IMDB VOTE TABULATION

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My name is Tom O'Leary. I have written a number of short movies. My question is, I do not understand the formula IMDB uses to tally votes for movies. My movies have mostly received very high votes. But the overall average tabulated by IMDB is very low.

I don't understand the tabulating. It seems grossly unfair.
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Tom,

Many film makers of films with limited distribution share your concern.

The IMDb scheme for rating films focuses on films with a lot more votes than what your short films have received. The measures that the IMDb has put in place to reduce the effects of vote stuffing tends to disproportionately reduce the weighted average of films with relatively few votes.

Weighted Average Ratings
IMDb publishes weighted vote averages rather than raw data averages. Various filters are applied to the raw data in order to eliminate and reduce attempts at 'vote stuffing' by individuals more interested in changing the current rating of a movie than giving their true opinion of it.

The exact methods we use will not be disclosed. This should ensure that the policy remains effective. The result is a more accurate vote average.

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