Are movie production companies hiring people to rate their movies on IMDB?
I noticed that older movies with a 7 - 7.5 rating are really good, while 2012 movies with that rating are quite bad, and they would most likely be rated 4 - 5.5 in 2004 for example :)
Also newer movies have many more votes then older ones. I've heard companies hire people to register random accounts and rate their movies. Is this true? IMDB ratings don't seem to be reliable anymore
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I've some experiences in freelancing. I guess this answer is correct because I've seen numerous job postings like this to give positive reviews. But one point to be noted is that, to stop this sort of rating manipulation, IMDB only counts votes from regular voters. That means if you just register and give couple of movies very high ratings, you votes are not going to be included in the calculation.
Anyway, I've another explanation, but I don't have any proof to back it up. Old movies are seen mostly by people who really love movies and passionate about them. They are more like movie critic type. On the other hand, new movies are seen mostly by general audiences. And I believe ratings from critics are most of the time less than the ratings from general audiences. So for this reason, being equal in quality, newer movies enjoy better ratings than old movies.
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Who can rate movies on IMDb?
Any registered IMDb user can easily rate any IMDb title. Rating titles is a great way to share your opinion, keep track of what you've seen, and get titles recommended based on your viewing in the "Top Picks" feature on the IMDb home page.Has any movie gotten a 10 on IMDb?
1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)Are IMDb ratings biased?
Yes it does. Even though, any user can vote for any movie, but for a movie to be considered as a Top 250, only the votes by "Regular" users are considered. So, IMDb does ensure that country bias doesn't get into the way of making an undeserving movie get into the Top 250.How can I improve my IMDb rating?
Having a consistent flow of page views and likes will increase and hopefully stabilize your IMDB STARmeter ranking. Karmalicity is much more appealing than paying hundreds a month to have a server farm hit your IMDb page.Big Reason Why Many People Will Never Have A Career In The Film Industry - Shane Stanley
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It's difficult to say who's hiring, but I know at least one source where people are offering.
I would guess fiverr is more for the amateurs. Big movie studios generate enough buzz on their own to get people talking and rating.
Answer 3
Although this answer is late I asked myself the same question just now. I wanted to look at a movie called Alien Armageddon and decided to see what imdb said before I did. Most people gave it a low rating. I was curious about the few persons giving high ratings to a movie that was overall rated very low. I found this strange. So I looked one up and saw the reviews. I am not sure if I am allowed to tell but the person is called info-10912. He or she has rated four movies high. All of these movies are rated low overall. So I looked at what combined those movies and voila: three of them are from the same production company: Halcyon International Pictures. And that one has made only thirteen movies, of which three are thus given high ratings by the same person while overall their ratings are low.The odd one out is Chrysalis as it doesn't seem to be from the same company. But maybe some people know what the link is. Seems to me that could be a paid reviewer.
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