How Can An Actor With NO Credits At All, Be # 958 On The Starmeter?

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No, I'm not saying 958,000th. I am saying nine hundred and fifty eighth! LOL

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4891913/

This has to be the ultimate example of the manipulation of the IMDb starmeter that appears to be becoming more and more rampant.

NOTE: This topic is care of the incredible work "vhavnal" has been performing over the last month weeding out these scammers. Well done, vhavnal
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And this one has only ONE credit and is ranked #963!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3735322/

Oh dear..........
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And this guy hasn't worked on anything more than short films and a bit part in a TV pilot, yet is at #177?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2344243/?r...

We are talking about him being higher than all but A-list and some high B-list actors, directors and icons of cinema past!

Ludicrous.........
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This actor has two credits, (one not even released), and the other of no note whatsoever. Yet sitting pretty at 807

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2502700/?r...

And back to the actor in the topic, how can she even have an IMDb page without any credits?
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Who is ranked #14 ?
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Good Lord. So his role as "Paramedic #2" in Burt Wonderstone has him at 14 on the starmeter.

Sounds about right to me................
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yep higher than jim carrey (37), olivia widle (43), steve carell (121)and steve buschemi (304)
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LMAO. Its not funny, but you just gotta laugh..........
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Thanks to Vhavnal, we have these incredible examples of vote stuffing

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5157254/

^ Up from 1.8 MILLION on the starmeter to a remarkable 647, despite only having one credit LOL

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1621050/

^ Despite not having acted in two years, (and even when he was, he had bit parts on TV), he has lept from 89,615 to 640

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4713668/

^ NO CREDITS and ranked 609

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5051268/

^ Another NO CREDITS actor, ranked 2,500

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5368741/

^ Another NO CREDIT fraudster, ranked top 5,000

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2143506/

^ Ranked #223 despite being in nothing of note.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2358314/

^ Despite having nothing but uncredited bit parts during his entire career, (none in the last 18 months), he is ranked 16.

Not 160, or 1600, or 16,000. No....he is ranked 16 (sixteen). THAT is an embarrassment for this website.
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0399878/

^ Ranked in top 500. Hasn't had any work in near two years

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1579379/

^ top 500 despite being in nothing of note for years, apart from a bit appearance in local Canadian 'Gaytv' network show "Boystown"

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1827372/

^ a hardly-working CASTING DIRECTOR in the top 500?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3207578/

^ C-list DTV martial arts actor, with very little work, in top 500?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243079/

^ Hasn't been anything more than an extra and even then very little work. Top 500
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Hi guys, and especially vhavnal,

I've just been notified that I've shown up on some list about faking starmeters (your list vhavnal).

I have no idea why I'm on that list, or why I'm now getting spam about how I have to ask to be removed from it. I've been a longtime member of IMDb and have been in this industry for years. I have no reason to fake my starmeter AS A PRODUCER MYSELF. I can't explain why my meter has gone down or up. I have a movie coming out from Lionsgate this summer (Among Friends), recently released
The Things We Carry digitally, and I assumed it was news hitting about those; It's also pilot season, so I figured people were looking me up, which happens when I'm in contention for a part.

***See my graph Aug 5 2012 - Aug 12 2012. That was a 40,000 jump! My only thought then was that I was in the mix for a big part in a studio project.***

Or maybe it's some fluff article about my hair or red carpet fashion that makes people wanna look me up.

I DON'T KNOW.

Being on that list is embarrassing and works against my efforts for YEARS to establish myself as a reputable professional, WHICH I AM.

Listen, someone else posted on my message board in a mean and petty fashion, but I let that go, because who cares, people will say whatever they want on message boards. Haters gonna hate, lovers gonna love. But this is too much. I think what you've flagged in that list is worthy of exposure. I just don't belong on it.

Check my credits and bio. At least it'll help my starmeter :P
http://pro.imdb.com/name/nm1024762/

Cheers,
Alyssa Lobit

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its not the number of work you do, its what work you. There are some who only worked in one MAJOR title (with speaking lines) and their starmeter has been high ever since, then there are those that do over 100 titles and never make the Top 10000..starmeter shooting up randomly from time to time due to the person making the news is justified, but climbing to the top and staying there without actually making news or having titles that are what we would deem "big-budget" is manipulation :)
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Alyssa, with all due respect, your starmeter should not be in the top 50-100 thousand. Even 30-40 thousand would look suspicious.

The "PR" firm you have been using was been artificially bumping your page. This is beyond dispute.

To have you try and justify your previously high ranking on the basis of your work is rather sad.

There have been a couple of manipulators who have confessed to the activity or conceded their PR firms were doing this on their behalf without their consent or knowledge. At least they earn respect for being honest. Perhaps this is the path you should walk.

Anyways, good to see you are keeping in good spirits and civil. In that you are one of the few lol
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Hi Adam,
I'm not trying to justify anything based on my work. What work I've done, I'm proud of, because I've made two features, one now with major distribution, on my own (with a lot of support, but you know what I mean. Not studio films).

I've said I don't know why my meter dropped. I can't/won't confess to anything because I'm here watching all this from the sidelines, too. What I take issue with is being lumped in with people who are manipulating, who know they are, and are being called out for it. I take a lot of pride in my efforts and work. I have integrity. Being on that list puts me in a group of people who don't walk the same path I do. If someone else is doing this "on my behalf" then I am still in the same position: I can't/won't confess because that would be news to me.

I really do appreciate the civility of this conversation thus far. Being in this business means opening myself up to a lot of commentary. Not all of it is nice or accurate. I will keep doing what I do and even when my super low meter *is* justified in the eyes of others, I will still just be me!

Anyway, appreciate your response. You should like my page, too ;)

Thanks,
Alyssa
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I hope one day to see you in the top 100, with Pap shots on the front pages, features on E Tonight and an interview with Parkinson. I will be cheering loudest, i assure you. And I am casting no aspersions on your work or its quality. I'm sure its very good and I will make an effort to seek your films out and watch them.

BUT

As it stands at the moment, your starmeter before the big drop was unwarranted. Again, I'd contact your PR firm and ask them what they do to push you front and centre. You may be surprised, (and disappointed), in their answer.

Good luck
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@Alyssa it doesn't so much matter who hit the buttons to give false numbers as much as it matters that the info there is false. There are children on the list too. They probably didn't do anything on their own. But, if it's not you, surely you'd know who to ask. Surely you'd know better than any of us.

Sorry it's happened to you, and happened at all. But it sure should all be made known and should get fixed.

I think that's the point of the lists on message boards or on the Lists feature.
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4713668/

^ now this guy.........with NO credits.......is in the top 500

NO Credits................top 500 :-/

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