How does IMDB star rankings work?

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How does IMDB rank actors/movies/producers? I heard it's from internet activity - or is it activity related to their IMDB account?
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Here is the official information on the starmeter (which is how they rank people):
http://www.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?pr...

The film rankings are based on user votes and they also use secret algorithms there to try and stop people gaming the system (like the rash of 10 votes you can get before a film is even released).

However, they don't reveal the details of how the systems work because there are attempts to manipulate them. There is, of course, plenty of speculation online of varying quality and reliability.

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