IMDb = scum

Hope they lose their shirts and suffer a lingering, horrid, and ignominious demise.

What imdb did was disgusting. And it wasn't because of trolls or people being called names. They couldn't figure out a way to monetize it and killed it off. Pure and simple.

It is impossible to fathom the depths with which I utterly execrate these wicked worthless wolves, Col Needham and Jeff Bezos, and all they and those like them represent. To call them wolves is a slander upon wildlife and to call them bastards is an insult to the illegitimate. I had barely settled into a passably normal sleep pattern following the disastrous 2016 election when these pinheads couldn't let well enough alone and restrain themselves despite all objections, remonstrances, and plain common sense, from obliterating the heart and soul of the best website in existence devoted to television and film and those who love these art forms. They now drive me to sitting up till 3:30 night after night, aching, exhausted, but relentless, seeking in some small way to offset their damages and make them suffer the consequences of their evil actions.

Their kind will eventually destroy all living things not counted among the 1%. I know my insignificant infinitesimal existence is doomed, slated to be wiped into oblivion just like the Internet Movie Database Message Boards, but this knowledge that every aspect of our existence is manipulated by malevolent millionaires has turned me into CAPTAIN FREAKING AHAB, and the system is MOBY FRICKING DICK! I will hurl my harpoon against its blubbery carcass until it drags me into the depths howling curses upon its miserable machinery with my last breath! The vital difference between me and Captain Ahab is, I am not alone. Thousands, nay, millions, will rise up hacking with harpoons to SLAY THE BEAST! If the LAST THING I DO is to wrench even a small piece out of the slimy hides of these robber barons before my utter and ignominious obliteration, my wretched and pointless existence will be justified!

May the Internet Movie Database sink without a trace and drown all rats who sail in her!

Does IMDbPro, or did they ever, have message boards?

imd-who?

Just spammed the heck out of Internet Movie Database's Facebook page with the following. This could get ugly.

Anyone interested in engaging in intelligent topical discussion on all things movie and TV from every era since the invention of the motion picture camera, structured in forums organized by subject, without having to flounder through Facebook flotsam, check out The Movie Database and MovieChat on their Facebook pages and websites.

MovieChat | Facebook
The Movie Database | Facebook

All those interested in being fed promotional material restricted to only the latest releases deemed most profitable to the industry, and milked for every cent possible by greedy soulless corporate monsters, by all means stick with IMDb and keep shopping on Amazon! It's your choice.

Totally! I was hoping that they will change their minds, even signed few petitions, but those a**holes don't care about us!

I agree with you 100%. Simply closing it down and then providing nothing as a replacement was a direct slap in the face to the millions of users there...myself included. If they are aware of a troll problem or people being mercilessly bullied, then get moderators out there and do something about it! Unfairly punishing all users by taking away their posting rights is downright absurd and only tells me that those over on IMDB do not care about freedom of speech...well except the fact that they still allow you to review films...but that's still not good enough, in my opinion!