ant-mac
Member: Rank 9
Good to know.you can select the text you want and awill appear and you can click to quote partially
Fun IMDB: The Site We Left Behind....
streak1981
Member: Rank 3
Sweet!!! Thank you.
ant-mac
Member: Rank 9
Nick91
Member: Rank 2
As someone who still browses through IMDB v.2.0 (yes, I know it is infidelity towards IMD, but I can't help it!), I think that most of the banned members have been spammers so far.
However, I am aware of three very active members with high post counts who self-deleted their accounts because they felt they were treated unfairly because of their 'controversial' opinions.
The thing is, ProBoards has their own set of rules that need to be followed and the administrator could have his forum shut down if objectional contents aren't removed. So, I can imagine the pressure mounting for the administrative team as the site continues to get a lot of traffic...
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chainsaw_metal1
Member: Rank 8
The only time I ever got on a soapbox about religion on the IMDb boards was when folks got indignant about their faith. I won't back down from an argument. I have too much of my mom in me.
They didn't realize I was raised a Christian, and have read the Bible through, and know the material pretty well (at one point, my pastor wanted me to go into the ministry, but it wasn't for me - I'm too much of a trouble maker). I'm cool with anything anyone believes. Except Scientologists. heeheehee
Janine The Barefoot
Wacky Norwegian Woman
Embarrassing as this is to admit, I'm still struggling with being able to create a link....
However, a gal-pal of mine from one of the boards on IMDb started her own site to pretty much keep Lucifer's fan club a place to relocate. They are doing other things as well but not to the degree that this site is already set-up to do. So I'll pop over there to give everyone who knows me from S1 a head's-up regarding this site. If it's OK with you guys, I'm going to ask her permission to do this before I actually post a thread for her members because she's a friend and I don't want her to think I don't respect what she's done or that I hadn't given my actions in doing this the proper consideration. If she's good with it (and I think she will be because there's no real thread for Luci here anyway), I'll come back with an address at the very least and a link if I can finally figure out how to get it done. I'm running on a MacBook Air and haven't found any instructions on how to cut & paste links with anything as new as my Fall 2016 purchase. I know that I should be able to just copy the address from the site ID in my location header but for some reason it will only copy & paste the address but never creates an actual link.
In any case, I'm already a member on her site and we have each others personal emails so I've got all kinds of access to her and I've seen the screen names of any number of the "originals" from S1 of Luci, many of whom would find a lot on this site as appealing to them as it is to me. We were an uncommonly well-behaved group with some seriously off-the-charts wacky senses of humor along with some pretty sophisticated thinking; so I'd love to see them on this board ASAP to help me start new threads and get some serious responses on shows we've all seen and love commenting on.
But I'm pretty sure it's the only place I'll be able to do that on because I've lost contact with most my buds from IMDb and have no idea how to find them. So I'll go see who I can gather up for us (even if it's only part time for some of them) and get back to you about how it all went.
Janine The Barefoot
Wacky Norwegian Woman
I remember you from the IMDb boards HPD, we talked about scary trolls because I was early into posting and you were helpful, considerate and funny. Pretty sure you've got loads of fans "big guy"! (that would be a reference to your name and your old avatar).
the badwolf
Member: Rank 1
I miss IMDB boards i was there regularly for 13 years and am likely to never visit IMDB again as much as this board could be good if it got the traffic IMDB had a dedicated board for EVERY tv show and film I used to enjoy watching shows then going to the dedicated board to talk about it with others unfortunatly that is not possible here
DeJoHnNiE
Member: Rank 4
We all miss it very much and a lot I know aren't going back either.
Feel free to start anything in the existing categories.
I am sorry but this is not true, we have stated many times on different threads here that this IS possible. It's just not there yet and someone has to start something for it to exist in the first place
the badwolf
Member: Rank 1
Yes I realise that we can start threads but it is not the same starting a thread in the limited number of existing categories and not a dedicated board for every show or actor that is just not possible for cost reasons the thing with IMDB was it did have this and even little known or very old shows had a board.We all miss it very much and a lot I know aren't going back either.
I am sorry but this is not true, we have stated many times on different threads here that this IS possible. It's just not there yet and someone has to start something for it to exist in the first placeFeel free to start anything in the existing categories.
