What's with these "weighted averages"

Rating: 2/10 (28 February 2004)

Why can't IMDB just take the actual average of all of the thousands of people who have rated these movies and come up with a real list. Citizen Kane wouldn't really be #11. Why does the "weighted average" give bonus points to a film like this while it handicaps other films that people rated higher. People would get a lot more out of an accurate list that doesn't use a bogus mystery formula to keep stuffing the same old boring films down our throats. Lose the weighted averages, IMDB. Citizen Kane would still rate high enough to appear somewhere on the list. But lets face it. It is a very boring film that wouldn't really stand the test of time on its own merits. Too many dinosaurs fighting to keep this one alive and at or near the top of these kinds of all-time lists.