Hello IMDb Team,
I would like to report a potential targeted rating manipulation against our film "
Impure".
- Title URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33377838/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
The film previously maintained a highly positive organic rating of over
9, with all community votes ranging between 6 and 10 stars. Recently, it received exactly two unexplained 1-star ratings without any text reviews. Due to the sudden nature and stark contrast with all previous organic feedback, we highly suspect unfair competitor/hate ratings. For context, the film was overwhelmingly positively received in hundreds of screenings around the world; it was even screened at the United Nations last year in May. Could the data team please look into this and evaluate if these votes violate the community guidelines or stem from bad-faith accounts? As independent filmmakers, we rely on honest and fair ratings and feedback to make good and important work successful. If you need to watch the film to evaluate the plausibility of a 1-star rating, I'm happy to share a link to an online screener.Thank you for your assistance and for keeping the IMDb voting system fair.
Maya
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11 hours ago
Hi RicoHerre-
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
We are aware that there are people who may vote for the sole purpose of trying to inflate/deflate the rating for a movie. We have several safeguards in place to automatically detect and defeat this type of ballot stuffing: even though we count and display all unaltered votes in the rating breakdown, we apply several countermeasures against all attempts to skew the rating for the weighted rating you see displayed on the site. We will review the title in question to ensure that the weighted average is displaying as intended.
For more information on our abuse detection methods, or details about IMDb ratings and weighted averages, please refer to our Ratings FAQ.
Cheers!
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