Goodbye message boards!! Sign the petition!!
The idiots at IMDB are killing us. All of this will soon be lost. Don't accept this!!
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/petition-to-keep-the-imdb-messageboards-going#
No, I won't. It is a sound decision. Increasingly the message boards have become populated with trolls who just like to stir things up and are not interested in adult give-N-take discussion. Plus many are posting a link to their reviews. Plus many are coming to the boards to advertise things like "free" download sites. These boards have been irreversibly spoiled by the few bad apples and shutting it down is the only solution.
..*.. TxMike ..*..
well you are going to have to shutdown the whole goddamn internet then. Trolls, self-promoters, and angry political shills are all over - I hate it too but I ignore the bad and pay attention to the good and there is still plenty of that here. I'm amazed at how much good discussion there is to tell you the truth.
shareMy guess is that you and I are at different places in our lives. My kids are grown, my wife and I are retired, we get involved in some community service activities and spend our leisure time at tennis and/or golf and other activities during the day. We watch a favorite TV program or a good movie at night. Two years ago I cancelled my FB account, and now I stay away from all social media. I don't need it and I think it is more wasteful that anything else. It allows people to be distracted from more difficult but productive activities.
So not being able to visit the IMDb message boards anymore will be very small potatoes for me. For others it might be traumatic.
..*.. TxMike ..*..
Yet here you are.
shareyes he is! And I see him on here quite a bit. No offense to Mike but it sounds a bit like 'good riddance with you, I didn't really like you anyway', after you get dumped. Plus you are sort of implying the rest of us have no life just because we mourn the loss of this place that you seem to frequent as much as anyone else - that doesn't add up.
shareTruer words were never spoken.
shareJust about the same situation for me Mike. I'm retired and the wife will be in three more years.
We both have FaceBook accounts but most of it is ridiculously political or narcissistic in nature, so I check on it once every few days.
But I admit that I do enjoy the discussion boards and will miss them, and I'll miss certain posters who often posted funny, snarky, or insightful comments about movies, and yes, that includes TxMike!!!
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men ~ F Douglassshare
I think IMDB will lose a LOT of members when this happens, what else is there really to DO here?
I mean they could just enforce stricter rules, there is software to prevent such things.
Increasingly the message boards have become populated with trolls who just like to stir things up
Such as yourself
So not being able to visit the IMDb message boards anymore will be very small potatoes for me.
Says the guy who posts here almost on a daily basis, multiple times. share
Says the guy who posts here almost on a daily basis, multiple times.
I like posting on the boards too, but that doesn't mean it's going to be all that impactful if I can't. share
And? I still have meaningful discussions on here on plenty of boards. That hasn't changed. Trolls are a part of the internet.
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