It's going in circles - we always end up in the same place.

It's unbearable, simply frustrating. IMDb has once again rejected entries as "Unable to verify" that have been demonstrably verified:

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#260321-134609-161000

#260321-140153-748000

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#260321-144802-339000

#260321-150049-80700 0

#260321-152639-038000

#260321-153454-533000

#260321-155659-104000

#260321-162515-847000

#260321-163854-528000

#260321-164653-548000

#260321-165557-704000

#260321-170937-883000

#260323-163451-214000

for The following entry hasn't been rejected yet, but it certainly will be:

#260324-154420-880000

I've added entire episodes of a new video podcast series here (today's episode is 18). All the data was accepted, except for the plot outlines, which were rejected with the aforementioned flimsy justification. Here's the situation:

1) For the plot outlines, I used the descriptions the creators themselves used, but I shortened them slightly due to character limitations. The content is the same. This is verified via the provided YouTube video URL.

2) You can also verify the accuracy of the text by watching the video itself. The link is there!

3) Point 2 was obviously omitted because the person almost certainly doesn't speak German. So I could have stood on my head, the change would never have been accepted because apparently there's no one at IMDb who speaks German and can approve it. Then stop offering that as a possible alternative. What makes it even more frustrating is that this is the one addition that sometimes takes days to even be reviewed—and then only in a way that clearly demonstrates that nothing has been reviewed at all.

This blind rejection of addition or amendment suggestions, which I unfortunately experience so often here, is not only frustrating but also makes you constantly question why you even support IMDb. I've written it a few times already: a commercial platform that relies so heavily on unpaid, volunteer contributions shouldn't treat these people this way.

If additions or amendments aren't adopted for understandable reasons, I wouldn't say anything. But you can really see how arbitrary these decisions are. It's not the rejection itself, but the way it's handled. I understand that something from Germany isn't really relevant to a US-based website. Even though the view counts for a significantly smaller country in such a short time are quite remarkable for the episodes of this series. That's why I refuse to accept this arbitrary treatment. I'm fed up! I demand respect for my contribution, and that means I don't get a generic rejection just because the reviewer doesn't understand it. Ignorance is no excuse.

I don't know if this is the fourth or fifth time I've written something like this. Nothing ever changes. We contributors are always treated in a way that shows us we're worthless to IMDb. In the end, there's always an apology from the poor person who has to read my rant—but nothing ever changes. As I said at the beginning, we're just going in circles.

I don't want an apology. I want a change.