Today we have made several updates to our Ratings pages and functionality. We have improved the design of the ratings details page to give it a cleaner, more modern look.
We have also made several changes, listed below. These changes only impact the Your Ratings page on the IMDb desktop Website. You may find much of this information by creating and running custom searches on the AdvancedTitle Search page. For example, to see comedy titles you have rated, sorted by your rating, see this advancedsearch. Or, to see titles you have rated that are in the IMDb Top250 list, see this advancedsearch.
What did we change?
1. We removed the Compact list view. This was accessible from the far right icon (see A in the screen capture below). The grid view and detailed list view are still available.
2. We updated the “Sort by” dropdown box. It now provides the two most popular choices: Most Recent (previously called Recently Rated) and Top Rated (previously Your Rating). Sort by: Your rating, Title A-Z, Release date (US),Number of votes, IMDb rating, and Popularity were removed. See B in the screen capture below.
3. We removed the Refine ratings filters options from the Your Ratings page on the desktop site. See C in the screen capture below.
4. We removed the Find More Titles tab. See D in the screen capture below.
5. We removed the Recommended for You section on the User/Ratings page.
6. We changed the format of data in the Ratings Export. You can export your ratings to Excel by clicking the new overflow menu (the 3 vertical dots) above your list in the updated experience, and choosing Export.
There are many ways to find new titles to watch. IMDb users can use Advanced Search, look through the recommendations for new titles to watch under People who liked this also liked... on any title page, or see Top Rated Movies.
Thank you for your continued support.
Karen
We have also made several changes, listed below. These changes only impact the Your Ratings page on the IMDb desktop Website. You may find much of this information by creating and running custom searches on the AdvancedTitle Search page. For example, to see comedy titles you have rated, sorted by your rating, see this advancedsearch. Or, to see titles you have rated that are in the IMDb Top250 list, see this advancedsearch.
What did we change?
1. We removed the Compact list view. This was accessible from the far right icon (see A in the screen capture below). The grid view and detailed list view are still available.
2. We updated the “Sort by” dropdown box. It now provides the two most popular choices: Most Recent (previously called Recently Rated) and Top Rated (previously Your Rating). Sort by: Your rating, Title A-Z, Release date (US),Number of votes, IMDb rating, and Popularity were removed. See B in the screen capture below.
3. We removed the Refine ratings filters options from the Your Ratings page on the desktop site. See C in the screen capture below.
4. We removed the Find More Titles tab. See D in the screen capture below.
5. We removed the Recommended for You section on the User/Ratings page.
6. We changed the format of data in the Ratings Export. You can export your ratings to Excel by clicking the new overflow menu (the 3 vertical dots) above your list in the updated experience, and choosing Export.
There are many ways to find new titles to watch. IMDb users can use Advanced Search, look through the recommendations for new titles to watch under People who liked this also liked... on any title page, or see Top Rated Movies.
Thank you for your continued support.
Karen
Karen, Employee
Posted 3 years ago
Why would you remove the refine ratings filter? That was literally the only reason I ever went to that page. Is IMDb aware that people want MORE functionality, not less? If you plan on bringing the filter back, then please tell us that!
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Please! Listen to this man!
Are you keeping the "Advanced Tittle Search" page? That's basically the same thing as what you removed from the ratings page.
Col Needham, Official Rep
Yes, this change enables us to improve advanced title search over the long term and provide even more search options for your ratings and other lists.
For context please see https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/upcoming-changes-to-several-imdb-features-du6man1opd5q0
For context please see https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/upcoming-changes-to-several-imdb-features-du6man1opd5q0
This is a truly bewildering decision. Removing these features is inconvenient and regressive and offers no advantage whatsoever; it just reduces the utility of the website. How can anyone think this is in any way helpful?
