Ladies and gentlemen, it has been a privelege posting with you

Yes, http://imdb2.freeforums.net/ is MUCH more popular. It depends on what one wants to do. If one wants to chat one probably wants lots of people. If one wants to exchange informations about films one needs mostly the people interested in discussions.

I had two IMDb forums I mostly lurked around: Indian Cinema Board (ICB) and Asian Cinema Board.

For Asian film discussions I registered first at https://www.imdforums.com/ and liked the feeling.

I later registered at http://imdb2.freeforums.net/ because ICB has moved there. So I tried out as well http://imdb2.freeforums.net/board/89/asian-cinema. I decidedly prefer imdforums with the smaller community.

The forum https://www.imdforums.com/forums/asian-cinema.118/ is even more active as of today (now 7 threads, 171 replies). I just added some activity at http://imdb2.freeforums.net/board/89/asian-cinema (now 5 threads, 18 replies).

It's totally the other way around for Indian Cinema: 1 thread, 3 replies at https://www.imdforums.com/forums/indian-cinema.120/, but 63 threads, 417 posts on http://imdb2.freeforums.net/board/91/indian-cinema. But since the Indian Cinema Board at IMDb was since years more a chat room than a film discussion board, it's no wonder.

Therefore my impression is, if one likes to chat one might prefer http://imdb2.freeforums.net/. If one looks for a save haven with kindly speaking members one might prefer imdforums. I belong to the second category.

But anyhow, where most of you will migrate to, I will follow you.

--- each brain develops its own preferences  ---