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http://www.avclub.com/article/imdb-shutting-down-its-message-boards-249704.html
http://independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/imdb-message-boards-shut-down-why-films-a7562701.html
Furthermore here we have good moderators and the good old IFM trick... You'll hear about it... ;)
Yes, at the risk of sounding sycophantic - the mods here are excellent. Especially considering other message boards and forums around the web. It's not as automated as IMDB or trigger happy or vindictive as some boards. There are a couple of boards - particularly sporting ones I was on where the mods were driven by popularity or their cliques. Here they're reasoned and accountable - vital qualities in the enjoyment of any online community.
The reason I stopped posting on the IMDb forums was because it was infested with loser trolls. This place is thankfully a safe haven; trolls like kermode wouldn't last a week before being banned and if they tried making sock accounts/stupid discussions, those would be banned in short order as well, so the new comers have nothing to fear in that regard. Really I'm thankful more than anything that kermode will be shut up forever.
Or has it been dissolved?
Thank you, @j_w_pepper. :)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1811856615806472/
Yes, I quite understand. I'm not the greatest fan of Facebook myself but I do have an account on it.
Could this be the reason?
Yes, I've been outed. My crazy cat videos are my shame!
It sure is. The best.
Yes I must admit, Kermode will not be missed. He was like a low-rent version of Altenba.
It's a shame to hear that Mark went from being a respected critic to a despised forum troll. How the mighty can fall...
It's a shame to hear that Mark went from being a respected critic to a despised forum troll. How the mighty can fall...[/quote]
Believe me, that fellow was never respected.
It's a shame to hear that Mark went from being a respected critic to a despised forum troll. How the mighty can fall...[/quote]
Believe me, that fellow was never respected.
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I fear my joke was too obscure...
I expected some final IMDb Message Board activity the evening of 19 February. That was not to be. IMDb shut down 7:23 PM EST that night. With their standard message that they were shutting down the next day 20 February.
Last noteworthy posts included TrevorAclea's recognition for the creation of the James Bond Board (at the behest of Rollo_Tomassi, I believe, who petitioned the admins). It was an improvement over using the latest/next Bond film as a gathering point, and added to useful discussion.
A chronic mischiefmaker also got his final comeuppance. His farewell post to the audience he trolled finally got a response--from the poster that some time back punked the punk by offering up to the world the accusation that Mr. mischief was involved in the studio fires at Pinewood. That generated some unexpected entertainment at the expense of mischief's thin skin and guilty conscience back in the day, and was totally appropriate to revisit in the final hours of messaging.
Anyway, mischief was miffed and deleted his original post, complaining about the "childish" and unfair response. But that didn't stop the deleted trail from getting bumped a couple times. A funny end.
And so:
Oh, my God.
(SIGHS)
(CHUCKLES)
(SIGHS)
Of course.
It had to be here.
It had to be this way.
Thank you.
Fair winds and following seas to the regulars and the irregulars. RTB, out.
Ooh, let's get a ™ on that!
Just don't eat all the biscuits.
Yes, Weights and Measures will be on to us otherwise!
2. Ring, no need to be coy/espionagy. We know you are a key REAL cardholder, as well as bylaw tracker. Not that said cards seem to hold much weight here, but still.
3. The REAL criteria holds to a method. Our methods are very exacting. We never like to speak until we're absolutely certain that there can be no possibility of error on our side or forgery on anyone else's.
Surely I can't be the only one who loved the IMDb Kermodes? Harmless, as well as funny in their absurd fascination with flared trousers, Wellington boots and Police Academy Movies. And those "film analyses"! I hesitate to even call them trolls.
Just me? I'll be on my way, then.
Edit: okay, maybe in some way, they were disruptive to the community in adding those fake movies to the database. But they weren't aggresive in message board conversations. They were, well... always reasonable and sensible.