Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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How is the rating of a film determined?
How is a film rating determined, like how can a film have a rating of 7 when all the reviews are a 9 or 10? ...and how can a show have, say, a 6.5 rating, when only whole stars are available to use?
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REVIEW PROCESS IS BLATANTLY RIGGED
SOMEONE IS RIGGING THE REVIEW PROCESS. I have tried to review SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW - 4 TIMES WITH A POSITIVE REVIEW!! My first three reviews (each written differently) were all rejected for allegedly violating submission guidelines even though nothing I said was remotely offensive or violated I
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I Post as KissEnglishPasto. For several YEARS, My Review of A THOUSAND ACRES was in the #1 SPOT. Today it disappeared. WHY???
My point is a simple one,,, As stated above.. I post Reviews as KissEnglishPasto. For several YEARS, My Review of A THOUSAND ACRES has been in the #1 SPOT! Today, with no warning whatsoever, my review disappeared! Who can tell me WHY???
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now why this is declined
#230519-193309-404204 now why this is review is declined now you have made this practise to decline the reviews and then i have to post it here this is shabby on your side
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New User Review Contribution Experience
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
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Reporting hateful movies
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
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Review Declined
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
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Posted Review Deleted - Why? - and Correct This Problem Already!
A review of mine from 12 March 2020 was deleted. IMDb didn't inform me of this, let alone provide a reason or an opportunity for appeal. I only noticed it because I also post on Letterboxd and keep track of my reviews ever since (over the last couple years - since the site was updated largely for t
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Where are my reviews?
I’ve reviewing movies for a while and just found out that they don’t appear anywhere except for a few. Why? my user id is ron_iamamo thanks
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Can something please be done about the targeted harrassment of prolific reviewers?
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
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