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#TheRingsofPower has only a 37 percent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with some complaining about the show's diversity. Amazon halts reviews to prevent trolling: thr.cm/UYrqEiu
#TheRingsofPower audience score come a couple weeks after Marvel’s #SheHulk was declared review bombed on the site with an initial 36 percent audience rating thr.cm/UYrqEiu
How #TheRingsofPower is doing on Amazon’s own user review ecosystem is not yet clear because the company has taken the unusual step of suspending its ratings for the show. An Amazon source says reviews are being held 72 hours to help weed out trolls thr.cm/UYrqEiu
“Review bombing” is when a group of users post numerous negative reviews due to perceived cultural or political issues rather than actual quality. Perusing Rotten Tomatoes’ audience reviews for #TheRingsofPower, there are entries that meet the definition thr.cm/UYrqEiu
The majority of the negative reviews criticized the show for non-diversity reasons. “They spent a billion dollars on backdrops and a film score,” wrote one. “The rest is slow moving" thr.cm/UYrqEiu
More details on the possible review bombing of #TheLordoftheRings: #TheRingsofPower: thr.cm/UYrqEiu

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