IMDB GOING DARK


IMPORTANT: 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. See more


Unless this is some sort of cruel joke- Imdb is going away on the 20th,



**~Not my circus, not my monkeys...~**

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I know, Rod. What ever are you going to do with all your extra time? So many people to harass and so little time left to do it.





**~Not my circus, not my monkeys...~**

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IMDB 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 couldn't agree with them more.

<“Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking, Nerf-herder!” — Princess Leia to Han>

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Congratulations Tankitty, you killed IMDB.

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I didn't over tax IMDB with useless posts.

Face it Kitty, you are the reason IMDB is giving up.

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I'm not the one who

No, but you are the one who

Sexually harasses other users - https://postimg.org/image/ga37m36c7/

Stalks users around IMDB - https://postimg.org/image/xqgyd2h0p/

Privately messages users threats or dirty messages - https://postimg.org/image/j3bb069t3/

Privately messages users telling them you know where they work & their private work addresses

Private messages users claiming to be users you are obsessed with - https://postimg.org/image/7olcpl4z7/

Uses multiple accounts to flood board with dirty posts- https://postimg.org/image/z5l8mhrix/

Writes dirty stories about users husbands - https://postimg.org/image/74535zfs9/

Writes dirty stories about young kids - https://postimg.org/image/djyz93xj1/
Writes crazy stories about actors
Writes crazy interviews about users - https://postimg.org/image/3tpva9hwz/

Writes lies about users children being taken away by CPS
Writes lies about users being an alcoholic

Posts the same crazy message hourly because it's removed by IMDb - https://postimg.org/image/ng6g4qmax/

Posts photos of your privates on Twitter - (I won't post a link to his ugly small thing)
Writes death stories about a user
Writes death stories about a users children
Writes death stories about being a woman with children - https://postimg.org/image/5offp0kjx/

Writes racists & hate posts about users - https://postimg.org/image/wxh16nn1f/

Gangs up on users with sock accounts - https://postimg.org/image/vlwmt5fpv/

Makes mock accounts about other users - https://postimg.org/image/nfpohm0n7/
https://postimg.org/image/xui2l2gpt/

Goes to boards where celebrities have died & makes fun of users in grief - https://postimg.org/image/k3x9dabah/

Follows users around the boards calling them users you are obsessed with - https://postimg.org/image/8g0hrzl75/

Makes fun of children's changing bodies - https://postimg.org/image/6sstiakk7/

Writes posts saying another user has died - https://postimg.org/image/ad8ca75ct/
https://postimg.org/image/oss03j4jb/

Wishes other users have died - https://postimg.org/image/xui2l2gpt/

Goes to boards where users posts and lies to others they are a female you are obsessed with

Write perverted posts about users -
https://postimg.org/image/shk8896uf/

More than one user went to the police because of YOU


I'd say you being outed on here then had the tables turned on you was very well deserved.

Poor little you was stalked for less than a weekend & you just couldn't handle it but
you stalked, harassed and tormented other users for at least 2yrs that I know of. How do you think they felt?

Trust me you pervert, EVERY ONE is so glad your playground is being taken away. YOU have hurt so many people here with your disgusting, perverted mind. I'm not going to respond to you or your socks. So reply all you want.

Just like you did this with your nutty posts this past week this message here can easily be reposted for all to see who you are and what you have done to others.

Images are from Bookman, myself and other users. More images will be added. If any of you have your own which I know you do from what Bookman told me months ago just message me & I'll tell you where to upload them. I will edit out your user name & profile picture if requested.

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Going through all those posts, you realize he really is just a frustrated, failed writer.

Edit: trying to prove on a message board that he has something to say worth reading.

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o, but you are the one who

Sexually harasses other users - https://postimg.org/image/ga37m36c7/

Stalks users around IMDB - https://postimg.org/image/xqgyd2h0p/

Privately messages users threats or dirty messages - https://postimg.org/image/j3bb069t3/

Privately messages users telling them you know where they work & their private work addresses

Private messages users claiming to be users you are obsessed with - https://postimg.org/image/7olcpl4z7/

Uses multiple accounts to flood board with dirty posts- https://postimg.org/image/z5l8mhrix/

Writes dirty stories about users husbands - https://postimg.org/image/74535zfs9/

Writes dirty stories about young kids - https://postimg.org/image/djyz93xj1/
Writes crazy stories about actors
Writes crazy interviews about users - https://postimg.org/image/3tpva9hwz/

