Post by Marie Griffiths on Mar 25, 2017 23:55:50 GMT
Amazon have suddenly removed the forums from their imdb website with very little warning.
I found this a very valuable resource for finding out about TV and films. Indeed some researchers have used it to regain contact with people who had worked on productions. They would also be a good source of clues to find out the location of lost episodes I'd imagine. I can understand them freezing some forums infested with trolls, or freezing them historically until users can migrate elsewhere. Amazon have vast resources and internet experience, as an expert in I.T. I know they have the technical know how to defeat trolls and the financial resources too. Unfortunately the wayback machine did not archive these forums. It would appear the studios have told then that they only want positive comments for their movies leaving it just a shop window to plug movies. This forum is also a vast repository of information, I do hope a similar fate does not befall it, that would be ironic for a site dedicated to preservation. People are migrating to other websites such as moviechat.org/ and www.themoviedb.org
There is a protest about it here.
www.change.org/p/imdb-stop-imdb-from-disabling-the-message-boards.
This forum is also a vast repository of information, I do hope a similar fate does not befall it, that would be ironic for a site dedicated to preservation.
I found this a very valuable resource for finding out about TV and films. Indeed some researchers have used it to regain contact with people who had worked on productions. They would also be a good source of clues to find out the location of lost episodes I'd imagine. I can understand them freezing some forums infested with trolls, or freezing them historically until users can migrate elsewhere. Amazon have vast resources and internet experience, as an expert in I.T. I know they have the technical know how to defeat trolls and the financial resources too. Unfortunately the wayback machine did not archive these forums. It would appear the studios have told then that they only want positive comments for their movies leaving it just a shop window to plug movies. This forum is also a vast repository of information, I do hope a similar fate does not befall it, that would be ironic for a site dedicated to preservation. People are migrating to other websites such as moviechat.org/ and www.themoviedb.org
There is a protest about it here.
www.change.org/p/imdb-stop-imdb-from-disabling-the-message-boards.
This forum is also a vast repository of information, I do hope a similar fate does not befall it, that would be ironic for a site dedicated to preservation.
