Make every check count towards your rank, not just those in top lists.
If a movie is listed on IMDB, it should count towards your rank. Many times I watch a movie and then am disappointed that it doesn't go towards improving my rank. Shouldn't any legit movie count as much as one that makes it onto the all-time box office list or the most-checked list? Your site's slogan is "How many movies have you seen?" This suggestion would better reflect this idea.
The goal of iCheckMovies is to stimulate finding and watching of good quality cinema. Making every check count towards your rank doesn’t make sense with this goal.
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Lady of the Valley commented
I absolutely agree. That's about the only thing that bothers me about the site. I do not particularly care about the lists, I just wanted a site where I could check movies, like I check books on goodreads, and this is the only thing I could find. Now I understand that these lists are the mean purpose of this site, and I'm perfectly fine with it (since I don't know any alternative). But in my humble opinion someone who saw 1000 movies of which 100 are official, should be higher in ranks than someone who saw 100 movies and all 100 were official.
Now we can have an discussion about what's 'legit' (see below), but that has nothing to do with this suggestion. If there are checkable movies on ICM that you disagree with, make a suggestion to tone down the pollution of the movie database.
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Anonymous commented
Life, that video also only has 8 votes on IMDB. Perhaps if a film is not on a top list, then a minimum vote requirement could be looked at, such as 100 votes. I'm sure a lot of people have watched the video you used as an example, but clearly not a lot of people then go look for it on IMDB. Maybe that isn't the perfect answer either, but the rank system discards a lot of great films, legitimate films. Heck, 7 minute cartoons that are 60 years old are counted towards your rank, but not the majority of feature films from the last decade. Seems to be something wrong with that picture. At least if I can get the discussion going and the idea looked at, I'll be satisfied.
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Life as Fiction commented
While I agree that it fits the site's slogan, the idea doesn't work in practise. As you say yourself, we should take into effect "legit" movies, but how does one know if a film is legit? Moreover, considering you can check off almost everything on YouTube these days (as they find themselves onto IMDb quite often), where is the line?
For example, I recently crossed-off: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/b0cfcd3af8/herman-cain-s-1986-sexual-harassment-training