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Just found this site


And holy hell how did you get all of the old threads from imdb? That's crazy. I can't imagine how long it would take to copy/paste every movie's threads.

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Lol I really doubt he manually copy/pasted each thread. Google web scraping.

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There is archiving software for databases available HeadlessHoncho, but I've never used it, so I can't shed any details. Hopefully the way that it works is that it allows the ability to take a β€œsnapshot” of a site, and then Jim can restore the old threads at his leisure. It would be beyond awesome to have all of the IMDB archives available here.

I'm happy to see that Jim has taken the time to create this site. If it shapes up the way that I hope it will, I'll be making a donation.

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I second what wanton said.

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How did you find it exactly?
I found it because it was being posted on some other imdb alt-sites.

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Jim did something clever with uploading archives of IMDb's boards.

And welcome to MovieChat!

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Welcome. Ignore the trolls and have a great time

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Welcome...
Please share a link to this site in all of your social media circles. Let them know that if they were a fan of IMDb message boards, that most of the posts are here. Please help spread the word. The more people who sign up, the better!! 😊😊😊😊

Edit: Aww hell, that post was from a month ago lol...

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Yeah, that got me, too. Oh well. They can be welcomed again. XD

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For those of us who didn't welcome you tight off a month ago, HeadlessHoncho, youll be getting a few more notifications..πŸ™„

Welcome, Headless Honcho!!!😁

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