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IMDb message boards
Please see the text below from http://www.imdb.com/board/announcement
In addition, we have created a new Get Satisfaction categories for "I Need to Know" to replace the "I Need to Know" message board and "IMDb Poll" to replace the "IMDb Poll" message board. A post on the Contributors Help board explains the migration path from there to the newly renamed Get Satisfaction category "Data Issues & Policy Discussions" (which is an already active community here).
An FAQ on the closure is now available at http://www.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?boardsclosurefaq
IMDb Message Boards Announcement
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.
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/).
Because IMDb’s message boards continue to be utilized by a small but passionate community of IMDb users, we announced our decision to disable our message boards on February 3, 2017 but will leave them open for two additional weeks so that users will have ample time to archive any message board content they’d like to keep for personal use. During this two-week transition period, which concludes on February 19, 2017, IMDb message board users can exchange contact information with any other board users they would like to remain in communication with (since once we shut down the IMDb message boards, users will no longer be able to send personal messages to one another). We regret any disappointment or frustration IMDb message board users may experience as a result of this decision.
IMDb is passionately committed to providing innovative ways for our hundreds of millions of users to engage and communicate with one another. We will continue to enhance our current offerings and launch new features in 2017 and beyond that will help our customers communicate and express themselves in meaningful ways while leveraging emerging technologies and opportunities.
In addition, we have created a new Get Satisfaction categories for "I Need to Know" to replace the "I Need to Know" message board and "IMDb Poll" to replace the "IMDb Poll" message board. A post on the Contributors Help board explains the migration path from there to the newly renamed Get Satisfaction category "Data Issues & Policy Discussions" (which is an already active community here).
An FAQ on the closure is now available at http://www.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?boardsclosurefaq
IMDb Message Boards Announcement
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.
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/).
Because IMDb’s message boards continue to be utilized by a small but passionate community of IMDb users, we announced our decision to disable our message boards on February 3, 2017 but will leave them open for two additional weeks so that users will have ample time to archive any message board content they’d like to keep for personal use. During this two-week transition period, which concludes on February 19, 2017, IMDb message board users can exchange contact information with any other board users they would like to remain in communication with (since once we shut down the IMDb message boards, users will no longer be able to send personal messages to one another). We regret any disappointment or frustration IMDb message board users may experience as a result of this decision.
IMDb is passionately committed to providing innovative ways for our hundreds of millions of users to engage and communicate with one another. We will continue to enhance our current offerings and launch new features in 2017 and beyond that will help our customers communicate and express themselves in meaningful ways while leveraging emerging technologies and opportunities.
kimber_austin_legacy_darmstadt
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tero_lemmetty
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nobody_7029854
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9 years ago
settling near or above the levels seen in the latter half of 2016.
www.alexa.com/siteinfo/imdb.com
As we were told, the boards accounted for just a small and diminishing fraction
of visitor activity. Those of us who imagined otherwise were mistaken.
The boards closure won't have very much of an impact on overall traffic.
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luis_ramos_10p9xeh35u5w5
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140 Points
9 years ago
This is to post my displeasure with the elimination of the Message Boards. I read the reasons posted, but this was my biggest reason for coming to IMDB. The rest of the information available in IMDB could be found in Wikipedia and others. In fact, I had very, very little with the User Reviews as they were usually written at a lower intellectual level than Wikipedia, using unprofessional narration.
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random_account_7ms9s1cjh4tts
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90 Points
9 years ago
http://www.imdb.com/conditions
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sinclair_m_stratton
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156 Points
9 years ago
Ok, now that the message boards are gone i cannot figure out what makes IMDB special? for the past 8 years imdb has been my go to to decide if a movie was worth watching, and it was where i found answers and engaged in conversation about films. If they were removed because they were not popular enough, why cant we be directed to where the conversations ARE??????
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mooshki_mitchell
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130 Points
9 years ago
Why not bring the comments back but only let IMDbPro users have accounts? If people are paying for an account, they aren't likely to post irresponsibly. There actually were a whole lot of great conversations that happened here.
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lori_hargrove_6nq5ga07igm4r
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160 Points
9 years ago
so tragic that imdb dumped all its core users, will just have to find a new hobby, no more imdb :)
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eboy
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69.2K Points
9 years ago
I understand your feelings, but it's still good to see the bigger picture. IMDb is a database first and message forum second. Its core users are those who keep visiting the site and look for information about films, actors, crew, etc. And those who submit/correct/edit/etc information. The site is as important now as it was before the message forums.
Note: This conversation was created from a reply on: boycotting.
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ACT_1
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179.5K Points
9 years ago
Re: IMDb message boards
by Col Needham, Official Rep
Posted 1 month ago
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ACT_l
IMDb member since Sun Apr 30 2000
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur0706096/
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IMDb staff member Col Needham
Founder and CEO of IMDb.
