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SO LONG, BOARD!!!

posted 7 years ago by nyctc7
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IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content. As part of our ongoing effort to continually evaluate and enhance the customer experience on IMDb, we have decided to disable IMDb's message boards on February 20, 2017. This includes the Private Message system. After in-depth discussion and examination, we have concluded that IMDb's message boards are no longer providing a positive, useful experience for the vast majority of our more than 250 million monthly users worldwide. The decision to retire a long-standing feature was made only after careful consideration and was based on data and traffic.

I feel like Rose did at the end, the voices of posts in my head...

[–] Deenglow 7 years ago

Oh no! I enjoy reading the discussion on this and other boards, of shows and pictures I enjoyed (and even some I didn't).

[–] schappe1 7 years ago

A totally horrendous decision, especially for those of us whose interests lie in older shows and would like to connect with like-minded people. Put a post about these shows on Facebook and see what kind of response you get.

The discussions on the Updown board in partcular are full of information and interesting opinions and to lose them is tragic.

The past is a series of presents. The present is living history we are privileged to witness

[–] gaelicguy 7 years ago

😢

No medicine cures what happiness cannot.

[–] Flossieandflo 7 years ago

Goodbye and thank you to all who have posted here over the years, it was good fun - soon to be gone but never forgotten.

[–] PixieInChains 7 years ago

A horrendous decision spurred by one thing - money. The IMDB needs to make money by Advertising and Marketing....primarily of new movies, new TV shows, and new stars. Us Message Board people being told that the majority of users have now migrated to Facebook and Twitter is ridiculous, and false (in addition to the fact that, even if it wasn't, everything we do and say on those other sites is "visible" to Friends, Contacts, Followers, and every other God-Only-Knows person - we have more of a 'private usage' thing here). This change is especially damaging for those of us who love the 'old', 'classic' movies, TV, and stars....as a previous poster has pointed out. I just wish there was some way to stay away from this site altogether, as every time one of us uses it the IMDB receives more 3rd party funding through "Ad-Ware" methods.

Somebody PLEASE start an 'Upstairs, Downstairs' FB page!