There was a vote cheating on your site

This is not an official reply. IMDb is going to reply with the standard answer. That will be that the weighted average formula in use will counteract any vote stuffing and they will refer you to a URL Link FAQ.

But here is the observation that I believe is the reason that the rating is high. Imdb's "Formula"/Software algorithm has been "Figured" out by those individuals that understand that ten votes are literally not counted. So they have "Figured" it out and stuffed the voting with 9s instead so as to game the system.

What IMDb does now will be interesting.

I have been advocating that no new accounts be allowed to cast votes, or at the very least, accounts that are created and do not show a discernible voting pattern. (Like a vote on varied titles over time) that those accounts be flagged and their votes be disqualified.

They need to address account abuse, not the discounting of votes based on what that rating number is/was. Account verification by way of sending a text code to a cell phone or a voice code for land lines. The system could identify that phone number as already used and not allow the creation of multiple accounts based off of one number. The weighted average system would no longer need to be tweaked or to be needed at all.

Artemt56, you might want to read this thread: https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/movie-crimea-2017-rating-unrealistic-probable-bot-attack

Hi Artemt56,

Thanks for the post.

Please see the conversation Ed Jones has provided before for more context. 

I've passed the feedback from this onto the necessary team now.

Cheers,

Joel