The multiples happening is a relatively new problem (last year or so, I've been a IMDB user since 1993)
When reading user reviews, I have been reporting duplicate entries, but I've come to realise/assume that the multiple identical reviews are NOT duplicate entries, but glitches in IMDB interface, that happen when we click "Load more", and then the ones we've already yes/no'd to show up again, without our yes/no, as if it was a unique comment.
So annoying to be reading reviews, and be shown the same ones over and over again.
A secondary part of the problem is that my yes/no on "usefulness" of the review is not saved. So when I reload the page (as frequently happens with bad connections), I have to start all over again. This is ridiculous, when we yes/no the reviews, it should remain visible!
I think these two closely related problems might be in a same coding region.
When reading user reviews, I have been reporting duplicate entries, but I've come to realise/assume that the multiple identical reviews are NOT duplicate entries, but glitches in IMDB interface, that happen when we click "Load more", and then the ones we've already yes/no'd to show up again, without our yes/no, as if it was a unique comment.
So annoying to be reading reviews, and be shown the same ones over and over again.
A secondary part of the problem is that my yes/no on "usefulness" of the review is not saved. So when I reload the page (as frequently happens with bad connections), I have to start all over again. This is ridiculous, when we yes/no the reviews, it should remain visible!
I think these two closely related problems might be in a same coding region.
Posted 6 months ago
Michelle, Official Rep
Michelle, Official Rep
Hi tnt666 -
I'm just circling back here with an update and a request for some further information.
Concerning the issue you reported with the "Yes/No" votes not being Saved when clicking the "Load More" button, unfortunately our tech team was unable to replicate this occurrence. Could you clarify which recent title you were looking at and how many times you hit the 'Load More' button before you saw duplicate reviews?
The second issue reported concerning the "Yes/No" votes on the helpfulness section, this is by design and is not a bug. Unfortunately, this is due to a timing issue within our systems, a vote is only counted once but the update is not immediately made live on the site.
I'm just circling back here with an update and a request for some further information.
Concerning the issue you reported with the "Yes/No" votes not being Saved when clicking the "Load More" button, unfortunately our tech team was unable to replicate this occurrence. Could you clarify which recent title you were looking at and how many times you hit the 'Load More' button before you saw duplicate reviews?
The second issue reported concerning the "Yes/No" votes on the helpfulness section, this is by design and is not a bug. Unfortunately, this is due to a timing issue within our systems, a vote is only counted once but the update is not immediately made live on the site.
on the review page, there are only 10 reviews. At the bottom there's a "Load more" button, when I hit "load more", some of the reviews shown are new, but several of the reviews shown were ALREADY seen. There's no particular "how many times I hit "load more", for each new loaded page, they MIGHT be all new, they MIGHT be half already seen. It's random, and makes me think there intent in the programming to make us waste our time and stay on the site longer.
Or it's a glitch in the system.
The Yes/No usefulness rating on user-reviews, not being saved is a problem in two places:
1-on the main film page, ONE user-review is shown. I yes/no it. then click to see all other reviews, and my yes/no vote has disappeared, so I'm stuck seeing the review without my vote. this nonsense. ALL voting all over the internet SHOWS us having voted on an item.
2-once I'm in the main user-review area, when I click more, it might be less irritating if when the same reviews show up over and over again, if they showed my vote, I wouldn't have to guess: "didn't I read this up page?" somewhere, then scroll up page, see that yes, I already yes/no'ed this user-review, why is it showing up again! If I could see that I'd already yes/no'ed it, I wouldn't have to go searching up page!
Or it's a glitch in the system.
The Yes/No usefulness rating on user-reviews, not being saved is a problem in two places:
1-on the main film page, ONE user-review is shown. I yes/no it. then click to see all other reviews, and my yes/no vote has disappeared, so I'm stuck seeing the review without my vote. this nonsense. ALL voting all over the internet SHOWS us having voted on an item.
