So, I saw the message today like everyone else, and I figured I would share my story with the board. Dont worry, Ill try

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tjlamb0518 — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:08 AM)

Can I be a friend, troll AND idiot? This isn't a "pick one" thing, is it?

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ospheremind — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:09 AM)

Whatever you want buddy!

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Betaspaniel — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:09 AM)

to be honest, I really think its a mistake for IMDb to shut these boards down.
Well it is a shame they're doing this, instead of spending the money on moderators.

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ospheremind — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:11 AM)

I agree!

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tjlamb0518 — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:11 AM)

Again, I will point out how logistically unrealistic that is.
EVERY movie.
From EVERY country.
EVERY TV show
EVERY actor and actress
You are talking about hiring (conservatively) tens of thousands of moderators.

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ospheremind — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:14 AM)

Yeah, but many of the boards here are mostly dead anyway. It's rare that a board is still as active as this one after nearly a year since the movie was released.

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Betaspaniel — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:17 AM)

Absolutely but they just gave up even trying and let the worst of the worst run amok.

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tjlamb0518 — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:18 AM)

It's a never ending game of wack-a-mole.

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Betaspaniel — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:20 AM)

Exactly

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tjlamb0518 — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:24 AM)

Well, keeping that in mind, perhaps they took the words of Joshua to heart:
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

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Betaspaniel — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:31 AM)

How true that is. But I will miss the occasional nice moments here.

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ThoatWobblerMangrove — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:21 AM)

Well, people do feel remarkably comfortable telling other people what they should be doing with their money. Even when it's demands for upgrades to a service that's provided free of charge.

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OdumC — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:24 AM)

If they just put an IP filter on the userbase that deleted EVERY account with an identical IP, that would have gone a LONG way to cleaning this place up without needing more manpower And they could have made it so only IMDB pro accounts had forum access $$$ per account would also be a proxy deterrent.

Thanks to Batmeh v Supermeh Yawn of Justice, the "S" now stands for Sidekick

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Flamboyant_Little_Devil — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:12 AM)

We'll be around dude.
"I see you try, I see you fail
Some things will never change"

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ospheremind — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:26 AM)

I hope so, one way or another!

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OdumC — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:20 AM)

Cheers bro, I'm sure someone will set up a rally point for everyone to migrate to, that's what usually happens when forums shut down

Thanks to Batmeh v Supermeh Yawn of Justice, the "S" now stands for Sidekick

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ospheremind — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 11:27 AM)

Cheers man, I've always enjoyed reading your stuff! So, I hope there will be another platform somewhere.