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Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by cubancigar11 »

Mo3 wrote: post #15
cubancigar11 wrote: post #5

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.

Ummm, this is SEO? Because it is a hack from google's algo? This is exactly my problem with the "hackers" here and the article's author - conflating the action with content. He finds an unscroupolous usage of that hack and generalizes without any effort that all of it is fraud.

It is not okay to glide over the 'young people' part and generally not being empathetic to those trying to beat the market. If it is fraud, which is a crime, are you suggesting these people should be sent to jail? Because if not then you shouldn't use the that word. Words have meaning.

Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by pigtailgirl »

chrisseaton wrote: post #39
croes wrote: post #4

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?

-- Well you're from Cheshire - and that's the DailyMail - so you tell us! =) --

Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by aaaaaaaaaaab »

chrisseaton wrote: post #39
croes wrote: post #4

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?

security to backstage = the security personnel protecting the entry to the backstage area

Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by theamk »

leephillips wrote: post #40
bragr wrote: 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.

..without public edit history, active moderators and useful watch tools.

Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by judge2020 »

leephillips wrote: post #40
bragr wrote: 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.

Wikipedia allows anyone to audit edits and raise issues if things are fishy. IMDb allows edits but the history is only visible to admins.

Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by technothrasher »

I looked my own name up on IMDB and found that I had starred in a soft-core gay porn movie. I was intrigued, but somewhat disappointed that I didn't remember any of it. Also disappointed that it seems to have been the start and end of my illustrious film career.

Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by jwilk »

leephillips wrote: post #40
bragr wrote: 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.

Wikipedia is not considered reliable either:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Wikipe...

> Content from a Wikipedia article is not considered reliable unless it is backed up by citing reliable sources. Confirm that these sources support the content, then use them directly.

But, unlike IMDB, it's (supposed to be) verifiable.

Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by hackernewds »

technothrasher wrote: post #47

I looked my own name up on IMDB and found that I had starred in a soft-core gay porn movie. I was intrigued, but somewhat disappointed that I didn't remember any of it. Also disappointed that it seems to have been the start and end of my illustrious film career.

There could be others with the same name as you?
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