A way to prevent people from voting before the anime is released ? unless they are not counted ?
You'll notice that none of the entries that haven't aired yet have average scores:
https://anilist.co/search/anime?sort=SCORE_DESC&airing%20status=NOT_YET_RELEASED
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I think that's pretty annoying to see how some peple rate anime (and everything else) even before it starts airing. How can you give a 1/10 or a 10/10 when you saw nothing yet?
The (over)hyper (or the opposite) my be influancing it.
Anyways, wouldn't it be better if rating was blocked when the anime is still "not airing yet" ?