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IMDb CEO steps down ( criticism includes ending message boards)

posted a month ago by ace2 (607)
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Amid criticism, IMDb founder, Col Needham, steps down from CEO position after 35 years.
Criticism includes disbanding message boards and launching redesign.

The boards were one of the main reasons I went to that site, and ending them is how I found MovieChat. They probably didn't want some of the content ruining their squeaky clean image, which likely was a risk for anyone that might advertise.

Keeping the boards was a no brainer for me, as I am sure it drove fan traffic. But perhaps they cared more about the corporate and content provider side of the business.

[–] PersistentViewer (2682) a month ago

Changing of the guard happens all the time, so there's no panic here.

[–] howgamer (3987) a month ago

The boards were the only reason I ever went to the site. I probably visit IMDB a few times a year now. For filmography and movie information I just use wikipedia.

[–] M1sterDoct0r (4549) a month ago

Yap, same! I spend like a total of 2 minutes checking tv show episodes nowadays. Mostly just that.

Message boards were great imo for having boards for old stuff.

Like say you just watched a 40-50 year old movie for the first time or finally watched that old show that everybody's been recommending. You'd almost always find someome to "chat'' with about it.

I like Moviechat but a lot of boards are dead!

[–] howgamer (3987) a month ago

For sure. That's the problem with this site, the film and TV boards are practically vacate. Need more traffic!

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (13149) a month ago

CEO. We need a Luigi.

[–] curiousMInd101 (4578) a month ago

Long Live Luigi.
Remember, if you end up on the jury, the verdict is not guilty.

[–] Boromir (10130) a month ago

Good riddance.
I left IMDb after it shut down the message boards. I had contributed significantly to the site, creating over 100 creative polls, but I stopped completely after feeling betrayed with them shut down the boards. I briefly returned to creating polls after some users here piss me off. However, I stopped again as soon as I realized they had ruined the lists with the redesign. Every change this site makes seems to destroy something valuable. It truly takes a unique kind of talent to ruin so many good features.

To illustrate just how terrible the list redesign is: there’s no option to press enter. I’m not joking—this basic functionality, available in every forum on earth, doesn’t work on IMDb!

I really hope people didn't buy the B#$@@#t about they shut down the boards because of the trolls.

At least I make my little subtle revenge on Col in one of my last polls in the site:
https://www.imdb.com/poll/nHEO0yYNC-w

I also created a list that make fun of IMDb shut down the boards:
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls062432235/?ref_=up_urls_ttl_1