IMDB up to their old tricks again… stamping 7.0/10 on a movie (“The Little Mermaid”) that actually got 4.5/10 because they “detected unusual activity”, i.e. they noticed users going against the leftist narrative - Kotaku In Action 2

IMDB up to their old tricks again… stamping 7.0/10 on a movie (“The Little Mermaid”) that actually got 4.5/10 because they “detected unusual activity”, i.e. they noticed users going against the leftist narrative (media.communities.win)

posted 1 year ago by loubag1997 1 year ago by loubag1997 +97 / -0

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– ddbb 4 points 1 year ago +4 / -0

I'd love to see the "alternate weighting calculation". Or is it safe to assume it's just a number they pulled out of their ass?

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– altmehere 5 points 1 year ago +5 / -0

A quick calculation shows that if they just ignored every single 1/10 review that would put it around 7.36/10. I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s what their proprietary “we can’t tell you” score amounts to.

Would also explain why they don’t want to say, because simply voting 2/10 or 3/10 might avoid their censorship.

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– loubag1997 [S] 5 points 1 year ago +5 / -0

They refuse to disclose how the calculation is done. So yes, they pulled it out of their ass

To ensure that our rating mechanism remains effective, we do not disclose the exact method used to generate the rating.

https://help.imdb.com/article/imdb/track-movies-tv/weighted-average-ratings/GWT2DSBYVT2F25SK?ref_=ttrt_wtavg#

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