IMDB forums are shutting down.

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>>1773907
No they're not.

>>1773932
http://www.imdb.com/board/announcement

>>1773944
wow what the fuck? Why is there no big news about this? They're throwing away almost 20 years of history, even if it's just people complaining all the time. This actually bothers me.

Cash in on this man, no one wants to fucking transition from a forum to Facebook/Twitter those platforms are not sufficient for actual discussion. Create the next IMDb message board.

>>1773907
Why are they shutting down?

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>>1773959
>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 and other bullshit social media

>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.

>>1773968
Tldr

>>1773972
iMDB is trying to be innovative by going backwards.
It's a running trend for 2017. This is a good year for smaller businesses because large companies have brain worms.

>>1773956
The filmspotting forum is pretty much this

>>1773959
Raw, unfiltered feedback in the forums could possible have been something that bothered movie studios. I'm guessing the studios pressured Amazon either investing more in moderating negative feedback or shut it down completely.

>>1774062
The problem is that obscure movies don't have enough fanbase to garner any discussion in places like that. That's why IMDB forums were so unique

Fuck it. All IMDBs boards were, were /pol-tards upset about liberal themes in movies. Let the pol-slags run their own boards, or make their own movies (lel).

But yeah, if you can find a niche here, go for it.