I’m getting pretty sick and tired of IMDb’s software updates. The people-that-be seem dead-set on making the site as user-unfriendly as possible.
Same here - and like Wook I think there were gems of info in there - yet IMDB chose to lose it all - conveniently ignoring they too were responsible for the shitefest the message boards became in the first place.
For me, the site has nosedived after shutting down the boards too.
It wouldn’t have been that difficult to get some strict killjoy / Thought Police mods in to clean up the place… apparently 😃
Sound like all they would have needed to do was ban the trolls.
I saw no signs of moderation, if they had moderators at all.
I noticed posts would get deleted and users would be get banned from time-to-time, but it was an irregular occurrence. Even then, the posts deleted were often less inflammatory than the ones left up and banned users would quickly return under a new account.