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Even Rotten Tomatoes has changed this recently to break the audience score into 2 new categories. "Verified Audience" and "General Audience". Disney was probabl

Even Rotten Tomatoes has changed this recently to break the audience score into 2 new categories. "Verified Audience" and "General Audience". Disney was probably putting pressure on RT after years of putting out garbage and getting review bombed.

watwut 3y ago
There would be no need for review bomb if they were widely disliked. The issue is that they were not widely disliked and certain groups are angry other people consume this content.
- devmunchies 3y ago
  Disney has been underperforming at the box office for a while now. Review bombs are a symptom of not focusing on the product (entertainment, story). And to my original point, if review bombs are a symptom, then "verified reviewers" is addressing the symptom, not the problem. Same reason YouTube took down dislikes. It was around the time the Rings of Power was getting wrecked by LoTR fans.
- mike741 3y ago
  > There would be no need for review bomb if they were widely disliked. This is circular reasoning. You're calling something a "review bomb" because you're assuming from the outset that its not widely disliked, despite the large amount of negative reviews suggesting it is in fact widely disliked.
  - watwut 3y ago
    I did not called it "review bomb", the whole thread started with the "review bomb" promise. Review bomb is when whole group goes out of their way to seek content they disagree and then downvote it. There is zero reason to organize all of that for widely disliked content. However, especially right wing groups do it against mildly popular content they do not want other people to see.
- peoplefromibiza 3y ago
  > There would be no need for review bomb if they were widely disliked. What is a review bomb if not a symptom that something is widely disliked? There are no review bombs on stuff that is widely liked either.
  - watwut 3y ago
    > There are no review bombs on stuff that is widely liked either. Typical review bombs go against liked content.
- lmm 3y ago
  Or maybe they were widely disliked, but this was not reflected in the critic score because certain groups were promoting the content.

watwut 3y ago

There would be no need for review bomb if they were widely disliked. The issue is that they were not widely disliked and certain groups are angry other people consume this content.

devmunchies 3y ago
Disney has been underperforming at the box office for a while now. Review bombs are a symptom of not focusing on the product (entertainment, story). And to my original point, if review bombs are a symptom, then "verified reviewers" is addressing the symptom, not the problem. Same reason YouTube took down dislikes. It was around the time the Rings of Power was getting wrecked by LoTR fans.
mike741 3y ago
> There would be no need for review bomb if they were widely disliked. This is circular reasoning. You're calling something a "review bomb" because you're assuming from the outset that its not widely disliked, despite the large amount of negative reviews suggesting it is in fact widely disliked.
- watwut 3y ago
  I did not called it "review bomb", the whole thread started with the "review bomb" promise. Review bomb is when whole group goes out of their way to seek content they disagree and then downvote it. There is zero reason to organize all of that for widely disliked content. However, especially right wing groups do it against mildly popular content they do not want other people to see.
peoplefromibiza 3y ago
> There would be no need for review bomb if they were widely disliked. What is a review bomb if not a symptom that something is widely disliked? There are no review bombs on stuff that is widely liked either.
- watwut 3y ago
  > There are no review bombs on stuff that is widely liked either. Typical review bombs go against liked content.
lmm 3y ago
Or maybe they were widely disliked, but this was not reflected in the critic score because certain groups were promoting the content.