There’s a few features that sometimes get overlooked on IHM. I don’t know if this is because they go unnoticed or people just don’t understand what they’re there for. They, at this time, only really apply to the film pages.

On every film page, there are many sections, two of which are “Comments” and “Summary”. The “comments” section is for people to leave their feelings or thoughts on that film. The “summary” is obviously the plot or summary of what the film is about. Both of these features are pretty regularly used and contributed to by users.

What I’m writing about now doesn’t have all that much to do with the contribution of those setions, but your thoughts on what’s in those sections. Both features allow rating by users. These rating features are what go unused.

Why these features matter to you:

1. Summaries are on every film page as well as littered elsewhere throughout the site and our feeds. While almost every film has a summary right now, the best summary may not always be showing. Sometimes a film has multiple summaries (meaning more than one user added a summary). When a film has more than one summary, we display the highest voted one throughout the site. So, essentially, if summaries aren’t getting voted on, the one display is always just the first one submitted, not necessarily the best one. When a summary that was submitted on a later date gets an overall higher vote, it moves to the front page of that film as well as places itself on all parts of the site.
2. Comments allow people to see reactions to a film from real people. Uncensored and real opinions from regular joes who’ve seen the movie at hand. Just as with summaries, we only display the highest rated comments on each film’s page. So let’s say a film gets many comments, only the highest rated (or earliest submitted in the case of no rating) display on the page. If people were to rate comments they really enjoyed, they move up in the list and will eventually make it to the front page for that film.

While that all comes out in some kind of long tirade about IHM features, it’s not meant that way at all. In the end, using these features only helps you as you see the best of the best, so to speak.

So, make the site better for you and get voting!