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Re: Fake IMDB credits

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I remember the imdb-ratings on movies from India were also absurdly high, I brushed it off as a cultural thing back then; but unfortunately [0] the rigging seems to be norm on imdb across the board (not limited to India). [0] https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/the-kashmir...

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Re: Fake IMDB credits

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seo is a fair play and I don't see why we are so quick to blame young people. It is Google that should be blamed for making themselves more important than they deserve to be.

This is not SEO, it’s fraud and deception.

A lot of what is labeled and sold as "SEO" might as well be diet fraud. Plagiarism, false advertising, astroturfing, etc. It certainly isn't just letting the Google bot know what your website is about.

Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Poor boys from India game a system that was set up by Rich Tech Bros in Silicon Valley to fund their "family foundations" and 20-room houses in Atherton? I don't call it Outrage; I call it "Slumdog Millionaire: Part II"

IMDb was founded in Cardiff England.

There’s a thousand Welshman looking for your blood now. Cardiff is in Wales.

Initially was called the Cardiff Internet Movie Database (it was hosted at the university of Cardiff)

Re: Fake IMDB credits

#36
it harmful for indian film growth, evently. it is also happen in china, with real account to post a high score to bad movie, somebody can get money from this event.

create fake data by fake account or sub account, someone even have no watch the movie in theater, just post low score, it make people angry

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post #14

I remember the imdb-ratings on movies from India were also absurdly high, I brushed it off as a cultural thing back then; but unfortunately [0] the rigging seems to be norm on imdb across the board (not limited to India). [0] https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/the-kashmir...

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Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Reminds of this "Man fools security to backstage at a Peking Duk gig by changing the band's Wikipedia page to describe himself as a family member" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3345074/Man-fools-s...

Is ‘to backstage’ a verb?

Re: Fake IMDB credits

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post #11

There's a reason wikipedia classifies IMDB as an unreliable source. Apparently Michael Madsen has a real problem with people adding him to films in production in an effort to get financing. https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-Michael-Madsen-Hates-IMD...

That’s hilarious. Wikipedia classifies IMDB as unreliable because...anyone can edit its pages.
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