The flood of trolling on Rotten Tomatoes started about a month ago. Weeks before the release of Captain Marvel, commenters on the site were already claiming the movie was garbage and that they had no intentions of seeing it. "Terrible movie hate it already!!!!!!" wrote one. "Not interested in seeing another SJW [Social Justice Warrior] propaganda film," claimed another. And finally: "THIS MOVIE IS DESTINED TO FLOP."

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Rotten Tomatoes is overhauling its Audience Rating System in an effort to stamp out so-called "review bombing." As part of the ongoing changes, the review aggregation site is axing the "want to see" audience anticipation rating ahead of a film's release. The update arrives in the wake of the latest "review bombing" campaign against Captain Marvel, the first female-led Marvel Studios movie, which saw trolls weaponize the user rating system to drive down its "want to see" score to a paltry 28 percent. This despite all box office tracking estimates indicating the film was set for a blockbuster opening. According to Rotten Tomatoes, visitors were confusing the "want to see" rating with its "Audience Score."

Human fact-checkers simply cannot stem the flood tides of misinformation on the Internet. Dr. Daniel Lowd, University of Oregon, Computer and Information Science, addresses this issue.

Walt Disney Co.'s "Captain Marvel" is expected to open with a spectacular $100 million in ticket sales from the U.S. and Canada alone next month. And yet, according to the highly influential website Rotten Tomatoes, only 28% of moviegoers are interested in seeing Marvel Studios' first superhero film with a solo female lead. Blame online trolls, who have previously waged campaigns to lower audience ratings for movies including "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" and "Ghostbusters" by flooding their pages with negative, sometimes sexist comments. Such "review bombing" efforts are a serious problem for Rotten Tomatoes, which depends on credible ratings to drive traffic to its free website. The company, owned by the largest online movie ticket seller, Fandango, now has a plan to curb the abuse.