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Literally 90%+ of any random User Reviews section I click on has a beyond pathetic case of two obvious troll accounts which are both clearly created by the same person. Both have identical traits of broken english and a painfully evident case of fake self-upvoting.
One of many examples:
Friday the 13th Part 5 - User Reviews
Highest voted review from "rambofan4life"
Title: Underrated the weakest one in the franchise but still watchable my FAVORITE slasher
Second highest voted review from "ivo-cobra8"
Title: My FAVORITE underrated a good Friday the 13th horror slasher film
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Friday the 13th Part 2 - User Reviews
Highest voted review from "rambofan4life"
Title: My personal FAVORITE best slasher of all time Amy Steel is the best heroine of the 80's ever
Second highest voted review from "ivo-cobra8"
Title: The best sequel my FAVORITE Amy Steel is the best heroine of the 80's ever
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Friday the 13th (1980) - User Reviews
Highest voted review from "rambofan4life"
Title: Friday The 13th" is a classic original slasher that started it all my personal FAVORITE slasher film of all time
Second highest voted review from "ivo-cobra8"
Title: Welcome to Camp Blood the classic original slasher that started it all my personal FAVORITE
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All reviews from one account were posted in September 2017, while the other account posted everything again in August 2018. Whether that's because his first account was banned or they just wanted to re-post everything again under a different account is anyones guess. I've seen his troll accounts post reviews for 20+ year old movies and within less than ONE DAY of his review being on the site he has the highest voted review with 80+ votes, which factually wouldn't happen without spamming fake upvotes.
I hope this actually reaches someone with the authority to permanently delete and ban this worryingly pathetic troll and all others like him.
And to add some much needed additional feedback which is tied to this specific case, IMDB DESPERATELY needs to enforce what other platforms such as Twitter have already done where a user can only create a new account by verifying a genuine phone number. The amount of fake troll accounts on this site is absolutely EMBARRASSING.
One of many examples:
Friday the 13th Part 5 - User Reviews
Highest voted review from "rambofan4life"
Title: Underrated the weakest one in the franchise but still watchable my FAVORITE slasher
Second highest voted review from "ivo-cobra8"
Title: My FAVORITE underrated a good Friday the 13th horror slasher film
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Friday the 13th Part 2 - User Reviews
Highest voted review from "rambofan4life"
Title: My personal FAVORITE best slasher of all time Amy Steel is the best heroine of the 80's ever
Second highest voted review from "ivo-cobra8"
Title: The best sequel my FAVORITE Amy Steel is the best heroine of the 80's ever
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Friday the 13th (1980) - User Reviews
Highest voted review from "rambofan4life"
Title: Friday The 13th" is a classic original slasher that started it all my personal FAVORITE slasher film of all time
Second highest voted review from "ivo-cobra8"
Title: Welcome to Camp Blood the classic original slasher that started it all my personal FAVORITE
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All reviews from one account were posted in September 2017, while the other account posted everything again in August 2018. Whether that's because his first account was banned or they just wanted to re-post everything again under a different account is anyones guess. I've seen his troll accounts post reviews for 20+ year old movies and within less than ONE DAY of his review being on the site he has the highest voted review with 80+ votes, which factually wouldn't happen without spamming fake upvotes.
I hope this actually reaches someone with the authority to permanently delete and ban this worryingly pathetic troll and all others like him.
And to add some much needed additional feedback which is tied to this specific case, IMDB DESPERATELY needs to enforce what other platforms such as Twitter have already done where a user can only create a new account by verifying a genuine phone number. The amount of fake troll accounts on this site is absolutely EMBARRASSING.
Posted 2 years ago
Will, Official Rep
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I strongly suggest you simply pass along this information directly to someone in a Mod type position at iMDB and put a permanent end to this pathetic spammer once and for all. Literally 80% of ANY completely random Review page I now click on has this fake-upvoting troll at the top of the page, it's absolutely ridiculous!
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Sort it out already FFS