Col Needham, Official Rep
Please see our other replies on this thread, also we have enhanced and standardized the "card" for each title in the detail view, now including availability information, as in (from my history):
I don't need all this stuff in my ratings list. I already know what the show is about - I must've seen it or I couldn't rate it! And I'm not particularly likely to need to know when I can see it again. The compact view was all I ever used. However I do like to know when I rated it and I do require to be able to copy individual shows from the ratings list to my separate lists of different types of show. You refer to what you have done as "enhancing" but is precisely the opposite. Did you actually consult your customers before making these changes? From the comments in this thread it would seem not.
remove remove remove
maybe you could add something great for once if you already get rid off all these useful features
maybe you could add something great for once if you already get rid off all these useful features
It's the compressed info we needed, not the enhanced. That easy to find in other ways.
I'm a user for 17 years, and this function I really loved with imdb.
I also use the advanced search, which is good, but to find my own rated films this was far the best way to get an overview e.g. for a film I don't remember the title for.
Hope you'll re-introduce it!
This new is only useful if you forgot the film you saw yesterday!
I'm a user for 17 years, and this function I really loved with imdb.
I also use the advanced search, which is good, but to find my own rated films this was far the best way to get an overview e.g. for a film I don't remember the title for.
Hope you'll re-introduce it!
This new is only useful if you forgot the film you saw yesterday!
I've been named a Top Contributor for the past 8 years, and many of these recent changes are causing me to consider quitting IMDb. Due to the recent changes of spreading information to multiple pages (TV series ratings), breaking up the credits for actors rather than a nice clean long list, and now having to work three times as hard to input soundtrack info, my efforts are no longer a hobby but are now actual hard work. I revisited site preferences, but it offered no solution.
Dear Col!
How do find this list: All titles Feature and Tv-Movies I've rated with a 10/10 sorted by imdb-rating in compact view, and only the best caracter no 9/10. That will be about 170 films.
Can't make it with advanced search, or it's too advanced for me.
I can only get a complete list of all films I've rated and it's sorted be the film I last saw/rated, in stead of imdb-rating as I'd widh.
Please help! This sorting functioned in My Ratings.
How do find this list: All titles Feature and Tv-Movies I've rated with a 10/10 sorted by imdb-rating in compact view, and only the best caracter no 9/10. That will be about 170 films.
Can't make it with advanced search, or it's too advanced for me.
I can only get a complete list of all films I've rated and it's sorted be the film I last saw/rated, in stead of imdb-rating as I'd widh.
Please help! This sorting functioned in My Ratings.
Dan Dassow, Champion
Hi Ole Jon Tveito,
This should accomplish what you requested for Feature Films.
Feature Films You Have Seen (Sort by Your Rating, desc)
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?title_type=feature&my_ratings=restrict&view=simple&coun...
Note to IMDb Staff: There is a problem with Advanced Search sorting by "Your rating".
Both of these produce the same results, sorting by Your rating (Low to High)
sorted by Your rating (High to Low)
sorted by Your rating (Low to High)
This can be corrected after the the search is done by clicking Your Rating▲ to produce Your Rating▼.
This should accomplish what you requested for Feature Films.
Feature Films You Have Seen (Sort by Your Rating, desc)
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?title_type=feature&my_ratings=restrict&view=simple&coun...
Note to IMDb Staff: There is a problem with Advanced Search sorting by "Your rating".
Both of these produce the same results, sorting by Your rating (Low to High)
sorted by Your rating (High to Low)
sorted by Your rating (Low to High)
This can be corrected after the the search is done by clicking Your Rating▲ to produce Your Rating▼.
Thanks for quick answer!
But here it's sorted by the fuilms I've last seen.
I don't like that. I would like it sorted by the imdb.rating, so e.g. Shawshank Redemption and The Godfather (which is on top of imdbtop250 would be on top on my list as well, if I rate them as 10/10.
It's unteresting for me to have this sorted by the last 10/10 I gave. That's what I remember best! I didn't search for this to find out what I saw last!!!
So if this search could be sorted after the contraint I wanted or chose, it would be good.
The former ratings page did that.
But here it's sorted by the fuilms I've last seen.