That said I like it here and do not know of a better replacement but it would be too expensive to do what IMDB did with dedicated boards for every show and actor.
I do not mean to "dis" this place and it has a great deal of potential but that doesn't stop me or anyone else missing IMDB. I guess it really is true you don't know what you got till it is gone. But it not the first time I had a forum close on me. I was a regular on channel 4 forums and losing those made me lose contact with a lot of people too
DeJoHnNiE
Member: Rank 4
I understand completely and I don't see it as a dis nor do I want you to stop missing it.
However, IMDb had the boards connected from the database to a board and it's just the way they set it up from day one the board came online. If we would grow to that extend, we can expand the way we create threads and categories wich will lead to dedicated boards for every show or actor.
You might not see it now, but it will take a long time before we can even say we have something that resembles the old IMDb boards, this needs to be build by the community and like we have the Franchise boards wich contain dedicated categories for Star Wars and Star Trek, etc.
If you start a thread about whatever movie or actor then that will be the dedicated place to talk about it. Whether it be per movie or per episode or per character, it should be possible even now.
About it being too expensive is not relevant now and when we reach that size, we will obviously have some sort of way to have people donate for example, but no need for any of that for atleast a year depending on growth.
None of us can see the future but I want to be positive and motivate everyone to start doing whatever you all did on IMDb and we'll see where it goes from here and how it grows.
Alex is the Tech guy and can tell you how big or dedicated it can get from a code/background perspective. I just know it's all possible, now and in the future.
However, IMDb had the boards connected from the database to a board and it's just the way they set it up from day one the board came online. If we would grow to that extend, we can expand the way we create threads and categories wich will lead to dedicated boards for every show or actor.
You might not see it now, but it will take a long time before we can even say we have something that resembles the old IMDb boards, this needs to be build by the community and like we have the Franchise boards wich contain dedicated categories for Star Wars and Star Trek, etc.
If you start a thread about whatever movie or actor then that will be the dedicated place to talk about it. Whether it be per movie or per episode or per character, it should be possible even now.
About it being too expensive is not relevant now and when we reach that size, we will obviously have some sort of way to have people donate for example, but no need for any of that for atleast a year depending on growth.
None of us can see the future but I want to be positive and motivate everyone to start doing whatever you all did on IMDb and we'll see where it goes from here and how it grows.
Alex is the Tech guy and can tell you how big or dedicated it can get from a code/background perspective. I just know it's all possible, now and in the future.
the badwolf
Member: Rank 1
I agree with everything you said there. There is also no point in trying to start big after all the tallest tree grows from a tiny seed even IMDB started small. I am very pleased there is a doctor who dedicated board as that is my favourite show and was the main reason I chose here over IMDB2
I remember the IMDB forums all right. Actually, I was quite sad when I heard that they were being removed. For reasons, I was out of IMDB for two years, I couldn't contribute in any of the ways I usually did. I found it quite changed, but the worst is the loss of the forum. I thought that I would enjoy my return there now that I have more time to post. Sadly, they are gone forever. The thing is that I am looking for a new one. I did not feel bullied, except for one cult film which I thought - and still think - boring, bland and rubbish overall without any redeeming qualities. New forums need to give time to people to get the word out. Something obvious: many people will leave cinema websites altogether, or at least they will stop participating. So your public is not necessarily old IMDB users, but maybe new ones. In any case, it took years for IMDb to become so successful, so it may take some time to this as well.
Absolutely agree with everything you just said. Every big project takes HUGE ammounts of time to succeed and that's the idea I have in my mind. I don't care how long it takes, I care about quality and that's what I'm going to offer, you guys contribute with everything else. It's you that makes this forum great and will continue to do so. I'm just happy that I was able to use my experience to offer something of value to counter the loss of such an important board.
With the new design coming with sub-categories that can be expanded, we may add even more subforums but it's useful to listen to the community and add them based on need first. We want to grow properly :)
Everyday I was on it. Whether I posted on not. I always laughed at a few jokes that were posted in different forums. I kinda feel lost to a degree, but slowly i'm getting back to having fun again. Still want to know where everyone from IMDB all went to and joined up.
Hey @Tuco , Just start the thread in the film boards, any threads. That's how we grow on here, and have great conversations.
MIKEPR
Member: Rank 1
Oh really? Like eliminating the boards is helping matters.