p.s. disabling my browser extensions (like my ad blocker and Stylish) didn't seem to do diddly-squat. The bug remains.
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Why cannot I make any review for a week on IMDb? Just says an error has occurred loading or updating your item. Please try again later? Is there a word count or something I’m missing?

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Just tried to write a review - I've done a few in the new format, not a fan. Anyways, I was bouncing between two browsers (not windows, but actual different browsers) as I do, and when I came back to chrome, the review pane was gone. OK, so then I hit the review button again, & IMDB brings me to the sign in page! Obviously all the work I had done on the review is gone - did save my score ranking. So frustrating, it was one of those reviews I was really into - I've made every mistake there is to make with losing writing on a computer. I understand that the second attempt is generally better for obvious reasons. But clearly, in the new format you have to manually copy your words every now and then just in case - I've been doing that right at the end (anyway), to paste into text software to re-read for errors, then copy and paste it back - that is my new preview. Speaking of which, without auto-previewing, there are going to be a lot of disaster, error filled reviews surfacing.
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Can't post reviews
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which confirms my suspicion that this is a widespread bug.
Right now I have no other choice than to post my movie reviews on Medium.com.
...until the bug gets resolved.
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Black review screen
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If the problem persists, please follow the steps outlined on https://help.imdb.com/article/imdb/general-information/why-is-imdb-displaying-differently-on-my-brow...
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Since you've said a later problem report might indicate a problem with the sign-in process, I deleted all the persistent IMDB cookies, then signed in again, and it suddenly works. So the problem appears to have been persistent cookies that have had users remain logged in since before the change of the review process to the new overlay style.
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We no longer send email confirmations upon review publication, sorry. Instead, you can always check the publication status of any review via the "View the status of your contribution" link which is in the email receipt.
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As an avid reviewer I only really use IMDB to post reviews.
Seeing how I can't do that anymore it's probably time to say goodbye.
As I stated above; my Chrome browser is updated and I tried to turn off all of my extensions; to no avail. The bug remained regardless.
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Also, please can you confirm whether you are already signed-in when you hit the "+ Add Review" link? A later problem report may indicate this has something to do with the sign-in process.
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Recently something changed with review writing. I click write a review and I get a black frame on the right and the rest of the site has a dark tint overlay but still visible. In console window I get the following error
Refused to display 'https://www.imdb.com/registration/signin?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcontribute.imdb.com%2Freview%2Ftt3501632%2F...' in a frame because an ancestor violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "frame-ancestors 'self' imdb.com *.imdb.com *.media-imdb.com withoutabox.com *.withoutabox.com amazon.com *.amazon.com amazon.co.uk *.amazon.co.uk amazon.de *.amazon.de translate.google.com images.google.com www.google.com www.google.co.uk search.aol.com bing.com www.bing.com".
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If the problem persists, please follow the steps outlined on https://help.imdb.com/article/imdb/general-information/why-is-imdb-displaying-differently-on-my-brow...
Also, we note the presence of a /signin URL in the console window. What happens if you login first before attempting to post a review?
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To make it work with chrome, instead of left clicking [Review this title], use right click and [open in new window] , the login window will appear without auto closing and after clicking the login method, it will let you write your review
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I wish there was an easier way to resolve this issue but thanks anyway.
p.s. I don't use Firefox anymore. I uninstalled it after the Firefox Quantum update since half of my add-on's stopped working under the new plugin framework.