I don't like that. I would like it sorted by the imdb.rating, so e.g. Shawshank Redemption and The Godfather (which is on top of imdbtop250 would be on top on my list as well, if I rate them as 10/10.
It's unteresting for me to have this sorted by the last 10/10 I gave. That's what I remember best! I didn't search for this to find out what I saw last!!!
So if this search could be sorted after the contraint I wanted or chose, it would be good.
The former ratings page did that.
Dan Dassow, Champion
Hi Ole Jon Tveito,
In Advanced Title Search under Your Ratings you can select:
In addition, you can also filter by:
In Advanced Title Search under Your Ratings you can select:
- Include All Titles
- Exclude Titles I've Seen
- Restrict to Titles I've Seen
In addition, you can also filter by:
- Title Type
- Release Date
- User Rating (ratings by IMDb users)
- Number of Votes
- Genres
- Title Groups (IMDb defined groups such as IMDb "Top 250")
- Title Data
- Companies
- Instant Watch Options
- US Certificates
- Color Info
- Countries
- Keywords
- Languages
- Filming Locations
- Popularity
- Plot
- Cast/Crew
- Runtime
- In Theaters
- Adult Titles (Exclude or Include)
- Lists (whether or not the title is in one of your lists)
- Detailed or Compact
- 50, 100 or 250 titles per page
I do as you say, but there are two problems!
1) I get also films I've voted other than 10/10.
2) the list coming out still shows the last films I've seen and given 10/10 on top, and not by user rating descendig as I asked for.
Here my search:
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?my_ratings=restrict&view=simple&count=250&sort=your_rat...
I'd also like to exclude TV-series and episodes. How do I do that?
1) I get also films I've voted other than 10/10.
2) the list coming out still shows the last films I've seen and given 10/10 on top, and not by user rating descendig as I asked for.
Here my search:
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?my_ratings=restrict&view=simple&count=250&sort=your_rat...
I'd also like to exclude TV-series and episodes. How do I do that?
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I don't think it's currently possible to restrict the list to only the films you've rated 10/10, but it is at least possible to exclude TV-shows. You can do that from the Advanced Title Search, by selecting "Feature Film" (and/or any other title type you want to include) in the Title Type section near the top of the search page. You should get a search like this for only feature films: http://www.imdb.com/search/title?title_type=feature&my_ratings=restrict&view=simple&coun...
bderoes, Champion
When I use the link you provided:
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?my_ratings=restrict&view=simple&count=250&sort=your_rat...
I see my ratings in order by MY votes, which means you selected Your Rating (high to low).
If by "user ratings" you mean wanted to sort by the IMDb average rating, then you should have selected User Rating Descending.
Previous replies guided you toward sorting by Your Rating because this is the only way to see your 10's together. And there is not feature to sort by Your Rating and then second criteria of User Rating. You may need to Export your ratings and use a spreadsheet to see exactly what you want.
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?my_ratings=restrict&view=simple&count=250&sort=your_rat...
I see my ratings in order by MY votes, which means you selected Your Rating (high to low).
If by "user ratings" you mean wanted to sort by the IMDb average rating, then you should have selected User Rating Descending.
Previous replies guided you toward sorting by Your Rating because this is the only way to see your 10's together. And there is not feature to sort by Your Rating and then second criteria of User Rating. You may need to Export your ratings and use a spreadsheet to see exactly what you want.
That is th trouble. The former User-rating site allowed my to sort that way. My 10/10 ranked by imdb-rating. Now I only get the last I've voted 10/10 on top,which isn'æt what I'm asking for. When I then try to sort again, it's also wrong.
I think advanced search is good, but it is very advanced, and there's still constraints which aren't possible!
I miss the way i saw my ratings descending and ascending from My Ratings-page, which did what I wanted.
I think advanced search is good, but it is very advanced, and there's still constraints which aren't possible!
I miss the way i saw my ratings descending and ascending from My Ratings-page, which did what I wanted.
What is even the point of the rating list anymore?
