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When Did They Reduce The Word Count For Reviews?

I just noticed they reduced the number of words you needed for reviews. (Or was it words and spaces?) When did that happen? Why did that happen? I'm glad to see it. It's a bigger reduction than I imagined might happen one day, although I see in reviews written years ago that the required word count was low.

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Hi bluedusk- Thank you for feedback! Yes, the minimum lenght for reviews is now 300 characters. Further information can be found here: https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/contribution-information/user-review-guidelines/GABTWSNLDNFLPRRH?ref_=helpsrall# Cheers!

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@Maya: Am I right that this wasn't announcement by IMDb? Also, there is no "Updated" date at the top of this page: https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/contribution-information/user-review-guidelines/GABTWSNLDNFLPRRH?ref_=helpsrall# Can that be added? (example where such a date is listed: https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/contribution-information/user-profile-badges/G86A698XFX3KTHXS?ref_=helpart_nav_23#)

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Hi Marco, The article how now been updated to include this information. help.imdb.com/article/contribution/contribution-information/user-review-guidelines/GABTWSNLDNFLPRRH? I hope this helps!

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21 days ago

Yeah, I noticed that too! Not sure exactly when they changed it, but I agree — the shorter word count makes reviews a lot easier to write

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I'm wondering if there a link to a specific term or condition with regard to review length. Sometimes my reviews don't go live because it is 'too long'. I can see a T&C from this site but it doesn't seem right, i.e. https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/contribution-information/user-review-guidelines/GABTWSNLDNFLPRRH?ref_=helpsrall# That URL mentions a limit of 300 characters but I know that my reviews always exceed that amount, so I'm looking to a link to an accurate statistic. Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/is-there-an-official-policy-on-review-wordcharacter-length/68c904501cf19c00b3888744 Title : Is there an official policy on review word/character length?

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I didn't get a response to my query but one of the URLs in the thread, above, answers my question: The maximum length for a user review is 10,000 characters via https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/contribution-information/user-review-guidelines/GABTWSNLDNFLPRRH?ref_=helpsrall

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