IMDb is shutting down their message board
02-06-17 | 08:24 PM
#51
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Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
Yes, the IMDB seems to regularly purge posts. It seems to be done at random, as there seems to be little rhyme or reason behind it. Some stuff will have two pages of posts that go back ten years, others will have two pages that only go back a couple of months. Some will have hundreds of pages.
02-06-17 | 11:33 PM
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02-07-17 | 11:50 AM
#53
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Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
This is very disappointing as it was a great resource for discussions of films that are older/less popular/more obscure. I would always check out the boards for movies I have just seen and have gotten so much valuable information from the discussions. There is no other place like it on the web and it is a huge loss for me.
There is a petition, which I just signed, if anyone is interested:
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/...eboards-going#
There is a petition, which I just signed, if anyone is interested:
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/...eboards-going#
02-07-17 | 12:07 PM
#54
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
It was pretty common practice for me to visit the messages boards after watching a movie that had an ambiguous or confusing end or one that needed some interpretation. Don't get me wrong. Many posts are ridiculous, but I've always found some interesting insights there, even if I didn't always agree.
And as others have said, if there was something in a film that you missed or was confusing, you could be almost guaranteed to find a post already created that addressees that very thing.
And as others have said, if there was something in a film that you missed or was confusing, you could be almost guaranteed to find a post already created that addressees that very thing.
02-07-17 | 12:48 PM
#55
Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
I just watched the Horror film "Let Us Prey" and went to the message boards where the director of the film posted in one of the threads giving insight on a particular problem some people had with the film. This is not the first time where a director posted on the message boards, and another reason why closing the boards will be a sad day for me.
02-07-17 | 01:13 PM
#56
Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
The IMDB boards were a great place to find information on people who only acted in a few movies that fell off the radar, or those that were popular at one point but fell off the map. It is also a great place to find differing analysis on a movie's plot development.
02-07-17 | 01:34 PM
#57
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
Amazon owns IMDB.Surprise they could not clean up all the thread crap.trolls.. etc.
I hardly read the fourms their anymore.
Going to miss the board mostly for the small good movie boards that had some good reviews and posts.
I'm trying https://www.criticker.com/ . Moreto rate movies and get match with other movies Top recommendations and match with other members with similar film taste.Rating system is 0 to 100.And the message board looks slow.Still getting use to it,but some movies they suggest look like I would really enjoy.I found the best way to rate movies is to look up the actor and you can rate all their movies on A page or two.
I hardly read the fourms their anymore.
Going to miss the board mostly for the small good movie boards that had some good reviews and posts.
I'm trying https://www.criticker.com/ . Moreto rate movies and get match with other movies Top recommendations and match with other members with similar film taste.Rating system is 0 to 100.And the message board looks slow.Still getting use to it,but some movies they suggest look like I would really enjoy.I found the best way to rate movies is to look up the actor and you can rate all their movies on A page or two.
02-07-17 | 01:40 PM
#58
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
Agreed. There is tons of garbage on the IMDB boards, but there was also quite a bit of gold there if you were willing to look for it.
The boards were a good way to get rumors, news, and information from early screenings. Some occasional interesting analysis could be found there, too.
Truth be told, I absolutely despise our move away from message boards to social networks like facebook and twitter. As high as the bullshit-to-useful information ratio was on the IMDB boards, it's off the charts on facebook and twitter. That, and it's infinitely more difficult to find specific bits of information on facebook and twitter. If I'm looking for a rumor about a certain movie, I can just go to its IMDB page and scan its board for a minute or two and see if what I need is there. I could spend literally hours sifting through tweets and facebook statuses looking for the same thing.
The boards were a good way to get rumors, news, and information from early screenings. Some occasional interesting analysis could be found there, too.
Truth be told, I absolutely despise our move away from message boards to social networks like facebook and twitter. As high as the bullshit-to-useful information ratio was on the IMDB boards, it's off the charts on facebook and twitter. That, and it's infinitely more difficult to find specific bits of information on facebook and twitter. If I'm looking for a rumor about a certain movie, I can just go to its IMDB page and scan its board for a minute or two and see if what I need is there. I could spend literally hours sifting through tweets and facebook statuses looking for the same thing.