Registered Wed Oct 17 1990
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur1000000/
What Movies Mean To Me: IMDb Founder Col Needham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5pLwaxVhwo
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Col Needham only posted on the Contributors Help Board
which is easy to replace with GetSat
but he 'never' visited Title and People Boards
to read and reply to messages there ???
GetSat is not set up for Users to chat about Titles and People
Other many sites that have IMDb Boards now are not easy to find
Users can not find others Users now - No Friends List - No Private Messages
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Many - Most - Posts on GetSat now are for Polls ?
Not for Contributors Help
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So, Many IMDb Users have left the building
protesting the loss of the Boards
WE need Last Active Date on the Profile page
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur1000000/
as WE had on
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur1000000/boards/
a few 1,000 Users gone will not bother IMDb much
Date | Titles | People | Users | Messages | GetSat Members
Sun Jan 3 2016 | 3,579,619 | 6,954,109 | 64,670,000 | 252,222,500 | 32,575
Sun Jan 1 2017 | 4,055,198 | 7,653,862 | 70,940,000 | 264,684,500 | 44,481
Sun Jan 8 2017 | 4,065,547 | 7,667,743 | 71,170,000 | 264,906,500 | 44,747
Sun Jan 15 2017 | 4,076,782 | 7,681,155 | 71,350,000 | 265,118,500 | 44,978
Sun Jan 22 2017 | 4,082,490 | 7,689,701 | 71,810,000 | 265,333,500 | 45,205
Sun Jan 29 2017 | 4,100,780 | 7,709,516 | 72,150,000 | 265,558,500 | 45,495
Sun Feb 5 2017 | 4,110,913 | 7,721,408 | 72,430,000 | 265,803,500 | 45,847
Sun Feb 12 2017 | 4,121,040 | 7,732,946 | 72,710,000 | 265,991,500 | 46,158
Sun Feb 19 2017 | 4,132,823 | 7,747,710 | 73,060,000 | 266,164,000 | 46,441
The IMDb message boards were disabled on February 20, 2017
Sun Feb 26 2017 | 4,145,013 | 7,759,715 | 73,350,000 | - | 46,841
Sun Mar 5 2017 | 4,159,263 | 7,772,451 | 73,600,500 | - | 47,139
Sun Mar 12 2017 | 4,172,226 | 7,784,957 | 73,900,000 | - | 47,455
Sun Mar 19 2017 | 4,185,052 | 7,799,110 | 74,160,000 | - | 47,714
jodicocovaughn - Mon Feb 20 2017 - Boards closed
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur73070000/
jonnycarmona - Mon Mar 20 2017
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur74170000/ - 1,100,000 new users
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[ IMDb Board Administrator ]
by ACT_l
Sun Feb 5 2017 07:46:00
If IMDb had a Board Administrator
to take care of all those Board Problems here
You know... trolls etc.
Someone WE could send PMS with complaints and comments to
this would help with the Boards
and not pester the Boss and Help Desk
IMDb could keep these Boards active
Oh... there IS a Board Administrator
bbsadmin
IMDb Staff Member
IMDb member since May 1999
IMDb Member 17 years
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur0325874/
Boards Bio
IMDb boards administration account.
Please report abuse via the Report Abuse link
and do not PM this account as messages here are not checked.
Thanks.
Last active Sun Feb 5 2017 06:09
Board Thread Title Date
IMDb Information Happy New Year 2017 from IMDb Sun Jan 1 2017 01:17
Contributors Help Re: PENDING: An illegal torrent site on the IMDb Fri Feb 21 2014 04:43
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IMDb gets their Visitors stats from Alexa ?
Did Alexa count Board visits ?
Boards were blocked from Google and others
http://www.imdb.com/robots.txt
Disallow: /board
Disallow: /boards
Disallow: /name/*/board
Disallow: /title/*/board
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[ Alexa: IMDb Stats ]
by ACT_l
Sun Feb 5 2017 19:00:00
http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000042/thread/265706940?d=265805822#265805822
http://www.alexa.com/
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/imdb.com
Audience Geography
Where are this site's visitors located?
Country Percent of Visitors Rank in Country
China 35.3% 38
United States 18.5% 27
India 4.8% 47
United Kingdom 4.4% 23
Canada 2.4% 24
How engaged are visitors to imdb.com?
Bounce Rate
38.70% 9.00%
Daily Pageviews per Visitor
4.87 12.72%
Daily Time on Site
4:01 8.00%
Where do imdb.com's visitors come from?
What percentage of visits to this site come from a search engine?
[ graph ]
Top Keywords from Search Engines
Which search keywords send traffic to this site?
Keyword
Percent of Search Traffic
1. imdb 1.51%
2. westworld 0.37%
3. rogue one 0.33%
4. suicide squad 0.32%
5. stranger things 0.28%
Upstream Sites
Which sites did people visit immediately before this site?
