I don't think they actually care about our opinions at all. The boards are free and it would take an investment of money, time, and resources to monetize them, and in the meantime they don't want to pay for the added admins and IT help it would take to do a better job of dealing with trolls. So instead of investing more in something they're not seeing a tangible return on, they're just deep-sixing the whole thing.
It's really a shame. They're a multi-billion dollar company, you'd think they could afford to find an acceptable way to keep up a service that so many people enjoy.
Formerly Nothin_but_the_Rain

IMDb don't care.
People whose posts don't break the rules are being negatively affected, yet they don't do jack about pornographic avatars; here are some examples:
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur71507994/
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur71539996/
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur71689204/
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur71584570/
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur70929944/
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur69566358/
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur69530348/
(I purposely made them unclickable for obvious reasons.)
Hope this place burns.

Well, they certainly didn't ask my opinion! Sure we've had some rough times, but they pass. I've been reported numerous times by people I didn't even know and got use to seeing the 'red warning' above my posts. As far as I know, I never did anything to deserve them. The admins. were good at giving out the red warnings for no apparent reason, but never seemed to do anything to the actual trolls.
Many of us have been around since the beginning of the boards and have made good friends among the other posters. It's sad to see it all come to an end, but hopefully we can keep in touch.
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I've had nothing but positive experiences on here.
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open.
This is my fight song.

Another poster on this board had all her personal information put out all over the internet and Facebook several months before her death by a troll that decided to destroy her, she was too ill to fight back. I think IMBD doesn't want to deal with these issues.
A friend had someone try to do that to him. Most of the trolls are the garden variety "I'll say ugly things about you and your mama so I won't have to feel like such a loser" type. But there are some really vicious people out there who can't take being bested in an argument or whatever it is that gets up their nose and they cross the line into criminal harassment.
Perhaps they fear lawsuits.
I'd never thought of that. Perhaps some have already been threatened, which is why IMDb is tucking their collective tail and running.
When evil is viewed as good, righteousness is viewed as evil.

Shoot, it's seems odd when I don't see the red warnings.
I know the feeling! I hadn't had any for a while, though, and I guess someone decided to report me one last time just for old time's sake!
When evil is viewed as good, righteousness is viewed as evil.

I've been reported many time on other boards. Shoot, it's seems odd when I don't see the red warnings.
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open.
This is my fight song.

It has already been mentioned that there are also posters who report other posters just because they can, I've had so many of the Red Letter warnings in the past 3 years and I'm not a troll nor do I post nasty things.
Same thing happened to me.
RIP IMDb

In the past few years there has been an influx of trolls, like the troll that tried to destroy the F&D board even after they destroyed an innocent poster, this has happened on several boards and people just get fed up with posting. It has already been mentioned that there are also posters who report other posters just because they can, I've had so many of the Red Letter warnings in the past 3 years and I'm not a troll nor do I post nasty things. Another poster on this board had all her personal information put out all over the internet and Facebook several months before her death by a troll that decided to destroy her, she was too ill to fight back. I think IMBD doesn't want to deal with these issues. Perhaps they fear lawsuits.
I will never let you part, for you are always in my heart: MJ
turn to page 394: Snape (nasty woman)

Nobody bothered to ask me.

And there are other users that keep abusing the "report abuse" feature, like the harmless threads keeps getting reported for no apparent reason.
RIP IMDb

my guess if they're basing that off of the number of reports they keep getting
The problem is, they never take action against the wrongdoers, just the wrongdoings
If an inappropriate post gets reported, they simple just delete it, and take zero action against the person, leaving them free to just do it again and again and again
"I told my man I'm going to get a pap smear. he said 'bring me one no mustard'" - Adele Givens