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Like negative forms of review bombs, positive review bombs have also occurred as form of protest, such as in the case of anime series ''[[Interspecies Reviewers]]'', where it was subject of a positive review bomb campaign targeting the series' [[MyAnimeList]] page. The campaign was initiated by anime [[YouTube]]r Nux Taku in response to [[Funimation]] removing the series from its online streaming platform.<ref>{{cite web|first=Crystalyn|last=Hodgkins|title=Funimation Removes Interspecies Reviewers Anime as it 'Falls Outside' Company's Standards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-01-31/funimation-removes-interspecies-reviewers-anime-as-it-falls-outside-company-standards/.156012|website=Anime News Network|date=January 31, 2020|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Eduardo|last=Luquin|title=Interspecies Reviewers: 10 Things You Need To Know About This Controversial Anime|url=https://www.cbr.com/interspecies-reviewers-need-to-know-facts-trivia/|website=CBR.com|date=February 22, 2020|access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref>
 
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''[[Fallout 76]]'' had been originally released to negative reviews by both critics and players on its initial release, but its developers [[Bethesda Softworks]] put effort into improving the game over the following year. By the time the game released to Steam in April 2020, many{{who|date=May 2020}} considered the game to have been reinvented for the better in a manner similar to ''[[Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn]]'' and ''[[No Man's Sky]]''. However, players still upset over several faults with the game's launch attempted to review bomb the game on Steam at this point. The game's community worked to counter this review bomb by posting positive experiences and reviews of the game at Steam and at other community sites to prove the game had been much improved upon the initial release.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/16/21224060/fallout-76-wastelanders-fan-reaction-welcoming-community | title = Fallout 76 fans are ignoring review bombs, laying out the welcome mat | first= Cass | last= Marshall | date = April 16, 2020 | accessdate = April 17, 2020 | work = [[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/04/15/steam-users-tried-to-review-bomb-fallout-76-but-some-of-its-fans-are-having-none-of-it/ | title= Steam users tried to review bomb Fallout 76, but some of its fans are having none of it | first= Imogen | last= Beckhelling | date = April 16, 2020 | accessdate = April 17, 2020 | work = [[Rock Paper Shotgun]] }}</ref>