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Post by Penn Guinn on Dec 10, 2021 21:36:13 GMT
On the individual pages on IMDb there are "User Lists" and it says "see all related lists' and there are list after list in which the actor whose page it is is listed along with hundreds/ thousands of other names ( ex :my favorite actor, actors who died of cancer, actors who were on Star trek etc ) and yet ...user lists with detailed filmographies of an actor complete with commentary are not posted.
SO ..the question is... does anyone reading this know how the USER LISTS linked to a page are chosen ?
Is it purely random ?
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Post by HumanFundRecipient on Dec 11, 2021 1:11:50 GMT
All individual lists have a "created on" and "updated on" date, and each name on each list comes with the date it was added on.
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Post by Penn Guinn on Dec 11, 2021 1:40:42 GMT
All individual lists have a "created on" and "updated on" date, and each name on each list comes with the date it was added on. That's interesting BUT it seems to have nothing to do with what I asked. How do they pick which lists will be added to a page ? The majority of them just have the individual's name mentioned among a mass of other names.
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Post by HumanFundRecipient on Dec 11, 2021 7:12:50 GMT
All individual lists have a "created on" and "updated on" date, and each name on each list comes with the date it was added on. That's interesting BUT it seems to have nothing to do with what I asked. How do they pick which lists will be added to a page ? The majority of them just have the individual's name mentioned among a mass of other names. It's random. Some people have hundreds of lists with their names in them. |
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Post by klandersen on Dec 14, 2021 14:01:09 GMT
It would be totally random. If I recall correctly the "user lists" are lists that members make not IMDb so where and when an actor appears on a list is totally up to whoever it was that made the list.
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Post by Penn Guinn on Dec 15, 2021 1:13:22 GMT
It would be totally random. If I recall correctly the "user lists" are lists that members make not IMDb so where and when an actor appears on a list is totally up to whoever it was that made the list. But, I am not asking about the lists themselves. I am wondering how it is decided which of those lists are to be linked BY IMDb to the actor's page. A List that is, for instance, specifically about a particular actor which has his name in the title is NOT linked to that actor's page but lists with that same actor's name as one of several thousand in a list entitled "actors I like" is ! Having put time and effort into some quite specific lists, it's disappointing to see them not linked while "people who died of cancer" with several hundred names is linked.
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Post by Catman on Dec 15, 2021 1:25:54 GMT
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Post by Penn Guinn on Dec 15, 2021 1:38:46 GMT
re -reading this in more detail .... this seems to relate to "submissions" ... as in adding to a filmography or bits of trivia and not to users lists as such. but thanks anyway 
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Post by Catman on Dec 15, 2021 11:45:33 GMT
re -reading this in more detail .... this seems to relate to "submissions" ... as in adding to a filmography or bits of trivia and not to users lists as such. but thanks anyway Maybe you can find the answer you seek on the Help forums?
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Post by Penn Guinn on Dec 15, 2021 13:48:36 GMT
re -reading this in more detail .... this seems to relate to "submissions" ... as in adding to a filmography or bits of trivia and not to users lists as such. but thanks anyway Maybe you can find the answer you seek on the Help forums? looked there first but found nothing ... linkage does seem to be hit and miss and random.
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Post by Catman on Dec 15, 2021 15:53:50 GMT
Maybe you can find the answer you seek on the Help forums? looked there first but found nothing ... linkage does seem to be hit and miss and random.
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Post by Penn Guinn on Dec 15, 2021 16:15:54 GMT
No not that place, Catman , BUT it has been asked there now ... seems one has to start a separate account to post there as they did not recognize / recognize the basic IMDb account Thanks for the help and the address. It's not a biggy question and more of another puzzlement things. |
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Post by Penn Guinn on Dec 22, 2021 1:48:53 GMT
asked and got a reply from IMDb Not PURELY random ... just mostly !  reads like double talk to me - algorithms taking into account etc ...  |
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Post by teleadm on Dec 30, 2021 19:52:28 GMT
I use them from time to time for inspiration as what to watch, when I'm out of ideas, but I usually start from a lesser known actor or actress of old times.
Knowing very well that some lists are suspicious.
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