That is completely short-sighted in a business sense, maybe they can't monetize it, but who's going to see the ads on IMDB if many of us have no reason to spend time there anymore?Also you can't "monetize" good will. This creates a lot of good will a

Without movie fan discussion your website has become worthless for a majority of members.The obviously rigged and bogus ratings and reviews of films on IMDB are useless.I may have not posted very frequently but I found the message boards to be an inv

Lara, how much does IMDB pay you to copy/paste the same shill junk over and over?

Bring back the message boards!!!!

I agree! Bring back message boards!

BRING BACK THE MESSAGE BOARDS. YOUR SITE IS CRAP WITHOUT IT. WHAT A STUPID IDEA TO GET RID OF THE MESSAGE BOARDS.  THE ONLY USE IMDB SERVED WAS TO READ VIEWERS MESSAGES AND OPINIONS OF THE MOVIES.  NOW YOUR SITE IS USELESS.

I feel exactly the same way everyone else has already expressed. But I don't believe IMDb cares how we feel. Except for people who pay for membership, we are not important to them. They certainly could have created new rules and a reporting feature t

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Deleting the message boards is a horrible idea. The message boards are the only reason i regularly use IMDb. I use them to read about theories and interpretations about movies, as this is p

Please see the text below from http://www.imdb.com/board/announcementIn 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 expla

Please see the text below from http://www.imdb.com/board/announcementIn 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 expla