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Post by Cyberstrike on Feb 4, 2017 18:09:57 GMT
Article about it they say they want to create a more positive site. Does it sound familiar? Thoughts?
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Post by OneWomanArmy on Feb 4, 2017 18:16:18 GMT
That's weird but I don't care so much about their boards tbh, I'm used to using their info sites more, now I'd be really sad if they'd be closing those. But yeah, it does seem like many companies can't take critique well these days.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 18:31:15 GMT
When the most of time, effort and money available has to be put on restraining racism, bigotry and hate speech and just plain old trolling it's time to rethink if it's really worth the resources put in there or just to close whole thing off. I don't get it why people fail to see this. Also why is it so damn hard to act civilised. You reap what you sow.
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Post by Iakus on Feb 4, 2017 18:31:23 GMT
I'm noticing that "more positive"="echo chamber" more often than not.
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Post by mybudgee on Feb 4, 2017 18:55:00 GMT
Who gives a shit?
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Post by Ravenous Bear on Feb 4, 2017 18:59:13 GMT
It would be nice if people did not act like insufferable assholes online.
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Feb 4, 2017 18:59:17 GMT
Good. This cancerous cesspool needs to be wiped off the face of the earth with napalm bombs lest the shit in there finds its way out to contaminate the rest of the world.
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Post by CrutchCricket on Feb 4, 2017 19:26:06 GMT
Good. This cancerous cesspool needs to be wiped off the face of the earth with napalm bombs lest the shit in there finds its way out to contaminate the rest of the world. Amazing how quickly people forget that quite possibly the exact same thing was said of us (BSN Prime) last year. Since a substantial chunk of Prime's population is now here, would you apply that to us? This is absolute horseshit thinking on their part and we the users of the Internet, should be very concerned with this growing trend. You may think the internet's all useless memes, misspellings and porn now but remarkably, there's still a very real community and subculture that will not survive this supposed "move" to vapid and actually devoid of content social media "reactions". For years almost every time I watched a movie I would read up some stuff about it and then check out the IMDB message boards to see what others said of it. Yes there was occasional sifting through some bullshit, some hilarious, some not so much, but there was still plenty of posts of value to be found. I even occasionally posted, though I never really checked back. Shit like this is lazy, downright insulting and so politically motivated it makes me want to puke. I hope the whole thing gets figuratively set on fire (with napalm if you'd like) and a better site rises to take its place, preferably one with some balls.
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Feb 4, 2017 19:30:46 GMT
Good. This cancerous cesspool needs to be wiped off the face of the earth with napalm bombs lest the shit in there finds its way out to contaminate the rest of the world. Amazing how quickly people forget that quite possibly the exact same thing was said of us (BSN Prime) last year. Since a substantial chunk of Prime's population is now here, would you apply that to us? This is absolute horseshit thinking on their part and we the users of the Internet, should be very concerned with this growing trend. You may think the internet's all useless memes, misspellings and porn now but remarkably, there's still a very real community and subculture that will not survive this supposed "move" to vapid and actually devoid of content social media "reactions". For years almost every time I watched a movie I would read up some stuff about it and then check out the IMDB message boards to see what others said of it. Yes there was occasional sifting through some bullshit, some hilarious, some not so much, but there was still plenty of posts of value to be found. I even occasionally posted, though I never really checked back. Shit like this is lazy, downright insulting and so politically motivated it makes me want to puke. I hope the whole thing gets figuratively set on fire (with napalm if you'd like) and a better site rises to take its place, preferably one with some balls. Not sure what place you are talking about, but not about the IMDB boards I know. Whenever I looked for comments about a movie I had to sift through dozens of sites containing only racist material, trolling, disgusting comments and endless feuds between mentally challenged idiots. The IMDB message boards were 1% useful information and 99% completely idiocy. Comparing this to the BSN is like comparing a mild cold to pox.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 19:32:49 GMT
People troll - site goes down - people troll - site goes down - people troll - site goes down ... Someday we're either going to run out of trolls or sites (hopefully the first one) Really, I dont get why some people behave like morons online I like the "act like kids, get treated like kids" approach the sites take and take away their nice things when they behave badly
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Post by CrutchCricket on Feb 4, 2017 19:38:36 GMT
Not sure what place you are talking about, but not about the IMDB boards I know. Whenever I looked for comments about a movie I had to sift through dozens of sites containing only racist material, trolling, disgusting comments and endless feuds between mentally challenged idiots. The IMDB message boards were 1% useful information and 99% completely idiocy. Comparing this to the BSN is like comparing a mild cold to pox. Again, almost everything you've just said, someone has said about the BSN. I know I have seen it called cancerous, a cesspool and have seen a wish expressed that people from there not expand or "contaminate" if you like. It was bullshit and tippy-toe then and it's bullshit and tippy-toe now. The only thing that's different is who was butthurt about it. For BSN it was probably EA investors, for IMDB it's probably some Hollywood pricks.
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Post by Nightman on Feb 4, 2017 19:43:12 GMT
Oh no! What am I going to do now?
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Post by smilesja on Feb 4, 2017 19:44:31 GMT
Meh BSN is a passionate bunch (mostly) united by our love for Bioware games. While IMDB is just a place for people to insult others, I didn't really see any passion from them.
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Post by Lavochkin on Feb 4, 2017 20:48:08 GMT
I remember there being certain boards there were total droll dens where it was literally impossible to have a legit discussion, like in the dark knight one.
