“We have decided to disable IMDb's message boards”
Thumbs down to whoever decided to close the boards.<p>I'll miss being able to argue about why a movie is rubbish with someone who thinks it's fantastic, or vice-versa.<p>There's some great discussions on some of the movie boards where people talk about the stories and motivations of characters etc. Sure it gets heated sometimes, but that's life. You just navigate around that stuff and find things worth responding to.<p>Sending people to "Facebook" is not an alternative as there is no facility to divide discussion per thousands of movies over there, and... it's Facebook, the fast food of online discussion. It's designed more for small packets of latest buzz more than dedicated threaded topics. What a joke IMDB, they should fix their boards with post-limits, voting up/down posts, and community moderation.