I have 5220 titles rated as of now. I can't find anything there anymore. Can't filter by year, genre, type ... zilch. IMDb was my preeminent place online, in general (hence the religious zealousness of my ratings), but now I'm afraid it'll be just another forgotten bookmark.
It is truly bewildering to me what the point of this change is? What is your philosophy regarding this website and who are your target audience?
I have 5220 titles rated as of now. I can't find anything there anymore. Can't filter by year, genre, type ... zilch. IMDb was my preeminent place online, in general (hence the religious zealousness of my ratings), but now I'm afraid it'll be just another forgotten bookmark.
It is truly bewildering to me what the point of this change is? What is your philosophy regarding this website and who are your target audience?
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I don't believe they much appreciate complaints when they remove functionality.
Col Needham, Official Rep
You should be able to do almost all the same sorting and filtering (and more) than you could do before via http://www.imdb.com/search/title, see our replies elsewhere on this post for additional details and examples.
You put words to every feeling I have towards IMDb now. I have voted religiously since 2006 and now I barely visit, might throw in a vote when I remember. It's kind of sad. They just keep removing and removing, with no news coming (although they keep telling us about upcoming approvements). What is the agenda here, I wonder...
You need to get a life if you have really rated over 5,000 things are and pissed at the changes.
Was "D" the most imaginative moniker you could come up with. Maybe "Dino" is older than the 15 year old troll which you are and has entered all his movies, tv series, video games,etc.. that he has played or watched over a lifetime. Maybe once you move out of your parents house you might get a better appreciation for that.
And another thing you are the reason there are no more message boards on this site troll.
And another thing you are the reason there are no more message boards on this site troll.
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Peter, Champion
I find the advanced search alternative less convenient than the removed refine feature.
It also seems the ratings list now has fewer sorting settings in the desktop version than in the app.
It also seems the ratings list now has fewer sorting settings in the desktop version than in the app.
I find the advanced search alternative less convenient than the removed refine feature.I totally agree.
Its very simple.. The idea that ordinary people and film makers can actually find something out is too much for the up tops, so it seems the entire point of IM'DATA Base' has been dumped. I was about add to my own films and documentaries and teh puictures I had added, which get stolen by Google and everyone else was to have reference so they could be found on the IMDb... no longer possible. What is the Point of IMDb if the DATA if deleted and undependable if its still there!!!??
Well, I used "compact view" exclusively to view "My Ratings", but obviously the attitude is: "it's too difficult to maintain; if you don't like it, leave."
Does "compact view" still exist on IMDB Pro, does anyone know?
Does "compact view" still exist on IMDB Pro, does anyone know?
"Date rated" does not exist as a sort option in Advanced Search, so it fails to replace the "date rated" sort of one's "compact view" vote history.
IMDb: "Oh, well. Sucks to be you. Why don't you just stop complaining or use Letterboxd, and leave us in peace. TIA!"
IMDb: "Oh, well. Sucks to be you. Why don't you just stop complaining or use Letterboxd, and leave us in peace. TIA!"
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Peter, Champion
There is no ratings list on IMDbPro.
Excuse me? No ratings list at all?
Col Needham, Official Rep
Yes, that is correct, there is no ratings list at all on IMDbPro (and we do not even display your own votes on individual titles on IMDbPro either -- it's not a feature our subscribers have requested).
IMDbPro is a subscription service aimed at people in the entertainment industry. It is not a super set of the regular IMDb service in terms of features, and is not aimed at non-professionals. It has a simpler interface with more data and then additional professional services layered on top. For details on IMDbPro see https://help.imdb.com/article/imdbpro/membership-benefits/what-s-included-with-an-imdbpro-membership...
If you are an IMDbPro subscriber and wish to manage lists or vote or access advanced title search then you still need to use the regular IMDb.com site and/or apps. IMDbPro is an enhancement to be used in addition to IMDb.com, not a replacement.
IMDbPro is a subscription service aimed at people in the entertainment industry. It is not a super set of the regular IMDb service in terms of features, and is not aimed at non-professionals. It has a simpler interface with more data and then additional professional services layered on top. For details on IMDbPro see https://help.imdb.com/article/imdbpro/membership-benefits/what-s-included-with-an-imdbpro-membership...