I'll miss some of the posts about films but one aspect I won't miss are the message boards for individual actors.
IMDB never should have allowed message boards for actors as they seem to attract every troll known to man. They make "Mean Tweets" look respectable.
Some poor actor will have so many unpleasant things said about them and those posts never go away.
IMDB never should have allowed message boards for actors as they seem to attract every troll known to man. They make "Mean Tweets" look respectable.
Some poor actor will have so many unpleasant things said about them and those posts never go away.
It was pretty common practice for me to visit the messages boards after watching a movie that had an ambiguous or confusing end or one that needed some interpretation. Don't get me wrong. Many posts are ridiculous, but I've always found some interesting insights there, even if I didn't always agree.
And as others have said, if there was something in a film that you missed or was confusing, you could be almost guaranteed to find a post already created that addressees that very thing.
And as others have said, if there was something in a film that you missed or was confusing, you could be almost guaranteed to find a post already created that addressees that very thing.
02-07-17 | 02:56 PM
#59
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
When you read a completely false statement on these message boards, you may recall it months later but often you can't remember where you read it and whether it was even a legitimate source or not.
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02-08-17 | 09:43 AM
#61
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
This bums me out. Pretty much every movie I watch after I finish I go to the message boards to see what is on there to find out stuff. I know there is a bunch of tools and trolls on there but it is also literally the only place that certain information or trivia or facts about a specific movie is found at all. I tend to get obsessive about movies I love or that just interest me so I want to know EVERYTHING about the movie and I have never found another place that had as much info or discussion about these movies despite having to weed through some crap at times.
Kinda like when Television Without Pity dropped their forums, this is a big loss for me personally.
Kinda like when Television Without Pity dropped their forums, this is a big loss for me personally.
02-08-17 | 12:02 PM
#62
DVD Talk Hero
Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
Honestly there is a lot of crap on them but I often would find myself going there since there was a lot more specific discussion due to the fact that each film and show has its own board. Plus the specific boards for individuals are kind of nice.
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02-17-17 | 05:08 AM
#64
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Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
I probably won't visit IMDB as much after the message boards go- there are a number of favorite movies that I regularly check the boards of; stayed up too late last night going through them for likely the last time. At least that might draw more people here but only for movies popular enough to have their discussions stay at the top of the forums. I liked looking up obscure movies just to see if anyone else had ever seen them.
02-17-17 | 06:45 AM
#65
DVD Talk Legend
02-17-17 | 06:50 AM
#66
DVD Talk Hero
Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
I've noticed that I visit the IMDB boards at least daily, looking up stuff about movies and tv shows. There's really a ton of information and links there if you can ignore the crap (which isn't hard to do.; troll threads stand out).
Facebook and twitter are useless for this sort of thing, and reddit is a fucking jumbled mess.
Facebook and twitter are useless for this sort of thing, and reddit is a fucking jumbled mess.
02-19-17 | 09:21 PM
#67
DVD Talk Legend
Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
Looks like they're gone.
02-19-17 | 10:12 PM
#68
Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
Damn, I just remembered that I'd planned to go through my list of message board posts to copy and transfer the long ones to a Word file. I was literally about to start when I saw your post and went to one of the films I'd posted on and...you're right.
Procrastination's a bitch.
Procrastination's a bitch.
02-19-17 | 11:35 PM
#70
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
Such a shame. There were more non-trolls than trolls - I won't visit the site now nearly as much.
02-20-17 | 02:02 AM
#72
Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
If their site traffic takes a noticeable hit, I could see them backpedaling. At least one can hope.
02-20-17 | 07:10 AM
#73
DVD Talk Legend
Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
Somebody created a new site for discussion of films and backed up many of the posts from IMDB onto it:
http://www.moviechat.org/
http://www.moviechat.org/
02-20-17 | 09:56 AM
#74
DVD Talk Legend
Re: IMDb is shutting down their message board
Somebody created a new site for discussion of films and backed up many of the posts from IMDB onto it:
http://www.moviechat.org/
http://www.moviechat.org/
02-20-17 | 12:35 PM
#75
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