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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.
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179.5K Points
8 years ago
"We're Filmboards.com exclusively now" IMDb is making us change our name.
This is not a Question - Idea - Problem - Praise
can not use Announcements
Have to call it something ...
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From:
https://www.imdbarchive.com/
https://www.imdbarchive.com/board/
https://www.imdbarchive.com/board/p/3141960/
IMDb is making us change our name.
by nimda
https://www.imdbarchive.com/user/13/
Aug. 12, 2017, 4:52 a.m.
starting in a couple weeks, no more imdbarchive.com.
from that point on, we're Filmboards.com.
i purchased the Filmboards.com domain first anyway, so it's all good.
we still got that super-sweet,
first to be registered "IMDb alternative" domain registration date. feb 4th peeps.
only hours after the closing announcement. OG.
some background if you care:
for the past couple months i've been in contact with lawyers representing IMDb
and they're not happy about a couple things here.
the name being the biggest one.
i knew it could be a problem at some point.
it was too good a name to pass up though.
so now it's being decommissioned. they actually wanted to seize it,
but i looked jeff bezos right in the eyes and told him no fucking deal.
i'll maintain ownership of it and just not use it for movie stuff.
i'm not a lawyer, but their claim to the name seemed convincing.
it's been a rumor that IMDb only owned trademarks to that specific formatting (IMDb),
but that's apparently not true.
they own all generic versions of the lettering, including all lowercase, or all capital versions.
here's the proof they sent me:
• IMDb.com owns registrations for IMDB which cover use regardless of capitalization
- i.e. with or without a lower case “b”. See e.g. RN 2609882.
• Additional registrations can be found here (use the Basic Word Mark Search).
another issue IMDb brought up is they don't like the look of this place.
they think it's too close to their old boards.
from what i understand, i'll just have to change a color or two.
the traditional IMDb gold is the main one. anyone have any cool color suggestions?
let me know here!
now, i know a lot of us are hostile to IMDb for removing the boards,
but in this case, they are only acting within their rights to protect their intellectual property.
hopefully we can remain calm. they are not making me say this, btw.
i'm doing this on my own.
a positive relationship is best for all of us and is part of my larger plan.
an ugly e-battle could be harmful. for now.
final note: if you are a lawyer or just in the know,
and you believe any of IMDb's claims are not valid, please let me know.
i do not have any legal representation so i'm mostly just taking IMDb at their word.
some questions you may want to consider.
-since this website, Filmboards.com and IMDb do not share any actual content,
could that enable us to continue using the imdbArchive.com domain,
without infringing on their brand name and trademarks?
-since IMDb no longer even has message boards up,
is their claim of ownership to the design of their disabled message boards still valid?
even if they said they never had any plans to use them again?
i'll probably have more questions if you wish to help. thanks.
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brad_toney
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1.9K Points
8 years ago
Additional IMDb Software Terms
Use of the IMDb Software. You may use the IMDb Software only in connection with the IMDb Services. You may not separate any individual component of the IMDb Software for use other than in connection with the IMDb Services, incorporate any portion of it into your own programs or compile any portion of it in combination with your own programs, transfer it for use with another service, use it, or any portion of it, over a network, or sell, rent, lease, lend, loan, distribute or sub-license the IMDb Software or otherwise assign any rights to the IMDb Software in whole or in part. You may not use the IMDb Software for any illegal purpose. We may discontinue some or all of any IMDb Software we provide, and we may terminate your right to use any IMDb Software at any time and in such event may modify it to make it inoperable. Your rights to use the IMDb Software will automatically terminate without notice from us if you fail to comply with any of these terms. Additional third party terms contained within or distributed with certain IMDb Software that are specifically identified in related documentation may apply to that IMDb Software and will govern the use of that IMDb Software in the event of a conflict with these Conditions of Use.
So if the site is claiming to 've an offshore of Imdb, stole it's property even though they have the right to make changes doesn't that count as a violation. I know if any site stole my posts did I consent like I did when I signed up here? No, it was stolen without being loaned, sold and within imdb's services.
