Not enough people here

Judging from the statement that IMDb posted on their site on Sunday early a.m., I get the impression that later this year they plan to trot out some new sort of thing that has the opportunities of the old message boards system, but that has more protections, and is more controlled.

Yeah: I hear the IMDb has been getting crucified on their Facebook and Twitter pages. Good! :)

Great on both accounts :)!!!
I wonder in what way more controlled? Do you happen to have a link to that information, please?

I read the boards but rarely posted as I use Twitter or Reddit for that sort of thing. However, I appreciate the effort to save the individual boards so I will try to post here in hopes that it will catch on. Good luck!

Hmmm: The statement that IMDb posted on their site the other early a.m., that was also there yesterday, is now gone, I see. I posted it elsewhere yesterday somewhere. Lemme see if I can find it. (brb IF I can find it)

Here we go. This was IMDb's statement of Sunday early a.m.: "The IMDb message boards were disabled on February 20, 2017. This included the Private Message system. 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."

Thanks, I appreciate it!

To me that sounds like they'll introduce a new system later this year via which we can "meaningfully" communicate, share, and interact. So, while it likely won't be message boards, it may be something along related type general lines.