Data Issues & Policy Discussions

I've had a review submission declined three times and can't figure out why the third time was not the charm. I've had a few reviews declined before and it's always films of a racially sensitive topic, so there is a pattern, but in most cases, there is nothing thar would be against the guidelines. In

Please require users to start reviews/summaries with SPOILER ALERT when appropriate. It absolutely ruins it if you are simply looking for an overall simple summary and user lists every detail including the climax! This includes old films - doesn't matter if it's the Wizard of Oz .. don't give away t

So I tried to post a review on a recent show that was being review bombed by people. Actual reviews that made it theough their moderation and were posted talk about the usual "woke" and "DEI agenda" claims that come with review bombs and absolutely violate the submission guidelines. I wrote a respo

how can i, review (with text) movies and shows without everyone to see it, i mean like i would be the only one that can see my ratings and if somebody else will scroll to the reviews he wouldnt be able to see my ratings

Today (12th Dec) we are announcing an update to the User Review contribution experience for desktop users, an important step towards enabling iOS and Android mobile users to write and post reviews in the near future. This process is part of our continuing efforts to make customer experience improvem

I see people discussing reporting reviews on here for hateful content, but what if the movies themselves contain hateful content? I have identified a trove of movies listed here for review, many of which have relatively positive reviews (likely a result of a coordinated effort from hate groups), th

Writing a bad review isn't a crime, but getting someone's IP is! @LJBeautyInc forced IMDb to remove all negative reviews on her daughters homemade Instagram posts and threatened to expose anyone who didn't like her little girl's vids, because she told you she had their IPs. Serious IMDb, you can

For the first time my external reviews were declined and it is not clear why. We have had hundreds approved and there's nothing I've done different. Can you please help? Latest example is 240103-204715-119000

220821-184043-946304 I have re-examined my review (for a film with controversial racial issues, the only type of films I have had getting reviews approved) and see nothing that goes against IMDb policies. I previously re-edited and re-submitted. Thank you.

Hi, When this issue was bad during 2019-2020 for me, I really made an effort to move on and not talk about it as much (even resorting to apologising on my profile for worrying so much over it), but with it being worse than before and getting worse and worse I just had to say something. Especiall