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Raised as a usability problem by 32 people on Hacker News over 19 years (2007–2025), in 23 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Recommendations are poor despite rating every movie watchedUnreviewed
20072026- Recommendations are poor despite the user rating every movie they watch2022-05-03
- Hard to find movies matching personal taste through ratings2021-07-06
- Recommendations never help the user find movies they enjoy2007-09-27
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 31 complaints
- Can't compare actors or movies; flows are captive with very limited navigation2025-07-25
- Desktop site is confusing and hard to read, so the user relies on the mobile app2025-01-21
- Keeps nagging to enable notifications even after user disables them in system settings2024-01-29
- IMDB is awful to use and not improving2023-12-30
- Search screen opens without focus, so user must tap the input again2023-07-23
- Submit button refuses negative ratings until rating changes to 6 stars2022-09-08
- Recommendations are poor despite the user rating every movie they watch2022-05-03
- Banner loads late and pushes search box, causing accidental clicks2022-04-18
- Site is cluttered with ads and feels worse to use than Letterboxd2022-04-13
- Can't find filmography links, which are tiny and squeezed between ads2021-09-12
- Homepage cluttered with ads and video; predictive search is broken on tablet2021-09-12
- Hard to find movies matching personal taste through ratings2021-07-06
- Everything takes more clicks than before and is harder to read2021-06-04
- Every third tap triggers an unwanted sign-up invitation2021-05-31
- Extra step to see full cast; episode synopses and cast are hard to locate on mobile2020-06-15
- Movie info is split into clunky siloed sections, so browsing is less absorbing2019-08-19
- Forced to register just to read forum threads, leading to abandonment2018-05-30
- Must click once per reply to see each one, so reading a thread takes many clicks2017-02-10
- Friend-adding option is ridiculously hard to find on IMDb2017-02-05
- UI is inconsistent, making it hard to find lists or a watched-list2017-02-05
- IMDb trailers are very slow to load compared to YouTube or Apple2017-02-05
- A default setting was bad and users had to find a way to change it2017-02-05
- Only one comment per page, and replies are hard to track2017-02-05
- Message boards have terrible UX that makes them hard to use2017-02-05
- Prompts to download the app appear on every visit to the mobile site2012-02-16
- IMDb website and iOS app are slow and navigation is poor2011-04-25
- Submission and update process is terribly confusing for filmmakers2011-01-02
- Text is too small and low contrast to read, forcing users to enlarge it2011-01-01
- Search is hidden behind a menu, adding extra taps; home screen feels like ads2011-01-01
- Must log in to view discussions, and default shows one post per page2009-10-17
- Recommendations never help the user find movies they enjoy2007-09-27