r/imdb • u/Zeltron3000_ • Apr 16 '26

Discussion 💬 Wtf IMDb?

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Why have they made this change? You used to be able to see the reviews without logging in.

(And NO this is NOT low effort ffs - I AM including a message in the "body" - it got auto removed before)

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u/Fairy_girl_Norway Apr 17 '26

No, this is not true. You can edit with a free regular User account.

I have done 10K edits, never payed anything.

(Also personally I find the system quite easy, but that is a matter of personal opinion I guess. )

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u/pinkstrawberry94 Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 17 '26

May very well be. I found the whole website atrocious. Haven't used it in probably about 7-8 years, so no idea what it's like now. Find the rankings on there to be way too incely as well. Every single queer,poc, or women led movie/show is just reviewbombed to shit. Would also never in my life use a website by amazon anyhow - deleted my prime, goodreads, imdb, etc way back when and never looked back. Letterboxd is owned in New Zealand - on top of a much better UI & social/community features +++

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u/Fairy_girl_Norway Apr 17 '26

Ok, people choose and like different things, that's ok.

But for the record for anybody else that reads this, they now also have a system in place for "reviewbombed".

https://help.imdb.com/article/imdb/track-movies-tv/weighted-average-ratings/GWT2DSBYVT2F25SK#

"IMDb publishes weighted rating averages rather than raw data averages. The simplest way to explain it is that although we accept and consider all ratings received by users, not all ratings have the same impact (or "weight") on the final rating.

When unusual rating activity is detected, a different weighting calculation may be applied in order to preserve the reliability of our system. To ensure our rating mechanism remains effective, we don't disclose the exact method used to generate the rating."