Posted on 02/03/2017 11:01:30 AM PST by Borges
No I mean all sorts of crew and the music used etc. Wiki generally just lists the credited cast and a handful of the main behind the scenes people.
That’s one way to shut down conservatives and bad reviews. Many sites have done this. You used to be able to post on Yahoo News all day long but not so much now.
Plus, with twitter and fb, they can identify you, your family and friends. Hello, Big Brother.
Not to mention you can’t ask an open ended question on Facebook. It’s only visible to people who would see your page or who are on a given comment thread.
I know. IMDBs credits are much more thorough. But again those aren’t the people I’m saying “where do I know them from”, and that thoroughness decreases readability. And they aren’t always that accurate. Had a discussion with William Malone (Parasomnia, House on Haunted Hill remake) about that last year, IMDB insists we was in Incredible Hulk Returns, he was not, but they won’t remove him, he’s tried multiple times to get them to correct it but they won’t. So take those deep listing with some salt.
The reviews will still be there. You just won’t be able to interact with other users.
This is happening on a lot of sites for many different reasons.
Where the Comments Sections Are Going
https://turbofuture.com/internet/Where-the-Comments-Sections-Are-Going
My frustration is their belief that everything must be political, there is no subject or topic that isn’t political. So they inject politics into EVERYTHING.
The scifi conventions and awards are an example of this. Can’t we just enjoy Dr. Who without being lectured on his white male privilege (and a Lord no less)? Or talk about great classic scifi authors without using diversity as a metric?
I agree. You can bet this about being able to mine information for advertisers more readily. The message boards are ad free. My daughter for one will be annoyed. I find the discussion boards handy too when deciding whether to rent a movie.
Most all message boards have digressed into some very nasty comments and name calling. Sometimes one or two people get into it and the message board becomes a sounding board for them to the exclusivity of others
FTA: “... is passionately committed to providing innovative ways for our hundreds of millions of users to engage and communicate with one another.”
This means they do not want to hear from you!
We enjoy checking imdb for locations where something was shot.
I didn’t even know they had message boards.
I long ago stopped using IMDb in favor of the Wikipedia. The latter does a much better job on movies.
While I rarely commented, I really enjoyed some of the information and opinions offered on movies in general.
This is a bad move in a number of ways. IMBD is a great resource and they are moving in a negative direction.
Yeah, I would mostly go there for the message boards (esp for classic films and actors, and the politics forum which I enjoyed!)...without it, I won’t miss the site at all.
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