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by cpeterso 3408 days ago
Interesting project? The IMDb message boards were a good way to get some additional insight after watching a movie. Or at least give me a good laugh at the trolls. :)

Who owns this post data? IMDb? The users? Do you have any plans or ideas for existing IMDb users to somehow claim their username on MovieChat, linking to their archived posts?

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> The IMDb message boards were a good way to get some additional insight after watching a movie. Or at least give me a good laugh at the trolls. :)

Totally agree. I often also went there before watching a TV show or movie to get an idea what it was about or if I'd like it (though wary of spoiler potential), whereas I almost never read the reviews there, which I find are often far more useless than the message board comments.

After they're gone IMDB will be just a soulless movie listing site, with no reason to visit other than to check a mark out of ten, and no reason to stick around afterwards. :/