Writes lies about users children being taken away by CPS
Writes lies about users being an alcoholic

Posts the same crazy message hourly because it's removed by IMDb - https://postimg.org/image/ng6g4qmax/

Posts photos of your privates on Twitter - (I won't post a link to his ugly small thing)
Writes death stories about a user
Writes death stories about a users children
Writes death stories about being a woman with children - https://postimg.org/image/5offp0kjx/

Writes racists & hate posts about users - https://postimg.org/image/wxh16nn1f/

Gangs up on users with sock accounts - https://postimg.org/image/vlwmt5fpv/

Makes mock accounts about other users - https://postimg.org/image/nfpohm0n7/
https://postimg.org/image/xui2l2gpt/

Goes to boards where celebrities have died & makes fun of users in grief - https://postimg.org/image/k3x9dabah/

Follows users around the boards calling them users you are obsessed with - https://postimg.org/image/8g0hrzl75/

Makes fun of children's changing bodies - https://postimg.org/image/6sstiakk7/

Writes posts saying another user has died - https://postimg.org/image/ad8ca75ct/
https://postimg.org/image/oss03j4jb/

Wishes other users have died - https://postimg.org/image/xui2l2gpt/

Goes to boards where users posts and lies to others they are a female you are obsessed with

Write perverted posts about users -
https://postimg.org/image/shk8896uf/

More than one user went to the police because of YOU

I'd say you being outed on here then had the tables turned on you was very well deserved.

Poor little you was stalked for less than a weekend & you just couldn't handle it but
you stalked, harassed and tormented other users for at least 2yrs that I know of. How do you think they felt?

Trust me you pervert, EVERY ONE is so glad your playground is being taken away. YOU have hurt so many people here with your disgusting, perverted mind. I'm not going to respond to you or your socks. So reply all you want.

Just like you did this with your nutty posts this past week this message here can easily be reposted for all to see who you are and what you have done to others.

Images are from Bookman, myself and other users. More images will be added. If any of you have your own which I know you do from what Bookman told me months ago just message me & I'll tell you where to upload them. I will edit out your user name & profile picture if requested.



😄😀😂😘😈😸👌👋

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Bookman recommended this site for message boards:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/

Edit: this is their Goldbergs message board:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=1108

I haven't found a pretzels and milk forum yet!

Btw I've been through a bag of pretzels in the past week, just dipping them in peanut butter. I haven't tried them with milk yet.

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You killed IMDB. God you are a worthless twat.

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This memo was just sent to me by Jeannette_Mary, via private message. She wanted me to share it with all of you.

"Ok, so the results just came back from the lab, and yes, dammit, I have Herpes. I thought something was wrong, since my vajayja was constantly oozing, and there were all these sores around my ass crack. That's what I get for letting that bum use my Hershey Highway. You'd think I would've learned, after that incident at college. Apparently, I didn't, and now, I'm stuck.

This is almost as bad as the abortion I had in 1977. I didn't want to get rid of my kid, but there was no way I was gonna go to high school pregnant. They already thought I was a hore, so you can imagine what my showing up 8 months pregnant would make them think.

Oooo! I hope this cream works! I am all seriously itchy!"

Jeannette

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This memo was just sent to me by Jeannette_Mary, via private message. She wanted me to share it with all of you.

"Ok, so the results just came back from the lab, and yes, dammit, I have Herpes. I thought something was wrong, since my vajayja was constantly oozing, and there were all these sores around my ass crack. That's what I get for letting that bum use my Hershey Highway. You'd think I would've learned, after that incident at college. Apparently, I didn't, and now, I'm stuck.

This is almost as bad as the abortion I had in 1977. I didn't want to get rid of my kid, but there was no way I was gonna go to high school pregnant. They already thought I was a hore, so you can imagine what my showing up 8 months pregnant would make them think.

Oooo! I hope this cream works! I am all seriously itchy!"


Mary you have strange fantasies. My God Mary, it really sucks to be you.

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Mary you have strange fantasies. My God Mary, it really sucks to be you.


Did you say something, you whining bitch? Go back to the AIDS clinic.

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You killed IMDB. God you are a worthless twat.


Hello, dicklick.

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Hello, dicklick.


Is that supposed to be an insult? Ultimate fail.

