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Editorial policy

What we publish, how we verify it, and how the listing order is decided.

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Last updated May 17, 2026·Version 1.2·View change history →

What gets listed

We list free advance screenings, premieres, film festivals, raffles, TV tapings, and one-off film events open to the public in the United States. To make the index, an event must:

  • Have a verifiable RSVP or ticket URL.
  • Take place at a real, public venue with an address.
  • Carry a credible source (one of the 30+ aggregators we monitor, or a submission from a Listed+ partner).
  • Pass our automated quality vet (TMDB match, date sanity, venue geocode).

How vetting works

Every event. Whether scraped or partner-submitted. Runs through the same AI-assisted vet pipeline. We use Claude (Anthropic) to flag mismatches between the source description and the TMDB record, sketchy URLs, and duplicate listings. Anything the model flags goes to a human queue. Trust-level-2+ partners auto-publish but still log to a 24-hour spot-check feed.

How the sort order is decided

Default sort on every feed is: chronological by start time, then distance from your detected location. That's it. No paid placements, no editorial favorites, no engagement weighting.

Two exceptions, both labeled:

  • Featured partners get a slot in the top row of their relevant city pages, with a visible "Featured" tag.
  • Sponsored placements appear in a card explicitly labeled "Sponsored". Never mixed into the editorial feed.

Corrections

If an event has the wrong date, venue, or RSVP URL, email hello@seeitearly.com. We aim to correct within 4 business hours and we log every correction to a public changelog on the admin /updates feed.

When we pull an event down

  • The source publishes a takedown request (we honor within 24 hours).
  • The RSVP URL goes dead and no replacement is provided.
  • The event is reported as a scam or as misrepresenting its terms.
  • The event violates our terms (paid "free passes" that are actually upsells, e.g.).

Use of AI

We use Claude (Anthropic) for: vet-pipeline flagging, summarizing source descriptions into our card copy, and parsing partner emails. We do not use AI to generate full event descriptions from nothing, write reviews, or fake quotes. Any AI-generated copy is reviewed by a human before publish.

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