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"we have concluded that IMDb's message boards are no longer providing a positive, useful experience for the vast majority..." they don't explicitly say "we're
by notatoad 10y ago
"we have concluded that IMDb's message boards are no longer providing a positive, useful experience for the vast majority..."
they don't explicitly say "we're shutting down because of trolls", but i think the message is pretty clear.
- mynameishere 10y agoIt's not clear at all. Probably what they mean is that out of every million unique hits, only a small fraction actually use the message boards. Meanwhile, the message boards, being dynamic, are expensive to host.
- tatoalo 10y agoIt's definitely expensive, but aren't they heavily AWS based? More importantly, aren't they an Amazon sub-company?? I understand that they could rearrange the resources elsewhere but I don't think, at least this time, it's a merely cash problem.