Reviews that Aren't Reviews

Anyone else get cheesed about this or is it just me? People who post reviews about movies that haven't been released yet. I understand that most films are pre-screened but there are quite often reviews that say things like "I haven't seen this film yet, but the trailer looks great." or my favorite " I read the book and they'd better not screw this one up."

An example - there's a review up for Speed Racer that goes like this "I saw the trailer for this movie in the theatre when I went with some friends and saw Alvin and the Chipmunks. It looked really good. Can't wait for it to come out!"

I know there's an option to flag the review as "not a review" but seems to never work. I assume that it takes more than one person flagging to remove it, but anyone know just how many it takes to remove it?

Hey Folks, If you haven't joined the "Reviews that Aren't Reviews" group, you may want to check out what a great job Wowee is doing in getting an organized front for attacking these non-reviews.

I invite you to join the group and post your links to non-reviews in there. It's a one-stop-shop with links to all the Netflix non-reviews, plus we can see that our actions are actually helping get those non-reviews removed.

Join now!

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Permalink Reply by SJ on July 1, 2009 at 5:20am: Yeah I know people do tlak like this,in bars.

Not everyone is a filthy mouthed alcoholic though.

Everyone has the right to like what they like.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ed8r on July 1, 2009 at 6:29am: Why are you responding to posts from a year ago?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by SJ on July 1, 2009 at 9:26am: They're still here for us stragglers I guess.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Robowriter on August 21, 2008 at 10:08pm: The word now is apparently that seven flags are the threshhold. I document deleted nonreviews when it apparent some have been removed.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Goddess on February 13, 2008 at 11:14am: I have a general question. Why are review posted faster than others? I have written a few reviews in a row and have noticed that some have been posted in an order which is not the one they were written in. I wa just curious as to why.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Spindaddydad on February 13, 2008 at 11:21am: I've wondered about this too. I always just assumed that the reviews are checked by a team that looks them over before posting and some team members are faster than others, but I could be way off on that. And if there are actually live people checking them, why do they allow the ones that aren't reviews to be posted. I guess that's my way of saying I have no clue.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Pihk on March 19, 2008 at 8:55am: Good question. Its still hard to say whether its a fully automated process or actual humans are involved.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Marlie on March 17, 2009 at 11:27am: Human involvement I am sure is minimal....it is an economic situation...which is why so many of the movies are now available as "play" and "add"...that way, there is no human involvement necessary....you can just watch it on you laptop/desktop...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Marlie on March 17, 2009 at 11:25am: Well, they probably post them in the order that works best from a sales perspective....trying to promote certain movies.....maybe they get a kick back of $$ on certain films.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Robowriter on March 17, 2009 at 10:12pm: I doubt there is human intervention or the nonreviews, threats, and email addresses wouldnt get through (right?). I think it's whatever comes out of Hopper A, B, or C first gets posted.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Goddess on February 13, 2008 at 11:29am: As for the non-reviews. Flag them with "This is not a review" and hope the Netflix team deletes them.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Goddess on February 15, 2008 at 6:55pm: I keep trying to post a review and it keeps telling me "Review Submission Error." But, it doesn't tell me what the error is! Any ideas?; ▶ Reply to This