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the_gryphon
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130 Points
8 years ago
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geoff_trotter
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80 Points
8 years ago
After the mid-season break, I found myself at least a week or two behind on all the shows I watched, so I'm just now finding out it was removed :(
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margaret_ryan_7vl652a8e4s1d
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80 Points
8 years ago
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cameron_r_thomas
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80 Points
8 years ago
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ACT_1
8.8K Messages
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179.5K Points
8 years ago
IMDb message boards
Please see the text below from http://www.imdb.com/board/announcement <- Broken link
by Col Needham, Official Rep
Posted 9 months ago
View all 383 replies and continue this conversation.
Someone should count the actuall number of replies...
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Back on the Old Boards (IMDb!!)
Posts had the actual Time & Date in the post
not ... "Posted 1 week ago"
If some one reads My message here next month referring to sample below "TV Listings"
the "Posted 1 week ago" will be confusing
The reply count on SG in not correct
See sample : There are 108 replies ? not 38
Only white background replies are counted
not the ones with grey/gray backgound ??
Clicking on a IMDb User account link
would go directly to the Profile page
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur1000000/
not some ____ popup box have to close to get to the SG Members Profile page
https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/people/col_needham
and WE could see a list of messages posted by that IMDb User
SG displays the Original Posts
started by the GS Member or some other GS Member
and then we have to search thru all the messages in that thread
to find the ones by the Profile page Member
We could edit posted messages for corecksons or updated info
Can not do that here after it gets a reply
IMDb Threads were displayed in Nested view (?)
as
Original Post
... Reply 1
....... Reply 1A
... Reply 2
....... Reply 2A
....... Reply 2B
.......... Reply 2B1
.......... Reply 2B2
....... Reply 2C
GS only has
Original Post
Reply
... Reply
... Reply to ?
... Reply to ?
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Sample:
Why did you take away the TV listings?
by Nathan
Posted 1 week ago
All 38 Replies
https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/why-did-you-take-away-the-tv-listings
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IMDb used to have the actual registration date on Profile page
this was changed to "IMDb member since April 2000
ACT_l
IMDb Member 17 yearsIMDb member since Sun Apr 30 2000
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur0706096/
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angela_cipriani_gonsowski
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140 Points
8 years ago
Bring back the message the boards
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stacey_robinson_kcaf804jruhyq
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312 Points
8 years ago
Please bring them back.
You don't understand what you took away.
It was a great resource for sharing ideas, theories, impressions, emotions.
Now that it's gone, I have no one to talk to after I've seen a movie.
Please re-consider other options, besides just removing them.
There are many who would be happy to work as mods.
Thank you.
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daniel_o_rourke_ignxo5ws129xu
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390 Points
8 years ago
Hello.
I have two complaints to make about your website. First, doing away with the private message system and message board I think was a bad move and secondly I do not like the new layout of the website. The website is rapidly going downhill as far I am concerned and I feel a return to the original layout and system is in order.
Thank you
Danny
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dtinhi
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1.1K Points
8 years ago
I feel bad that contributors have pulled their contributions from trivia, etc., bc it's really fun. I hope someone else picks up imdb at some point who "gets it" in the way it was originally meant to be. Great source. I also go to wikipedia far mor often than I used to for specific movies, TV shows, and actors. It's just not all organized the same across the board like imdb is, so if I go to imdb, it's bc it's handier.
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cornelia_shields
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718 Points
8 years ago
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sean_5277645
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336 Points
8 years ago
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matthew_mcginley
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200 Points
8 years ago
A big mistake to get rid of the message boards. Me thinks it had more to do with paying moderators and loss of revenue somewhere. This is the most useful feature of the site, besides spotting goofs, and you're taking it away. Brilliant. Wow. Biggest fail I've seen in the last 20 years. Huge disappointment.
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Horst
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14.9K Points
8 years ago
The boards were a mess to be fair. But yeah, a site of imdb's financial proportions could have managed it without a doubt with paid moderators for example. Instead they shut everybody up.
Note: This conversation was created from a reply on: Why did you get rid of the message boards???.
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