Terrible mistake to shut down the boards - If they do it, I'm leaving
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jon-gwynne — 9 years ago(February 07, 2017 11:21 AM)
If what the announcement said is true, that the boards are only used by a comparatively small part of users, than that could be the reason.
If that's the real reason, then shutting down the boards is an even dumber idea since it doesn't take much hardware or manpower to maintain them.
My bet is that with all the opposition being voiced, they'll rescind their decision to shut down the boards.
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vhsjunkie — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 06:00 PM)
Well said IMDB just died.. unbelievable, really stupid idea There are times i'm in a theatre watching a movie and I'll pull up the IMDB forums to get more information about the film way to go taking that away from your users for what? No reason stupid beep beep
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dinkywinky123 — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 06:12 PM)
The IMBD forums were part of the birth of the internet. They've been around since the start of the net - since the late 1990s when the net really began to impact on popular culture - so it's sort of a piece of internet history. Removing the boards is a great shame. Part of internet online forum history will be gone.
History of IMDB message boards:
One of the most-used features of the Internet Movie Database is the message boards that coincide with every title and name entry, along with over 140 main boards. This section is one of the more recent features of IMDb, having its beginnings in 2001. In order to post on the message boards a user needs to "authenticate" their account via cell phone, credit card, or by having been a recent customer of the parent company Amazon.com. Message boards have expanded in recent years. The Soapbox started in 1999 is a general message board meant for debates on any subject. -
MysteryRidah — 9 years ago(February 07, 2017 12:03 AM)
I'm moving to Listal. Its the best alt to IMDB. The only one lol
(My Entertainment Website)
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anlex — 9 years ago(February 07, 2017 11:37 AM)
I agree with this. What they are doing is not a solution. Most times after watching a TV show or a movie I will come to these boards to see what other people's opinions are. Sometimes reading ending interpretations and such.
I will definitely miss that and I think just cutting this feature is a horrible mistake.
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gingerclowns — 9 years ago(February 09, 2017 05:00 PM)
I agree with this. What they are doing is not a solution. Most times after watching a TV show or a movie I will come to these boards to see what other people's opinions are. Sometimes reading ending interpretations and such.
That's why I use it too. It's often my first reaction after watching a film for the first time, to come on here and see others interpretations and opinions, but lets face it, that only works for older films with slow boards. All the boards for popular current shows and films (such as Game of Thrones for example) are completely unreadable because of the shear numbers of trolls. This hasn't been a fun or user friendly site for years because of the trolls. I only come here now after watching a new film for the first time, like I said. Never any other time, and I haven't for years. -
divianc — 9 years ago(February 08, 2017 10:48 PM)
I have been a member since 2006 and the only reason I come here is to see what others say about a movie/tv show I watched, want to watch, or I am considering watching. I rarely ever watch anything without seeing what others say about it first. I could care less about reading the synopsis or plot, or watching the trailer, that is what I have youtube for.I do not read the articles, I never read the front page, but I love the lists that members make. I will miss the message boards for sure. Hope to find a place that is somewhat like these message boards.
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DarrenDirt — 9 years ago(February 09, 2017 09:19 AM)
ArchiveTeam.org has a project going, but they need help!
See this thread:
http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000043/nest/265905912
https://archive.is/vnvFK
Chipping away at a mountain of pop culture trivia,
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iginlafan65 — 9 years ago(February 09, 2017 10:00 AM)
Without the Message Boards, I'll leave and I won't come back.
Check out The Movie Database. A lot of the people from here are moving over there after these boards shut down. It's practically the exact same site as here, and they have now added message boards to all their titles.
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SerDarioTaranFulci — 9 years ago(February 09, 2017 03:50 PM)
IMDB still has a use if you want to find out about technical details. You can't find out what type of camera, film stock and aspect ratio a movie has on any of those sites.
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zoltan42 — 9 years ago(February 09, 2017 07:04 PM)
IMDB still has a use if you want to find out about technical details. You can't find out what type of camera, film stock and aspect ratio a movie has on any of those sites.
Oh sure, the site will still have it's worth, but it's worth that will cause me to come to the site maybe once a week if that much. That's in contrast with coming to the site pretty much every day to check the boards. They generate revenue by people seeing the ads. If one of the biggest reasons for coming to the site disappears, people will see less ads and therefore generate less revenue.
That information is static. You see them once and that's pretty much it. The boards are dynamic and dynamic is what generates traffic.
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jon-gwynne — 9 years ago(February 10, 2017 05:53 AM)
Sure, but how much money is Amazon going to make on ads if the only people coming to IMDB are the ones who want to see whether a particular film was shot on 35mm stock?
This site exists to generate ad revenue. That's done by people going to lots of pages on the site.
When someone goes to IMDB because they see someone interesting in an old episode of Law & Order and say to themselves "They're pretty good, I wonder if they've done anything else" or "I've seen that actor somewhere else, I wonder where that was"
They only click on a few pages.
Someone going to the message boards is clicking on dozens of pages.
-I don't watch Fox 'News' for the same reason I don't eat out of the toilet -
SerDarioTaranFulci — 9 years ago(February 10, 2017 11:40 AM)
Like I said, I agree. The message boards should stay and are the biggest reason I come here. IMDB is foolish for taking them down and will surely suffer financially.
I am just saying IMDB does still hold some small amount of purpose. In terms of strict info on a film, the technical specs section is very valuable to me. It's something most people don't think/care about and I am glad IMDB always has that information. Not saying it will save the site lol.