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Petition to keep the IMDB messageboards going

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Paul McDermott
9 years ago

I love film and television and have been using IMDb for a decade to learn, explore and share discussion about actors and films that I may not have come across without it. I have no interest in switching to other social media forums and will no doubt only use IMDb in future to glance at an actors credits, if the proposed deletion of the message boards goes ahead. Admittedly, there are some foolish comments from certain people on the boards, which I can only assume is the reason for this as a way to save time and money administrating them. However, by deleting the boards only lets the trolls win and in doing so tarnishes what IMDb was set up for, as a way to share a love of film and television!

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G Bales
9 years ago

I love this site and the boards. I'm hopeful you'll give third thoughts to closing them.

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Lawrence Gravett
9 years ago

Who's bonehead idea was this?

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Evan
9 years ago

Don't close it, it's great for seeing what others thought about a movie or show you just watched and see the things they critique about it and ask members about questions you had of the film.

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Nanette
9 years ago

Please don't shut this valuable service; the ability to visit and discuss films, shows, actors, etc,, spanning a century is priceless!

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Trey Lindekugel
9 years ago

IMDB would truly be lacking without message boards. I go to the message boards to check movie opinions daily and the site/app would truly be lacking without the option to do so.

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Jill Gettelson
9 years ago

IMDB is useless w/o it.

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Deanna Lamb
9 years ago

I'd hate to see this go. My kids have used this open forum to discuss film, etc for over a decade. It would be a tragedy to lose it as it's still one of the best!!

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Please dont shut us down!

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M Cassone
9 years ago

I hope you will rethink this terrible decision. Many IMDB fans like myself will not have much reason to visit the site at all without the message boards.

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Kenny Cotter
9 years ago

Don't let a minority of idiots ruin it for the majority who use it right.

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Ben Budde
9 years ago

Please don't close one of the most important parts of this website. I LOVE the message boards and visit them several times a day. Something would really be lost without them.

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Theresa Madej
9 years ago

Please keep the message boards!

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Anonymous
9 years ago

One of the only reasons I use IMDb is to look up the messaging boards and see other people's interpretations of movies!

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deembastille
9 years ago

twit-ter sucks as well as facebook. printrest is a cesspool of anyone's crap, even crap that has nothing to do with what you searched. tumblr is fun but I don't see it as being as interactive as imdb,

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Tanya
9 years ago

It won't help, but I'll sign it, because I want the forums to remain. If you get rid of the boards and PM's, IMDb is going to be just another Wikipedia, nothing more. Is that what you want? Drastic decisions like this never helped a company. It won't help you.

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Zwielicht
9 years ago

I visit IMDb only because of its forum. I rarely write but I love to read others thoughts on films, for hours sometimes. Please don't take this unique and awesome place away.

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Greta
9 years ago

The message boards on IMDB.com is one of my favorite features of the site. I have been using the site for almost 20 years.

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Dean Schoenike
9 years ago

Please do not take away the imdb boards.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

IMDb, I hope you realise that Twitter With its 240 characters limitation is just not the alternative if you want an in depth analyses. Keep the boards going!