2-once I'm in the main user-review area, when I click more, it might be less irritating if when the same reviews show up over and over again, if they showed my vote, I wouldn't have to guess: "didn't I read this up page?" somewhere, then scroll up page, see that yes, I already yes/no'ed this user-review, why is it showing up again! If I could see that I'd already yes/no'ed it, I wouldn't have to go searching up page!
Furthermore, in the Uncut Gems movie, as described below in the next comment, when filtered for 10-star votes, IMDB states there are 97 10-star reviews, but when I countdown the page with all the "Load more" done, the displayed total of 10-star reviews is 110!!!
This reflects the problem, about 10% of the reviews are reshown.
Now this is either a coding glitch, or it's a surreptitious intentional practice by Bezos to dupe us into spending more time on the site, like lawyers skimming pennies on every dollar, go garner more advertising revenue.
This reflects the problem, about 10% of the reviews are reshown.
Now this is either a coding glitch, or it's a surreptitious intentional practice by Bezos to dupe us into spending more time on the site, like lawyers skimming pennies on every dollar, go garner more advertising revenue.
Encountered problem again tonight. In the Doctor Sleep Reviews:
1-Go to user reviews
2-Sort by rating
3-View ratings of 10 first page
4-Load more
5-View ratings of 10 on second page
6-Notice that the review titled: Great movie, the critics are worthless yet again. is there twice, but the second time it did not have my yes/no of it, as if I had not seen it before.
This happens WAY too often for them to be duplicate entries. It rather seems like a glitch with the "Load More" feature.
The worthy way to handle multiple pages of content is not "Load More" but ACTUAL page numbers with an ACTUAL option to load all.
I suspect the "Load more" approach is at its core faulty, either by mistake, or on purpose.
1-Go to user reviews
2-Sort by rating
3-View ratings of 10 first page
4-Load more
5-View ratings of 10 on second page
6-Notice that the review titled: Great movie, the critics are worthless yet again. is there twice, but the second time it did not have my yes/no of it, as if I had not seen it before.
This happens WAY too often for them to be duplicate entries. It rather seems like a glitch with the "Load More" feature.
The worthy way to handle multiple pages of content is not "Load More" but ACTUAL page numbers with an ACTUAL option to load all.
I suspect the "Load more" approach is at its core faulty, either by mistake, or on purpose.
Months later, I abandoned IMDB review reading in the meantime, it's too
infuriating to read the same reviews over and over again, it's like
being caught on an advertising scam site.
Here's another example of this happening.
- Uncut Gems
- Reviews
- Filter by 10 star rating
- Load more a dozen times
Notice on these two pics how the review titled P U R E G E M, which I answered the yes/no link regarding usefulness, shows up again, a few reviews down, flanked by one different and one same review.
When keeping it real goes wrong (I rated review)
P U R E G E M (I rated review)
Why the hate? (I rated review)
When keeping it real goes wrong(I re-rated review, noticing the repeat too late)
P U R E G E M (stopped rating when noticed the repeat
Excellent movie (not rated)
This movie has over 600 reviews, I'm not obviously going to read each one, but the 30-40 I do put time in to read, I want them to not be the system glitching at me and conning me into reading the same ones over and over again.
Here's another example of this happening.
- Uncut Gems
- Reviews
- Filter by 10 star rating
- Load more a dozen times
Notice on these two pics how the review titled P U R E G E M, which I answered the yes/no link regarding usefulness, shows up again, a few reviews down, flanked by one different and one same review.
When keeping it real goes wrong (I rated review)
P U R E G E M (I rated review)
Why the hate? (I rated review)
When keeping it real goes wrong(I re-rated review, noticing the repeat too late)
P U R E G E M (stopped rating when noticed the repeat
Excellent movie (not rated)
This movie has over 600 reviews, I'm not obviously going to read each one, but the 30-40 I do put time in to read, I want them to not be the system glitching at me and conning me into reading the same ones over and over again.
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tnt666