SitePercent of Unique Visits
1. google.com 16.7%
2. google.co.in 5.3%
3. youtube.com 4.0%
4. wikipedia.org 3.2%
5. google.com.tr 1.7%
What sites link to imdb.com?
Total Sites Linking In 229,2351. yahoo.com ca.finance.ret1p.global.media.yahoo.co...
2. amazon.com amazon.com/(ming-)-tang-xian-zu/e/B00P...
3. ebay.com community.ebay.com/t5/A-Part-time-eBay...
4. baidu.com tieba.baidu.com/f?ie=utf-8&kw=北美票房榜
5. drom.ru forums.drom.ru/garazh/t1151639556-p384...
What sites are related to imdb.com?
Similar Websites by Audience Overlap
1. rottentomatoes.com
2. wikia.com
3. amazon.com
4. reddit.com
5. twitter.com
Where do visitors go on imdb.com?Subdomain Percent of Visitors
imdb.com 99.60%
secure.imdb.com 0.55%
pro-labs.imdb.com 0.50%
m.imdb.com 0.35%
Who visits imdb.com?
[ graphs ]
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Alexa Internet, Inc. is a California-based company
that provides commercial web traffic data and analytics.
It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com.
According to its website,
Alexa provides traffic data, global rankings,
and other information on 30 million websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMDb
The Internet Movie Database (abbreviated IMDb)
is an online database of information related
to films, television programs and video games,
including cast, production crew, fictional characters,
biographies, plot summaries, trivia and reviews,
operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon.com.
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[ Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Boards Closure FAQ ]
by ACT_l
Sat Feb 11 2017 03:10:02
http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000042/thread/265872385?d=265944460#265944460
ANNOUNCEMENT: Boards Closure FAQ
by IMDb Staff Member Col Needham
Tue Feb 7 2017 23:34:22
The message board software is based on outdated technology
that is being phased out across all of IMDb,
clearing the way for more innovation for IMDb customers
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So, you now refer to Users as Customers
You started IMDb to provide information about movies
where people can visit to look up this information ... or add more
You did not start this site to Sell movies
That is what Amazon started to do (and other items)
People do not visit IMDb to Buy movies
People visit Amazon for that
People here are not Customers
The fact that the Boards do not offer 10% off on the latest StarWars
is no reason to delete them
As I suggested here before
just hide the Boards for a while and see what happens
You can bring all the messages back when you change your mind
oh and
Did IMDb hire a new accountant ?
One that just wants to make lots of money
and never watches movies or wants to talk about them
Why not hire a new programmer to improve outdated technology ?
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nancy_w7o8abw5zwij
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238 Points
9 years ago
The greatest value of the IMDb community is that it is a worldwide community with a shared home and a shared way to communicate .
Perhaps the Message Board software isn't the most updated or nimble. And maybe the manners of the participants are not always impeccable, but the community has been an increasingly active and ever growing one-- in no small part due to the messaging boards.
If you take away the past voices (remove past MBs), you violate the complete historical experience of the site. If you complicate the software too much, you will limit your audience since some countries are behind in computer sophistication.
For IMDb users who want a more "sterile" (some would say "professional") experience, the Message Boards need not be accessed. But for rabid film veterans--and for whole new generations of movie/film enthusiasts, there are many lively discussions to be had via Message Boards--and a vibrant world of information, ideas, cultures, and perspectives to be shared within the interactive IMDb community. How fabulous is that?
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deborah_lariscy
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134 Points
9 years ago
You've eliminated one of the key features I, and many others, like about IMDB. The message boards, where viewers could talk about issues, plot lines, actors, reviews, etc in detail. A lot of detail. IF you re doing all the software as your announcement says, you could include the message boards, IMHO. I realize the TROLLS and inappropriate posts are a huge reason you deleted the boards. You left out the good messengers and let the trolls win. Inter active - what is best about IMDB. Well, you just put a huge whole in that part. IF there are reasons were not aware of, ok, but don't leave us in the dark if it was a smaller matter than our satisfaction and discourse. SHame on you
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nancy_stern
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162 Points
9 years ago
I know there were trolls but I found it useful before deciding to go out to a movie or to get an answer on something I missed. I really have no use it for the site beyond showtimes now.
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david_s_issel
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2.1K Points
9 years ago
Looks to me like the polls are getting WAY LESS votes than they used to get before the message boards were shut down.
I wonder if the ads are making way less money for them too...
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bob_laughlin
2 Messages
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100 Points
9 years ago
I loathe change. Especially ill-considered change. The Message Boards enriched my appreciation of two of the best movies of all time: "Barton Fink" and "Angel Heart". I needed help in understanding all the complexity of these movies. Help is needed with almost all of the great Coen brothers' work. Please hoist the developmentally-challenged person who made this decision upon his or her own petard. And bring back the Message Boards immediately.
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