If you are an IMDbPro subscriber and wish to manage lists or vote or access advanced title search then you still need to use the regular IMDb.com site and/or apps. IMDbPro is an enhancement to be used in addition to IMDb.com, not a replacement.
How insulting is that to the regular IMDb users!
OMG! Really bad news ... I liked the page and its features so much - but removing compact view and other tools is truly bad. Very disappointing, this "update" - sorry, folks! :-(
So please ...: Is there any chance to bring back my vote diary?! :-/ I do not have any use for most of those changes ... For me it's a total loss of usability and by removing cool features like this one you make all the time, I invested in voting movies, tv-shows and games on IMDB somewhat ... senseless. It would be great benefit to the users to give us back at least some of the things you "removed"! I can't see any progress for me as a user in mostly removing features and making the ones, we still have, much more complicated and less comfortable. What kind of "upgrade" is this?! :-(
Hi, I'm a film studies MA and programmer who was going to search through the IMDb, the only archive I used to track the films that I watch, to plan a screening series of titles that don't receive a lot of votes from this website (since many of them stem from Canada, and rarely receive more than a few thousand public ratings). However, it is very hard for me to search for the films I want now due to the removal of "B," where I could track films by the number of votes it had. Why on earth would a film database make it more difficult to find films?
Col Needham, Official Rep
We are centralizing advanced search features for simplicity and maintainability such that we can better enhance them in future.
You should be able to perform all of these searches (and more) via advanced title search @ http://www.imdb.com/search/title
To restrict the results to titles from your ratings history, see the section towards the end:
and note there's a wider range of sort options at the end of the form:
You should be able to perform all of these searches (and more) via advanced title search @ http://www.imdb.com/search/title
To restrict the results to titles from your ratings history, see the section towards the end:
and note there's a wider range of sort options at the end of the form:
Sorry I don't get it, how the Advanced Search should be able to give me the same kind of information.
For example. How can I filter my ratings now to see all movies I rated 9 or 10? In advanced search I only can filter user ratings but not my ratings. Also in the result view I can't sort by my ratings, only user ratings. This is completely useless.
After you remove the boards I thought it could not get worse, but I was wrong again, you guys keep messing up IMDB.
For example. How can I filter my ratings now to see all movies I rated 9 or 10? In advanced search I only can filter user ratings but not my ratings. Also in the result view I can't sort by my ratings, only user ratings. This is completely useless.
After you remove the boards I thought it could not get worse, but I was wrong again, you guys keep messing up IMDB.
Peter, Champion
You can sort by your rating in the Display Options box on the search page as shown above. Adding that sorting option to the results page would be a good idea.
Thanks Col Needham for the response to Jordan Adler, it's a couple of steps more than I was used to doing to get my movie ratings separated from TV ratings, but I get the same result as I used to.
Imdb, do you serious mean I should go next and next and next here, instead of 12 pages with compressed views??? Picture is showing page 2 of 74 of my ratings.bderoes, Champion
I generated this url in Advanced Title Search (it should work on your ratings):
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?count=250&my_ratings=restrict&sort=your_rating_date&vie...
This list may not have enough info for your needs, but notice that mouseover the title also shows director and first-credited actors.
A lot of us miss the Compact Mode of viewing our Lists for a variety of reasons, including our Ratings list.
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?count=250&my_ratings=restrict&sort=your_rating_date&vie...
This list may not have enough info for your needs, but notice that mouseover the title also shows director and first-credited actors.
A lot of us miss the Compact Mode of viewing our Lists for a variety of reasons, including our Ratings list.
The changes do NOT only impact the "Your Ratings" page. Please don't lie.
The new "Rating by demographic" section on each film's ratings page is truly unreadable. Why did you change this? The way it was previously was easy to read at-a-glance as it was nicely formatted one thing per line, with a graph I do believe. Now, it looks like a webpage with broken CSS - just a plain white table. It's ugly.
