IMDB will be disabling the message boards on February 20.
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MelodyHart — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:32 AM)
I just saw that. I find it sad. They said "we have concluded that IMDb's message boards are no longer providing a positive, useful experience for the vast majority of our more than 250 million monthly users worldwide." I have seen a lot of hating & bullying on the boards but why not work at ending that instead of completely removing the boards. There are many users who can follow rules.
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mmaryrocksit — 9 years ago(February 05, 2017 06:01 AM)
I totally agree with youwhy can't people just adhere to the "if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all" policy? If they could just start a policy of disallowing comments that have nothing to do with the thread subject, it would eliminate a lot of the vicious comments that have become too common.
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Sunnygirlbear — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 12:52 PM)
There is a lot people complaining on IMDB's Facebook page. There is also a petition.
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/petition-to-keep-the-imdb-messageboards-going -
SkiesAreBlue — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 06:18 PM)
I will miss it very much. I've enjoyed getting other people's thoughts and interpretations and having discussions. I haven't experienced any thing bad, only one or two but wasn't aimed at me. Other times I choose to ignore if the thread was going that way.
I shall miss people on this post, it's been very entertaining. Good luck to you and maybe we'll pop up somewhere else and continue with lively debates.
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Wildstyle26 — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 06:36 PM)
I think Reddit is similar, with messages boards on films and series.
There's actually a petition people are signing to keep the boards up.
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/petition-to-keep-the-imdb-messageboards-going#
If you're gonna pretend to cut her hair, at least put some scissors in your hand!
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leedeelee — 9 years ago(February 07, 2017 01:01 PM)
This is such a bummer! However, the reason is not what everyone thinksit's not because of any negative interactions on the board, but simply because the board is being eclipsed, and therefore replaced by social media.
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leedeelee — 9 years ago(February 08, 2017 04:02 AM)
Unfortunately, IMDb states otherwise:
Increasingly, IMDb customers have migrated to IMDb's social media accounts as the primary place they choose to post comments and communicate with IMDb's editors and one another. IMDb's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/imdb) and official Twitter account (https://twitter.com/imdb) have an audience of more than 10 million engaged fans. IMDb also maintains official accounts on Snapchat (https://www.snapchat.com/add/imdblive), Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.com/imdbofficial/), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/imdb), and Tumblr (http://imdb.tumblr.com/).