Why did IMDB get rid of it's forums?
Why didn't people move to this website whenever IMDB got rid of it's forums?
shareWe did.. that's why we're posting here.
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MovieChat Forums > Stillwater (2021) Discussion > Why did IMDB get rid of it's forums?
IMDB was getting pressure from celebrities, actors, directors, etc. about being criticized for their crappy movies and perverted lifestyles.
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sharetrue....... they would not have any criticism of their shitty and/or woke movies...... right now they are even deleting regular movie reviews by users.... google the stories for yourself.
just amazing, they have sunk to a new low. π³
Maybe now but that was not what the reason was 3 years ago....
shareThe reason a few years ago made no sense. It was to "protect users from harassment" or some such nonsense. Nevermind you could block/ignore other users so who or what were they protecting and from whom? Trolls? You'll find them on any user-interactive community.
Tom8's assessment rings a little closer to the truth even though that's not the official reasons they gave. The official reasons they gave made zero sense.
Amen
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shareNo it was because of intense trolling from a user named naemik, who somehow was able to create hundreds of sock puppet accounts and was stalking, trying to destroy the ceo of imdb's family using the message boards. There were hundreds of screenshots around the time it all went down. He would send stuff to his daughters, really nasty sexual stuff, endless harassment.
One guy destroyed everything. thanks, naemik.
He was a Nolanite too.
shareNot exactly. They pay big money for Imdb Pro and they don't like basement trolls trashing them on the forums. Col Needham goes to events and got a earful.
sharebullshit, users could just block anyone they did not like talking to.
real reason for imdb board shutdown: censorship
More to do with racism and derogatory language. It was becoming what you would see on Twitch chats or the dark channels on Discord. Kiddies with attitude and stuff like that. I wish the actors and such would come on here and chat as well, I miss those interactions. Felt like the crew cared and listened or rather engaged where you felt validated in voicing some of your opinions so you change your views on things or learn something new.
shareThey got rid of them because it cost money to monitor and maintain the boards. Amazon bought IMDB. It is used as a means for monetary gain now not loss. Why would they spend money to moderate a bunch of fighting nerds????
shareof course, Amazon does not have any money.. right! moron!
shareWhy would they spend money on something that they get nothing from?
sharethey got plenty from it.... people talking and discussing about movies!!
in case you haunt noticed it, movie ticket sales are down, fewer people care about woke hollywood movies anymore. and this place, moviechat, is one of the few places left.
and this place right here do not generate one 10th of the traffic imdb boards had.
fewer people talking about something...... = less interest and money
The actual reason. It is costly to maintain the boards.
shareYeah. That what I said....
sharewhats the cost to maintain chat boards? the forums were active for around 20 years then suddenly they cant afford it?
makes no sense...
Cost of maintaining / moderating the boards to the satisfaction of those Amazon wanted to mine for cash (the movie biz) made it a negative sum game to keep the forum. To make sense of corporate decisions you just have to follow the money.
sharegood point, word of mouth did spread fast on IMDb, maybe it affected studios bottom line.
IMDb also started the trend of disabling comments/chat boards on other websites. Yahoo and WAPO are 2 that I remember, and I also find it highly coincidental that IMDb shut down a few weeks after Trump took office in 2017.
maybe its just a coincidence?
Amazon consolidated its review process for content associated with its product (physical media and digital) and decided that it was time to control how that content was reviewed without subjective pandering, trolling, and 3rd party propaganda. It use to have an open forum with dedicated moderators but they're now in charge of monitoring customer reviews of all of their content and products. It doesn't make sense to dedicate labor to a open forum where users can register and troll 24/7.
share"now in charge of monitoring customer reviews"
yes, they are now deleting user movie reviews .. and you are fine with that.
china asked so
shareBecause idiots didn't know the difference between it's and its.
shareMost people left or never post because of the poor moderation here and how offensive it is for children, or civilized human beings.
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