....after previously saying the reviews came from legitimate users early last year.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/7/1...el-bombing-changes-rotten-tomatoes-letterboxd
This isn't made to say TLJ isn't dislike by people, because it is and people can be, but hopefully with this out it stops people from using RT user reviews as a way to validate an argument.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/7/1...el-bombing-changes-rotten-tomatoes-letterboxd
In a call with The Verge, a spokesperson said Rotten Tomatoes (which is owned by ticketing platform Fandango) has faced a new level of review-bombing over the past 18 months. She said only a few films have been seriously targeted — including Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Black Panther, two big franchise installments that implicitly or explicitly critiqued racism and sexism. But trolls are becoming a standard risk for any big movie that's considered too feminist or anti-racist, to the point that studios are actively trying to counter trolls themselves.
This isn't made to say TLJ isn't dislike by people, because it is and people can be, but hopefully with this out it stops people from using RT user reviews as a way to validate an argument.