Hear about this?
I think its a mistake too
What they have concluded is that people are sick and tired of nasty ass celebrities mouthing off and saying so. This is just an effort to protect the slimy class of degenerates.
Blocking all communications between our users is one way we're making good on that commitment.
These guys could write the canned answers given by Nancy Pelosi.
Way too many websites have sections for user comments that have now deteriorated into lib-vs-conservative food fights and spreading of potentially libelous material. IMO, motion pictures and tv are an easy flashpoint for online posters to trash anything and anyone they don’t like.
Another enhancement that has been rendered worthless by hypersensitive and overly aggressive liberals.
NPR and many online websites for newspapers did this. I think it must be a good way to exclude generally older more conservative folks or folks who never got into social media for whatever reason but did do anonymous message boards and forums.
Freegards
This effort is also to protect films that are real stinkers by reverting solely to the mogul narratives. Free speech loses to Big Brother.
They were, unfortunately and inevitably, a haven for SJWs moaning about perceived violations of their dogma. Smug hindsight was their specialty and they, apparently, expected films of THE PAST to comport with PC of THE PRESENT.
They were occasionally valuable for discussion but usually were useless flame wars. The user reviews are decent but PC is often a problem there also.
Bottom line: leftists fear free speech again and apply collective guilt.
Tinfoil on:
I wonder if the new administration figured out that it was good platform for anonymous communications between terrorists.
/Tinfoil
Naw, Baynative is probably right. Hypersensitive liberals needed a safe space.
IOW: “readers are warning people about terrible movies and actors and actresses with insane PC view. This hurts movie sales and the only way to save ourselves is to silence the truth.”
That’s the only reason I ever went there as well.
IMD’s message boards made me worry about America. The people commenting mostly seemed to be in the intellectually dull 70-79 IQ range who hated anything normal and had violent fantasies.
The biggest thing separating printed magazines and web pages is the ability to interact via these message boards, forums, and comment sections. By removing them they are taking away a big reason to visit them. What if Facebook removed the ability to comment? Would it then just be another (fake) news outlet or maybe just like a Twitter board without the ability to respond to new info being posted unless you were allowed into a private group.
My local small town newspaper just did this with their online version. I used to check it several times a day to interact with it and the comments but now I look at it for a couple of minutes in the morning after 0600 and that’s it for the day. It’s no different than getting the print version of the paper now other than the convenience of not having to go out to the mailbox post to retrieve it. The visits to their pages will be cut to fraction of what it was before this change. Maybe they don’t care as long as it stifles free speech. Maybe ad revenue is not web page visit dependent any longer for some reason.
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.
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
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!
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.