I'm gay. Of course I have licked a few dicks.

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Unfortunately, the sitcoms board doesn't work well on phones. I use IMDB on mainly on my phone. Does anyone know of a phone friendly alternative?

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That's too bad. I really liked these boards. I had some good discussions over the yrs. But it does seem to have gotten quite hostile over the last couple of yrs. I gather they just didn't want to do with the crap anymore. I wish they would reconsider though. But I don't know what safeguards they could put in place. Sad announcement.

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speedy,

they are just passing the buck.

Sure some message boards get hijacked and go to the negative, but IMDB expects something different on Facebook or Twitter?








I don't let anyone hot-comb out my HAIRitage!

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I agree. I don't like the decision at all. I actually know someone who works at IMDB. So I might find out what the deal is. We will see.

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Please do, Speedy. If it's money I'd be willing to pay a small monthly or yearly fee to keep up the cost of running the boards &amp; moderators. But sounds like IMDB has already made up their minds.

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This is a post from the Riverdale board about IMDB responding to users about the message boards going away:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5420376/board/nest/265788974

This is the link in that thread to a post by the head of IMDB:

http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000042/nest/265706940?p=5&d=265758475#265758475

This is an excerpt from that post (there is a lot more about how they have been upgrading IMDB):

"For years, our customers have done nothing but complain about how the boards are run, what features are missing and how angry they are about how other users have treated them. This is reflected in the relative traffic shrinkage of the boards. We have reached the point where most of our customers do not even know they exist; many that do know about them have been scared away after bad experiences. We have lost a non-trivial number of customers due to bad experiences on the boards. This is wrong on so many levels."

From the excerpt:

most of our customers do not even know they [the message boards] exist;


Maybe this explains why the ratings on a show's homepage can be high while the consensus of the message board posters for the same show is something like "It should have been cancelled last season!"

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Here's a link to the post by Col Needham, the head of IMDB, again:

http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000042/nest/265706940?p=5&d=265758475#265758475

If you count down 13 replies to that post (including deleted ones), currently 19 posts altogether, there is a post by "ydobon-1" - see if you don't recognize the tone and style.

This link should go to that post (used the chain icon):

http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000042/nest/265706940?p=6&d=265761784#265761784

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I should have highlighted this part of the excerpt:

many that do know about them [the message boards] have been scared away after bad experiences. We have lost a non-trivial number of customers due to bad experiences on the boards. This is wrong on so many levels."

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We have lost a non-trivial number of customers due to bad experiences on the boards.


I think he's saying that trolls on the message boards are driving users away and threatening the whole site.

Edit: you can't stop trolls so you have to get rid of the message boards.

Edit: here's another excerpt from the last paragraph of Col Needham's post:
I love our boards. I ignore trolls. I am going to be sorry when the boards close.

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For IMDB to make this decision, they must have arrived at the conclusion that message boards like this have a fatal flaw: they end up with a high concentration of abusive posters - even if they are all just one person. I don't know why IMDB allows people to have multiple accounts, but yuckyflappy has assured us it's not against the rules. As long as that's the case there will be people who will do it to create artificial activity, play good cop bad cop, and draw in unsuspecting people who only came to discuss. In time most of those people will leave and the result will be a higher concentration of abusive posters.

It reminds me of the way uranium is enriched.

It also points to the need to be able to identify people absolutely, which is what leads to the mark of the beast.

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I don't know why IMDB allows people to have multiple accounts, but yuckyflappy has assured us it's not against the rules.


Why should it be against the rules? Grace is Bookman. She's also Jeannette_Mary and KrazyKuntgrl. Nothing wrong with it.

Trouble is, you want your own personal playground, and you want to play by your own rules. Uh-uh, doesn't work that way, Sally.

Face it. You've lost. Actually, you lost with your first posting. And no amount of crying or begging or signing petitions is gonna stop the message boards from disappearing.

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Another gem from yuckyflappy:

Trouble is, you want your own personal playground


!!!!!


Edit: I guess the logic is, he outnumbers us, all by himself.

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I used to think you were just a fool, but now I know you have the brainpower of a glow-worm.

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What a bunch of idiots.

These fools...

This closure marks the end of communication for one of the largest free message boards on the Internet.

Have fun on Facebook kids...

Soapy swirls here, sponges and a squeegee there...

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