I'm gonna miss this place

Yes it does suck. And as far as alternatives, sure there are things similar. But to my knowledge there is no website out there with a board for literally movie, every upcoming project, every director, every actor and so on.... that's what makes IMDB so valuable. And the fact that it is all in a threaded style.

Like on reddit for example posts get archived after a month or so, so it's not like you can keep discussion alive long after the post if that makes sense.

Personally i already sent emails to Amazon HQ and i really hope the huge drop off in users will be a wake up call for them. They make the most money from people coming to the message boards all day long. All those clicks and Ad revenue.

I'm gonna get controversial here but i think the change is also partially political. We saw many news sites such as CNN take their comments section down this year, as well as some conservatives getting banned on Twitter for trashing Ghostbusters. I think they want to herd us all into social media because they can moderate us easier that way and we show our real faces...... They can control what we say about their "entertainment" that way.

Personally i won't be playing along tho. Harry has some good links and i'll be heading over there. But yeah at least we can keep up on FB. It's quite sad for the people who will come back too late without hearing about the closure until it is too late.

But yeah the general hope is to boycott the site and hopefully they get a massive reality check money wise. I hope so.