ehk2 wrote:imdbtv wrote:The accounts imdbtv, tvguide77, tvcritic1, and average50 were created to get more people to rate tv series.
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Why do you rate Turkish movies with 1? If you are really honest about only putting TV ratings, do so.
To be clear, I'm not trying to encourage other users to ignore anyone, nor am I trying to discourage the existence of aggregate users on this site. However, behind every aggregate user/bot is someone who makes judgment calls like this or who's bot may bug out when collecting or maintaining scores. I have so very little (if anything) to gain by unignoring these users. But what I gain by ignoring them is not having the hassle of getting bogus recommendations due to stuff like this. Ignoring them is worth it to me if only for this peace of mind (...although note that we have an example here of it being worth more than just "peace of mind," as those accounts were trying to manipulate the recommendations engine on purpose, and succeeded). Notice how easy it is for one person to create multiple aggregate users which can result in inaccurate recommendations you wouldn't have had otherwise.
No insult intended towards the person behind imdbtv, tvguide77, tvcritic1, or average50. Happy to have you around. I just prefer the hassle free solution of ignoring aggregate users.
I admit though that at least a few of the aggregate users in my original list look pretty legit and not messed up at the moment.