Rotten Tomatoes, in a move to combat trolling, has banned user reviews and comments prior to a movie’s release.
The movie review site’s decision comes after “Captain Marvel” was inundated with bad reviews before it hit theaters, joining “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” in late 2017 and “Black Panther” in early 2018 as films that trolls deliberately tried to decrease the Audience Score for.
“Unfortunately, we have seen an uptick in non-constructive input, sometimes bordering on trolling, which we believe is a disservice to our general readership,” Rotten Tomatoes said in a post outlining the change.