Simon Brew Feb 9, 2017
As IMDb announces it's shutting its message boards, why are online movie forums something more and more are moving away from?
Earlier this week, the Internet Movie Database – that’s IMDb to its nearest and dearest – announced that it’s going to be shutting down its online message boards. The boards were duly shut for new contributions on February 3rd to new contributions, and they’ll be gone altogether from February 19th.
For those who frequent such message boards, their closure is perhaps not a surprise. Some of the exchanges there were known to veer on the side of not very pleasant, and in spite of the fact that every entry on the IMDb has an attached board, many lay empty.
IMDb, in explaining its decision, noted that it came to the conclusion to pull the plug “after careful consideration”, and that the call was made based...
As IMDb announces it's shutting its message boards, why are online movie forums something more and more are moving away from?
Earlier this week, the Internet Movie Database – that’s IMDb to its nearest and dearest – announced that it’s going to be shutting down its online message boards. The boards were duly shut for new contributions on February 3rd to new contributions, and they’ll be gone altogether from February 19th.
For those who frequent such message boards, their closure is perhaps not a surprise. Some of the exchanges there were known to veer on the side of not very pleasant, and in spite of the fact that every entry on the IMDb has an attached board, many lay empty.
IMDb, in explaining its decision, noted that it came to the conclusion to pull the plug “after careful consideration”, and that the call was made based...
- 2/8/2017
- Den of Geek
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