I appreciate that millions of people love movies and each of them has an opinion. But if IMDB is going to offer a section called "User Reviews," those "users" and their "reviews" should be held to some kind of standard.
I recently saw a review for a movie that that contained the word "boring" six times in a row.
In what way is this a review? In what way does this benefit potential viewers of the film?
How and why is such a review approved? This is what I don't understand.
Also, in the past, the turn around time to post a review seemed realistic; perhaps 48-72 hours. Now it seems that it takes up to 5 days. Okay, perhaps there is a small army of volunteers reading them, I do not know. But still, it seems much too long to wait for a review to be posted.
Also, in the past, if a reviewer needed to make a minor change to a review (i.e. fix a misspelled word, etc.), IMDB would (apparently) quickly scan the review and state something akin to the following: "Since changes appear to be minimal, your review has been immediately approved!" -- and up the review went.
Now, even if I adjust one word, the review must go through the same 5-day process. It doesn't make any sense.
Obviously people love IMDB for the vast amount of details/info/links/reviews it has to offer for every available commercial film; on the other hand, IMDB does not (it seems) truly monitor its reviews to weed out pointless ones (like the aforementioned one), which creates an extremely uneven user experience.
At one time (perhaps it was my imagination?) there was, even if it was imaginary, a standard that people wrote to in their reviews. Now almost any review is accepted, including ones that include one word repeated multiple times. I am unclear what IMDB's standards are, if any, regarding user reviews, but there should be some.
I recently saw a review for a movie that that contained the word "boring" six times in a row.
In what way is this a review? In what way does this benefit potential viewers of the film?
How and why is such a review approved? This is what I don't understand.
Also, in the past, the turn around time to post a review seemed realistic; perhaps 48-72 hours. Now it seems that it takes up to 5 days. Okay, perhaps there is a small army of volunteers reading them, I do not know. But still, it seems much too long to wait for a review to be posted.
Also, in the past, if a reviewer needed to make a minor change to a review (i.e. fix a misspelled word, etc.), IMDB would (apparently) quickly scan the review and state something akin to the following: "Since changes appear to be minimal, your review has been immediately approved!" -- and up the review went.
Now, even if I adjust one word, the review must go through the same 5-day process. It doesn't make any sense.
Obviously people love IMDB for the vast amount of details/info/links/reviews it has to offer for every available commercial film; on the other hand, IMDB does not (it seems) truly monitor its reviews to weed out pointless ones (like the aforementioned one), which creates an extremely uneven user experience.
At one time (perhaps it was my imagination?) there was, even if it was imaginary, a standard that people wrote to in their reviews. Now almost any review is accepted, including ones that include one word repeated multiple times. I am unclear what IMDB's standards are, if any, regarding user reviews, but there should be some.
Posted 1 year ago
