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Petition to keep the IMDB messageboards going

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Gareth Burton
9 years ago

Don't close them please

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Seán Harte Barry
9 years ago

My favourite thing about IMDB is the message boards on each film.

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Michelle Emslie
9 years ago

Great post!

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Pol O' Murchú
9 years ago

Like everyone else that's signed, I'm hoping a campaign such as this petition might convince IMDb to change their mind.

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Snookid
9 years ago

Agree. Message boards should live on, just for the mere fact that the movie info we have on the rest of the page can never compete with what like-minded and genuine movie lovers bring to the board discussions. It's going to be all rotten tomatoes.

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Allison Collins
9 years ago

I read the message boards of every film I watch, even if I rarely post. I will definitely use IMDB less if the boards go away, because that's a huge part of why I use it.

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Vincent Simpkins
9 years ago

Don't take away this great source of info for movie fans.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Movies and TV Show fandom, shipping, and discussions we're born on the IMDb forums. Readers can't forget shows like LOST, X-Files, etc and the connection with Fandom on the boards during those times. FANDOM WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. A part of what made the internet great, dies on Feb 20th.

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Henry Grochowski
9 years ago

Message boards are the best feature on the website.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Please do not take away message boards. Please, pretty please! I live for the message boards, it is so part of my life that I don't know how I can live without it.

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Philip Davidson
9 years ago

The vast majority of the time (which is OFTEN AND ONGOINGLY) when I visit IMDb and its wonderful message boards, I'm doing so in regards to old movies - particularly ones of the Silent through 1940s era - that I have no one and nowhere else to have interesting and intelligent communication or conversation about. On the treasure that is the IMDb boards, I can - and very frequently do - have pleasant, and often downright delightful, folks to interact, communicate, and share with about those movies, who actually also have seen the same long ago and/or obscure, and/or foreign, titles and who know EXACTLY what I'm talking about, are personally familiar with them, and who have their own opinions and insights to share, and who may be able to answer my questions about something I perhaps didn't understand regarding the story, or who can tell me what happened during an ending, or 5-10 minutes here or there, that I missed, or what a character said that I couldn't hear the words clearly, or what does something translate to that a character spoke in a foreign tongue (in an otherwise English-language movie), or how much in 2017 USD would $4 in 1940 USD be. A great many of the movies I especially gravitate to are lesser known, and of very long ago, that there definitely isn't ANYWHERE else online with specific message boards that other viewers and fans of that PRECISE movie can check to see what others have posted. Ditto regarding old-time actors and actresses who are not household names today, therefore who only the most dedicated vintage movie fans are familiar with either the names or the work of. IMDb message boards are a true treasure, and an invaluable unique resource, where anyone around the world can have interesting, rewarding, and enjoyable interaction with others. Ditto, of course, regarding current/recent movies and t.v. series, actors/actresses, etc. I enjoy the IMDb boards tremendously for current/recent fare (particularly t.v. series), too. But for the recent/curre

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Keep the boards!

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Art Fowler
9 years ago

Terrible idea. Even worse than SciFi channel renaming themselves to Syfy.

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Carmine
9 years ago

Please don't shut it down! Thanks!

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Charles Crawley
9 years ago

The boards are very interesting and informative. If you kill them you are seriously compromising the entire website. Don't do this.....give us, the folks that really enjoy the boards a break...don't disappoint so many who love the site the way it is.

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GC
9 years ago

Worst decision ever, the message boards are the best part of imdb

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Mipermips
9 years ago

Keep it!

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Dakota
9 years ago

Please keep the message boards! How can fans ask questions, post comments, praise or criticize stuff re a film or TV show if you close the mesage boards?

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Phil
9 years ago

Only reason to go on site Who wants a review of a tv show from 5 years ago Dumb move IMDb

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Mary Pearson
9 years ago

I love the message boards! I read them in every movie/show/actor that I come to IMDB to look up!