Rating before release should not be allowed

[rootameen (Ameen)]

For example: Death on the Nile (2022) - Trakt

17 votes before the movie has dropped is not cool.

[arcreactor]

We have discussed this here before as well as on the old forums to an quite an extent, see here…

Option to ignore ratings/votes made before the release date

I usually find that most votes on movies or series are fanboys or trolls, even when movies or series that not even released yet there are usually already a dozen of votes. I know that sometimes people can watch something as a premiere or before the release, but that’s not the case for the majority of the votes before the release date. I would like to see an option to filter them out, not asking to be on by default but have the option to get a more “real” rating from people that is most likely …

My take…

Option to ignore ratings/votes made before the release date

Apologies in advance for the long post but I wanted to get into the nitty-gritty of this problem. And I have included what I believe will fix the problem. The problem is that it is impossible to tell if someone has watched it or not so it is not a good idea IMHO to make assumptions. For instance: Trakt as much as it hurts me to say this is… not perfect. Many times due to TVDB or TMDB having wrong dates or no dates at all and when you do update it it does take time for Trakt to update. (Hav…

I would be glad to point out many more sources for you if you would like.

[justin (Justin Nemeth)]

Option to ignore ratings/votes made before the release date

I just released some updates for this feature request. By default, all unreleased items will have their rating percentage hidden throughout the website (eventually official apps too). Global setting to display all ratings if you prefer the old behavior. Items without a release date won’t be hidden (to deal with old TV episodes and specials). Rating action still works on the summary page + apps. As mentioned, the early ratings have virtually no impact on the overall rating once an item is act…