No more message boards! - Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) Discussion

[–] MelodyHart 7 years ago

I just saw that. I find it sad. They said "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." I have seen a lot of hating & bullying on the boards but why not work at ending that instead of completely removing the boards. There are many users who can follow rules. 😢

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[–] mmaryrocksit 7 years ago

I totally agree with you...why can't people just adhere to the "if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all" policy? If they could just start a policy of disallowing comments that have nothing to do with the thread subject, it would eliminate a lot of the vicious comments that have become too common.

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[–] Sunnygirlbear 7 years ago

There is a lot people complaining on IMDB's Facebook page. There is also a petition.

https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/petition-to-keep-the-imdb-messageboards-going

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[–] SkiesAreBlue 7 years ago

I will miss it very much. I've enjoyed getting other people's thoughts and interpretations and having discussions. I haven't experienced any thing bad, only one or two but wasn't aimed at me. Other times I choose to ignore if the thread was going that way.

I shall miss people on this post, it's been very entertaining. Good luck to you and maybe we'll pop up somewhere else and continue with lively debates. 😀👍

SkiesAreBlue

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[–] Wildstyle26 7 years ago

I think Reddit is similar, with messages boards on films and series.

There's actually a petition people are signing to keep the boards up.
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/petition-to-keep-the-imdb-messageboards-going#

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[–] SkiesAreBlue 7 years ago

Thank you.

SkiesAreBlue

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[–] leedeelee 7 years ago

This is such a bummer! However, the reason is not what everyone thinks--it's not because of any negative interactions on the board, but simply because the board is being eclipsed, and therefore replaced by social media.

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[–] TrueLoveWays 7 years ago

That is absolutely stupid! Nobody cares about their Facebook or Twitter page.

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[–] leedeelee 7 years ago

Unfortunately, IMDb states otherwise:

Increasingly, IMDb customers have migrated to IMDb's social media accounts as the primary place they choose to post comments and communicate with IMDb's editors and one another. IMDb's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/imdb) and official Twitter account (https://twitter.com/imdb) have an audience of more than 10 million engaged fans. IMDb also maintains official accounts on Snapchat (https://www.snapchat.com/add/imdblive), Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.com/imdbofficial/), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/imdb), and Tumblr (http://imdb.tumblr.com/).

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[–] TrueLoveWays 7 years ago

I hardly ever see anyone post on their Facebook page.

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