realistic to expect ordinary-people to keep them all in mind as-well-

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Review

Hello I have posted reviews for the first 3 episodes of Book of Boba Fett but IMDB won’t let me post my review for episode 4 although it’s not offensive or problematic. Can you help? I tried multiple times.

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Declined due to eligibility criteria

What does that mean and how to fix? I’ve been submitting reviews for many years and have never been declined.  I searched the help pages to try to get an understanding to no avail.  Can someone help?

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Spoiler warnings for shows and movies more than ten years old

Must we tag reviews containing spoilers about very old movies or TV shows that are off the air for more than ten years?How about tagging spoilers on only newest and recent films instead and TV shows that are still produced?

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Doctor Who (2023-) is being highly review bombed by transphobes, homophobes, and racists

Doctor Who has been bombarded with negative reviews some of which are from people who have admitted to not watching the series (Nerderotic) and sends more far right subscribers to down vote the new series. The new series has included one trans character on one episode, a black main character, and mo

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Review removed

Helpful review surreptitiously removed without notification or reason. It wasn’t complimentary of the movie, but it was an honest opinion which sought to balance the avalanche of questionable favourable reviews. How can one trust the integrity of IMDb when a negative review goes missing whilst the

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