The new "Rating by demographic" section on each film's ratings page is truly unreadable. Why did you change this? The way it was previously was easy to read at-a-glance as it was nicely formatted one thing per line, with a graph I do believe. Now, it looks like a webpage with broken CSS - just a plain white table. It's ugly.
Col Needham, Official Rep
We found the new layout easier to read and compare the different ratings. From http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052357/ratings
If you click on the number of votes, you can still see a graph limited to the selected demographic.
If you click on the number of votes, you can still see a graph limited to the selected demographic.
I don't see how a table crowded with numbers is easier to read than graphs.
Having to open a new page for each sub-division is not good UI.
Having to open a new page for each sub-division is not good UI.
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I like the new stats page actually. -_-
Absolutely hate the new ratings display for the Demographics. What was wrong with the "bar graph" display? It was much easier to read.
I agree with Frank and Fas2 - it's not easier to read.
That was far easier to see at-a-glance what each demographic thought of it, and get an idea of the variation.
If I am honest, though, most of the information is unnecessary. US and non-US users has no bearing on me, or anyone in a country other than the US, as you group us together... and IMDb was originally a British company. And the amount of times I actually care what the average 20-something female thinks of a film, I can count on one hand.
Perhaps a simplification, with a "more" option to show the rest of the options, would be more readable? I personally only look at Top 1,000, IMDb staff and the overall rating. That leaves 16 ratings that I don't care about.
That was far easier to see at-a-glance what each demographic thought of it, and get an idea of the variation.
If I am honest, though, most of the information is unnecessary. US and non-US users has no bearing on me, or anyone in a country other than the US, as you group us together... and IMDb was originally a British company. And the amount of times I actually care what the average 20-something female thinks of a film, I can count on one hand.
Perhaps a simplification, with a "more" option to show the rest of the options, would be more readable? I personally only look at Top 1,000, IMDb staff and the overall rating. That leaves 16 ratings that I don't care about.
They are missing the right/left brain distinctions with the star ratings as well.
7/10 is different than *******---
7/10 is different than *******---
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Missing Information on "Your Ratings" Page.
I constantly post my ratings of films on the IMDb to keep track of all the titles I have seen, and to refer back to in case I need help finding a film or unearthing something I have forgotten.
Currently, my "Your Ratings" page can only sort films in the orders of Top Rated and Most Recent. However, I recall being able to track films based on the number of votes they have. I am now trying to plan a screening series of under-seen Canadian films, and it will be very time-consuming for me to go through every page to track down the films I need.
I want to know why there are fewer options to sort through ratings. I also recall being able to look at a film by genre, year of release, the star-rating (out of 10) I gave it. Today, I looked on both Safari and Firefox browsers, and nothing. Any idea where these options went?
I constantly post my ratings of films on the IMDb to keep track of all the titles I have seen, and to refer back to in case I need help finding a film or unearthing something I have forgotten.
Currently, my "Your Ratings" page can only sort films in the orders of Top Rated and Most Recent. However, I recall being able to track films based on the number of votes they have. I am now trying to plan a screening series of under-seen Canadian films, and it will be very time-consuming for me to go through every page to track down the films I need.
I want to know why there are fewer options to sort through ratings. I also recall being able to look at a film by genre, year of release, the star-rating (out of 10) I gave it. Today, I looked on both Safari and Firefox browsers, and nothing. Any idea where these options went?
Col Needham, Official Rep
Please see our answer above on http://www.imdb.com/search/title
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled How do I refine my ratings ? I want to check how many movies I've rated but they ....
Col Needham, Official Rep
You can filter by title type via advanced search on http://www.imdb.com/search/title
For example, for feature films by popularity -> http://www.imdb.com/search/title?my_ratings=restrict&title_type=feature
Feature films sorted by your rating -> http://www.imdb.com/search/title?my_ratings=restrict&sort=my_ratings&title_type=feature
For example, for feature films by popularity -> http://www.imdb.com/search/title?my_ratings=restrict&title_type=feature
Feature films sorted by your rating -> http://www.imdb.com/search/title?my_ratings=restrict&sort=my_ratings&title_type=feature
This is really dumb move. What on earth you are make your website harder to use?
