Why would a woman bother to go on and downvote 5th Gear after their boyfriend made them sit through it once? I suspect they wouldn't, but obviously can't prove that. Whereas men like numbers and scoring and top trumps and complaining so are more likely to go onto IMDB and downvote some shit their other half made them watch. I would suspect that it's that which skews the data, rather than systematic misogynistic voting.

I really don't think that's the case. Rotten Tomatoes had to turn off user voting for Ghostbusters because they were deluged with scores of low-rated scores for a film that clearly none of the people scoring it had ever watched. There is undeniably a massive group of internet neckbeards out there targetting things that have a female focus.

You really think they're going back and downvoting SATC years after it stopped? Really?

The Ghostbusters exampleis a good one, but I would guess it was limited to that film - I'm not convinced there's a groundswell of neckbeards going out and downvoting all the female TV programmes and films just for shits. The world can't be that full of twats, can it?

And in any event, every single downvote of SATC was entirely correct and justified.

It would be interesting if Curio's article had some idea of the general timescales for the negative voting.

if you want to make your eyes bleed, go on IMDB and look at Ghostbusters...

You really think they're going back and downvoting SATC years after it stopped? Really? Does anyone have that much spare time?!

Why is it that when it comes to mobilising mobs the Internet seems best of all at mobilising mobs of total, unredeemable shitheads. I sometimes think that it has failed to live up to my expectations and that the world was better off without it.

I was surprised to see Match of the Day on the list of programmes for blokes. Obviously it's going to appeal to men, but the thought had never crossed my mind to see if it had an IMDB entry, let alone to actually bother rating it. So yes, people have too much spare time.

Talking of the new Ghostbusters, this is the fall out from when The Angry Video Game Nerd, decided not to review the new Ghostbusters, due to his love of the original.

This site appears to be written by the kind of dickheads who use "SJW" and "cuck" as slurs.

This site appears to be written by the kind of dickheads who use "SJW" and "cuck" as slurs.

I'm aware of the Ghostbusters issue, yes. I'm just not convinced that all the negative reviews of "female stuff" on IMDB is motivated by the same shitty motives. Curuio's article just seemed to be trying to manufacture a gender war out of something that has a reasonable plausible and less misogyny-based explanation. I'm happy to be proven entirely incorrect as per usual though, obviously, but at the moment it's all conjecture based on some arguably dodgy assumptions of male motivations.

What isn't there, Mr Chris, is 95 quid in my bank account

It's horrible having to wait for something you've been promised, isn't it?

It's horrible having to wait for something you've been promised, isn't it?

I don't think i have seen the holiday

It was more statistical than anything else, and it stripped out shows that were rated by both men and women.

It's statistically true that of shows that were rated more often by women, the scores were driven down by a minority vote (of men) giving it a much lower score. The reverse, for shows rated predominantly by men, was not true (see the list at the end, the male one is about ten times as long).

The reasons for it are up for debate, but the effect is clearly there.

What isn't there, Mr Chris, is 95 quid in my bank account

You should watch it, it's great.

Is this you being wrong again?

Davpaz liked it too, so no.

I'd be genuinely interested to know how some of those headline figures would look if you ignored race and concentrated on the wealth of people's parents. I'm not trying to dismiss the notion that there is a huge problem with racial inequality or that a POC born to wealthy parents won't face all sorts of discrimination but I can't help wondering if a large part of those headline figures could be attributed to a lack of class mobility rather than racial inequality per se. And that a failure to face up to that issue would only further increase disharmony.

really don't think that's the case. Rotten Tomatoes had to turn off user voting for Ghostbusters because they were deluged with scores of low-rated scores for a film that clearly none of the people scoring it had ever watched. There is undeniably a massive group of internet neckbeards out there targetting things that have a female focus.

73%

Fucking hell.

Oh look, he's divorced and his wife has custody of the kids. That's a shocker.

There's also a leader backed up by a group not averse to strong arm tactics which is implicitly condoned.

Come back cavey!

At about 7.15 this morning, Corbyn's Batman was on R4 talking about "giving power back to the people via more referendums" and things like that.

Mods, can you add a "hide thread" button?

I think DocG made one spiteful, pointless dig too many for that.

sensing opportunity, i signed a 38degrees petition to call for the resignation the fat cunt

Good news - Philip Davies did, eventually, show up for his interview with BBC Radio Leeds this afternoon, and presenter Gayle Lofthouse gave him a bit of a grilling about his views on sexism and feminism.

You can listen to the interview by clicking the link below and skipping to about 1 hour and 45 minutes in.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p043bkyg

If you'd rather not listen to it in full, here is a summary of the points he made:

That he is in favour of gender equality, but thinks that feminists only want equality when it suits them.
That he is not against feminism, although he had to be asked twice and was quick to point out that "not all women are feminists".
That he would be willing to have a debate with us "any time, anywhere".
That the idea of him resigning because he is unable to support women is "ridiculous".

It wasn't DocG. More someone who likes to remain anonymous.

It wasn't DocG. More someone who likes to remain anonymous.

Have you ever considered a career as a spy, Myp?

'I have planted the 'mossive bamb' on the bridge that is near Westminster'.

It'll be like the Enigma code. They'll still be trying to crack it years after they've made several movies about you.

House prices on the up between 4%-6%. A bigger deposit is needed. Basically, about another £6k.

It is not very near Stafford, no. It's quite near the music quiz, mind.