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- #11
- Posted: 10/06/2011 19:53
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I've been researching how to improve the average rating algorithm and found an interesting article here on IMDb:
| Quote: | | IMdb and IMDbPro display weighted vote averages rather than raw data averages. Various filters are applied to the raw data in order to eliminate and reduce attempts at "vote stuffing" by individuals more interested in changing the current rating of a movie than giving their true opinion of it. |
It sounds a very familiar story  , and pretty much sums up what BEA needs to do as well.
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- Posted: 10/06/2011 20:34
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| albummaster wrote: | I've been researching how to improve the average rating algorithm and found an interesting article here on IMDb:
| Quote: | | IMdb and IMDbPro display weighted vote averages rather than raw data averages. Various filters are applied to the raw data in order to eliminate and reduce attempts at "vote stuffing" by individuals more interested in changing the current rating of a movie than giving their true opinion of it. |
It sounds a very familiar story , and pretty much sums up what BEA needs to do as well. |
Unless the various filters are made public the ratings might be viewed as manipulated and inaccurate.
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As opposed to being innacurate because they are manipulated by members?
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- Posted: 10/06/2011 21:03
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...or the lesser of two evils. IMDb appear to have thought the same.
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- Posted: 10/07/2011 03:17
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| albummaster wrote: | I've been researching how to improve the average rating algorithm and found an interesting article here on IMDb:
| Quote: | | IMdb and IMDbPro display weighted vote averages rather than raw data averages. Various filters are applied to the raw data in order to eliminate and reduce attempts at "vote stuffing" by individuals more interested in changing the current rating of a movie than giving their true opinion of it. |
It sounds a very familiar story , and pretty much sums up what BEA needs to do as well. |
I think this is a great idea and definitely a good direction to want to head in. People who manipulate their own votes on IMDb get criticized a lot more often than IMDb for their methods themselves. and for good reason.
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- Posted: 10/07/2011 07:32
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of course. That doesn't make it false though.
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