I have noticed a problem with the ratings totals. In my case it tells me I have 7,285 ratings. I keep a separate excel spreadsheet and know that my total ratings are 7,240. When I export and go to the last line in the excel spreadsheet it tells me there are 7,285...however, the export inserts 45 blank lines which is not good. I wanted to bring this to your attention in case you were unaware. It is frustrating to not know how many total titles you have voted for unless you export, open in excel, sort by title, and go to the bottom to see your true count.
Also, I am disappointed that you have eliminated the ratings filtering options. I used to have over 20,000 ratings because I rated TV episodes, but I could not export a file that large because it would time out. The filter option was the only way I could get my records exported in batches. After 5+ years and being told my problem only affected the few and would not be fixed I simply removed all my TV episode votes and just voted for the TV series. (This is why I'm now just over 7,000 votes) However, if/when I reach that "file to large" timeout, I will be unable to export my ratings.
Now I want to appeal to you as a long time user (18+ years) and a Top 250 contributor, if/when this happens I hope you will provide an alternative export option or I will probably no longer use this site. I have found many other websites that provide functionality that you have removed...like message boards. Please don't force me away.
Thank you,
David
Col Needham, Official Rep
Thanks for the feedback.
Your correct count is 7,240 -- the 45 blanks in the export should correspond to titles which were on IMDb at some point and have since been deleted or merged. Since you have voted for them it is more likely these are all merged duplicates. We do need to fix the export though so thanks for the reminder.
You can still filter via advanced search at http://www.imdb.com/search/title and this change is part of an on-going software improvement process which should eventually eliminate the old timeouts.
Your correct count is 7,240 -- the 45 blanks in the export should correspond to titles which were on IMDb at some point and have since been deleted or merged. Since you have voted for them it is more likely these are all merged duplicates. We do need to fix the export though so thanks for the reminder.
You can still filter via advanced search at http://www.imdb.com/search/title and this change is part of an on-going software improvement process which should eventually eliminate the old timeouts.
Thank you for the helpful and quick response. I was speaking with a fellow software engineer and we speculated that this was probably the reason for the blanks. Personally, I have no problem with using the advanced search instead. I am very concerned with export timeouts. Right now that's the only way to get my ratings history data.
... titles which were on IMDb at some point
and have since been deleted or merged.
by Col Needham, Official Rep
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Thank you for the helpful and quick response.
I was speaking with a fellow software engineer
and we speculated that this was probably the reason
for the blanks.
by Simba63
Joined on July 17, 2013
https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/people/simba63
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http://www.imdb.com/stats
Titles: 4,615,802
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4615802/
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Many have been deleted or merged 
Titles: 7,600,000
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7600000/
IMDb should add the Date Title and Name page was created and updated
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Col Needham, Official Rep
Thank you for the helpful and quick response. I was speaking with a fellow software engineer and we speculated that this was probably the reason for the blanks.We have removed any merged titles from the export now. The number exported should match the number on the site.
Col,
Thank you again for the quick response. The ratings export file does show my correct number of ratings which is now 7,271. However, on the "My Profile" and "My Ratings" pages it is still displaying the incorrect total of 7,316. Currently, the only way to know how many films I've voted on is to export my ratings, open the file in excel, and scroll to the bottom to see the correct total votes number.
Any estimate on when the orphaned records will be cleaned up on titles that were removed for me and others this affects?
Thanks,
David
I used the "My Ratings" page essentially as a viewing diary. A bookmark to the compact view took me directly to a nice, simple overview of what I'd seen--easy to scan when looking for recommendations for others--and I enjoyed that same compactness when looking at it in viewing order. As far as I can tell, that functionality is lost on IMDb now. The viewing dates are hidden. The "card" view is absurdly painful to scan. The more compact results of the advanced search screen don't seem to sort by my rating. The sort I prefer on the My Ratings page cannot be bookmarked.
