[basseq]

Interesting idea; I'd be interested to see a full correlation between Buzzscale scores and other ratings sites (IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes). Based on a quick analysis of the top movies on the front page (vs. Rotten Tomatoes user ratings) it seems to be pretty well correlated. It seems to do a bad job identifying "eh" movies (e.g., Gangster Squad: BS-80 RT-64 and Hansel & Gretel: BS-76 RT-64). Buzzscale scores also seem to be more uniform in nature: pretty much everything is 70-85.

Any thoughts on "ratings effects"? E.g., proportionality to either gush about a movie or pan it, exclusively? Lack of nuanced reviews? (No one goes on Twitter to say, "It was whatever.")

[joshuahedlund]

It does seem like "gushers" and "panners" tend to overcrowd reviews, but I was curious enough to do a quick Twitter search. About half of these results are "ok" tweets about movies/TV shows, so maybe there are enough people going to Twitter to say "whatever": https://twitter.com/search?q=watched%20was%20ok