• the end of imdb's message board

    From septimus_millenicom@q.com@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 12 12:59:46 2017
    It is sad to learn that the once-interesting IMDB message board will be terminated soon. I seldom contribute to that, but it will be missed.
    At least in its early-day forms. Recently it has been dominated by social media bullies and Donald-Trump wannabes who just repeat the same opinion
    (and lie) in message after short, content-free message. Quantity over
    quality is of course the hallmark of this social-media driven, click-baiting, "likes"-soliciting age. The imdb board associated with _Miss Sloane_ isan eye-opener. The pro-gun lobby simply flood the board with anti-_Sloane_
    messages; the majority of the people involved must not have seen the film (assuming they are even people and not net-robots). So maybe the board has
    run its course. ( One wonders how much longer this group last, too!)

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