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What was your previous forum?

posted 5 years ago by SoapboxQuantez08 (646)
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I was on filmboards for 8 months, and got so tired of the drama on there.

There's too much favoritism, with staff members being on a first-name basis with posters (some being obvious trolls).

Well, the good thing is I'm here, and all that is behind me. Legit story.

[–] BuckSwope (3511) 5 years ago

It's the same all over. MODs here have preferences. It's human nature.

[–] SoapboxQuantez08 (646) 5 years ago

I think there's no comparison.
On FB, you have people being stalked on Facebook, followed by the "stalkee" making threads complaining about it, third parties making threads giving their 2 cents, etc.

[–] BuckSwope (3511) 5 years ago

Welcome to Moviechat!

[–] SoapboxQuantez08 (646) 5 years ago

🤝

[–] kuku (3510) 5 years ago

Mods in this forum are very good. They watch the forum, but they don't intervene unless it's clearly necessary.

It's true that there's users that escalate quickly to name-calling, but that's a very minor issue, and I'd rather have that than being afraid of what you can or can not say in the forum.

[–] dmac8 (5050) 5 years ago

imdb-->MC briefly-->reddit briefly-->sports team forum that liked to talk movies/tv as well, but it closed down-->back to MC.

But MC is no imdb.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I tried https://www.themoviedb.org/ but there is nothing going on there.

[–] SoapboxQuantez08 (646) 5 years ago

Yeah, it's pretty disappointing active-wise.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

they seem to be trying to create a database to compete with imdb. good luck.

[–] Kowalski (76245) 5 years ago

IM ON THERE AS WELL,AND FILMBOARDS...THEY BOTH SUCK SOOOO BAD,COMPARED TO MOVIECHAT.

[–] Stratego (30576) 5 years ago

IMDb. I registered at IMDb2, TMDb and filmboards around the same time as here, but they were not my style.

[–] Kowalski (76245) 5 years ago

HACKER-TOWN,DEADSVILLE,& TROLL CITY...LIKEWISE I REGISTERED AT ALL 4,SAME TIME..THEY HAVE ALL FALLEN OFF MY RADAR BUT MOVIECHAT.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

good descriptions of all three.

[–] Forky (1739) 5 years ago

FILMBOARDS!

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

SUCKS!!

[–] Kowalski (76245) 5 years ago

IS WHERE YOU GO IF YOU WANT TO BE RAPED AND INSULTED.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77566) 5 years ago

Glad you like it here Forky
A credible crowd and some good movie/TV discussion

[–] Forky (1739) 5 years ago

THANKS!

[–] slimone (7996) 5 years ago

IMDB.com

[–] zephyr_cape (2979) 5 years ago

IMDb. I also have accounts at all the other IMDb fallout forums, and occasionally lurk filmboards, but this is the only one of the bunch I participate in.

I also am often on reddit, and once in a while hit up a bunch of other special effects, music, audio engineering, etc forums, most of which I've just been on for ages. On rare occasion, but certainly more often than is healthy, I poke around 4chan.

[–] bohemianroxie (2478) 5 years ago

Before this I was at IMDb and ended up, as many others, registering at all those other places and ending up settling here. I also go to Reddit occasionally for specific shows or topics.

Before IMDb I was at an international forum called Mallfriends and moderated on the USA board. I sometimes got a lot of flack from some Americans for being impartial concerning certain foreigners. I really bent over backwards wanting to treat everyone fairly and not play favorites and they didn't always make it easy..
Being a moderator is a thankless job.

[–] SoapboxQuantez08 (646) 5 years ago

I kept the same name from IMDb.
I don't think I can get into Reddit, and haven't even made an account.
If something were to happen to this site, I'd migrate to MovieForums.
If something happened to both, I'd simply retire from forums altogether.