The /[username]/films/diary/by/entry-rating/ view on Letterboxd shows basically the view that I wish IMDb still offered. I did find exporting my data to be very easy--thank you for that. The importer on Letterboxd is currently free, so all I had to do for now was change some headings ("Const" -> "imdbID"; "Your Rating" -> "Rating10"; and "Date Added" -> "WatchedDate") and write a little script to convert the WatchedDate to "YYYY-MM-DD" format.
However, I appreciate that IMDb has much more data overall (e.g. TV shows!), so I really wish I didn't have to use another service.
The /[username]/films/diary/by/entry-rating/ view on Letterboxd shows basically the view that I wish IMDb still offered. I did find exporting my data to be very easy--thank you for that. The importer on Letterboxd is currently free, so all I had to do for now was change some headings ("Const" -> "imdbID"; "Your Rating" -> "Rating10"; and "Date Added" -> "WatchedDate") and write a little script to convert the WatchedDate to "YYYY-MM-DD" format.
However, I appreciate that IMDb has much more data overall (e.g. TV shows!), so I really wish I didn't have to use another service.
IMDb basically made a big gift to its competitors. The masterminds of this "upgrade" (actually a downgrading) should be as well immediately "upgraded" (downgraded or fired).
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled RSS feed for user ratings redirects to an HTML page.
Starting Nov 6, the URL for the RSS feed for my user ratings loads a regular IMDb Ratings page instead of producing a valid .xml output with the RSS feed contents.
Starting Nov 6, the URL for the RSS feed for my user ratings loads a regular IMDb Ratings page instead of producing a valid .xml output with the RSS feed contents.
Anything being done about this bug?
Col Needham, Official Rep
The interface becomes more simple for new customers; we no longer embed advanced title search features into a ratings page; and we can centralize the software on the advanced title search page, which in turns means 50% less software to maintain. The result is that once all of this work is complete, we can more quickly enhance the advanced title search features instead of having to duplicate the software in several different places. It is short term pain for long term gain. You should be able to do almost all the same sorting and filtering (and more) than you could do before via http://www.imdb.com/search/title
Charlie Fulton
I don't see any way to view the date one voted for a movie in any part of the new interface anymore. I guess that info is only accessible by exporting the data, now.
Marco
Obviously, I know about the advanced search. But what I really liked about the features on my Vote History were that I could see within one mouse-click how much feature films, episodes, series etc. I had seen. The same goes for genres. I've tried, but I don't see how I can do this via the advanced search, expect for one by one. (first looking at how much films I've seen, then going back and seeing how much series I've seen and so on, and so on). Also, there doesn't seem to be any way via the advanced search to see when you've voted for a certain title, which WAS possible via the old way.
You said:
Maybe I just missed it, so can you (or somebody else who's more computer savvy than I apparently am) explain to me how to get the things I mentioned above?
Also, I really don't see how this is easier for newly or "old" users. I personally found the old way very intuitive and super-easy to use.
Another question: If this change "means 50% less software to maintain", why wasn't this said in the announcement post? That way, users might better understand the reasoning behind it. As I've said before, communication is key (especially now the message boards have gone and you can't easily reach most users anyway).
Lasse
IMDb could be a great and fun tool for sharing and comparing ratings and watch lists with friends (considering that watching movies is most often a social experience), and then you actually make it harder to find, view and compare information. I'm simply amazed by the lack of ingenuity.
What other updates (ie. downgrades) are you planning to do in the future?
Gff Hh
I just want to be able to see my ratings by release date ! That seems like a very, very basic function for a film and TV series database like IMDb !
I can't believe you have removed this function that I used regularly. This is going to make my life harder. I find it jarring to call such a downgrade an "update".
Utku Hasan Kevenoğlu
If I'm missing something here that will fix my problem, please help by the way.
watchinglotsofstuff
Daniel D'Apice
Daniel D'Apice