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Feb 4, 2017 21:08:04 GMT
Not sure what place you are talking about, but not about the IMDB boards I know. Whenever I looked for comments about a movie I had to sift through dozens of sites containing only racist material, trolling, disgusting comments and endless feuds between mentally challenged idiots. The IMDB message boards were 1% useful information and 99% completely idiocy. Comparing this to the BSN is like comparing a mild cold to pox. Again, almost everything you've just said, someone has said about the BSN. I know I have seen it called cancerous, a cesspool and have seen a wish expressed that people from there not expand or "contaminate" if you like. It was bullshit and tippy-toe then and it's bullshit and tippy-toe now. The only thing that's different is who was butthurt about it. For BSN it was probably EA investors, for IMDB it's probably some Hollywood pricks. Just take a look in the Walking Dead IMDB message boards. The suckage there is several megatons more powerful than old BSN in its worst days. I've been to some dark places in the Internet (body building and strength sports forums, my god, the pain....) but the amount of insults, feuds, grotesque racism and plain trolling is off the charts in the IMDB boards.
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Post by kino on Feb 5, 2017 2:54:32 GMT
I never found their discussion boards to be of much use regarding movies and TV, so I'm not seeing it as much of a loss to the site.
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Post by o Ventus on Feb 5, 2017 3:02:48 GMT
Good. This cancerous cesspool needs to be wiped off the face of the earth with napalm bombs lest the shit in there finds its way out to contaminate the rest of the world. Amazing how quickly people forget that quite possibly the exact same thing was said of us (BSN Prime) last year. Since a substantial chunk of Prime's population is now here, would you apply that to us? This is absolute horseshit thinking on their part and we the users of the Internet, should be very concerned with this growing trend. You may think the internet's all useless memes, misspellings and porn now but remarkably, there's still a very real community and subculture that will not survive this supposed "move" to vapid and actually devoid of content social media "reactions". For years almost every time I watched a movie I would read up some stuff about it and then check out the IMDB message boards to see what others said of it. Yes there was occasional sifting through some bullshit, some hilarious, some not so much, but there was still plenty of posts of value to be found. I even occasionally posted, though I never really checked back. Shit like this is lazy, downright insulting and so politically motivated it makes me want to puke. I hope the whole thing gets figuratively set on fire (with napalm if you'd like) and a better site rises to take its place, preferably one with some balls. Let's not kid ourselves here though, these are the best bits of the internet.
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Post by o Ventus on Feb 5, 2017 3:12:08 GMT
Again, almost everything you've just said, someone has said about the BSN. I know I have seen it called cancerous, a cesspool and have seen a wish expressed that people from there not expand or "contaminate" if you like. It was bullshit and tippy-toe then and it's bullshit and tippy-toe now. The only thing that's different is who was butthurt about it. For BSN it was probably EA investors, for IMDB it's probably some Hollywood pricks. Just take a look in the Walking Dead IMDB message boards. The suckage there is several megatons more powerful than old BSN in its worst days. I've been to some dark places in the Internet (body building and strength sports forums, my god, the pain....) but the amount of insults, feuds, grotesque racism and plain trolling is off the charts in the IMDB boards. And this is an argument for completely shutting down a platform for discussion... How? Also, like Cricket said, people said *the exact same thing* about the old BSN when it still existed.
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Feb 5, 2017 3:23:40 GMT
Just take a look in the Walking Dead IMDB message boards. The suckage there is several megatons more powerful than old BSN in its worst days. I've been to some dark places in the Internet (body building and strength sports forums, my god, the pain....) but the amount of insults, feuds, grotesque racism and plain trolling is off the charts in the IMDB boards. And this is an argument for completely shutting down a platform for discussion... How? Also, like Cricket said, people said *the exact same thing* about the old BSN when it still existed. If the comment section casts the entire site in a bad light its better to get rid of it in order to preserve the rest. Getting rid of a festering limb is a necessary sacrifice to prevent it from corrupting the entire body. I'm pretty sure thats the exact reason why they're doing this, I doubt they are bored and remove this section simply for their own entertainment.- Though I think a better attempt at moderating the comment section should have been tried before getting rid of it entirely.
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Post by o Ventus on Feb 5, 2017 3:27:23 GMT
And this is an argument for completely shutting down a platform for discussion... How? Also, like Cricket said, people said *the exact same thing* about the old BSN when it still existed. If the comment section casts the entire site in a bad light its better to get rid of it in order to preserve the rest. Getting rid of a putrid limb is a necessary sacrifice to prevent it from corrupting the entire body. Β I'm pretty sure thats the exact reason why they're doing this, I doubt they are bored and remove this section simply for their own entertainment.-Β Though I think a better attempt at moderating the comment section should have been tried before getting rid of it entirely. Except the "comment section" is *not* casting the entire website in a bad light. I'm also not sure you could have picked a worse comparison. A website with a message board is not even remotely analogous to a human body.
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Post by Sweet FA on Feb 5, 2017 3:31:53 GMT
This is a worrying and dangerous trend and maybe symptomatic of the increasingly factionalized, polarized and pitchforks at dawn modern society. Forums have been castigated for being poisonous but I suggest that twitter and other social media could be a danger to democracy and freedom of thought irrespective of your ideology/religion/identity due to the Echo Chamber effect. When we stop being exposed to people we don't agree with, we lose something in ourselves and are in danger of falling into self delusion. I always like to read other opinions and things I disagree with, it challenges me, sometimes gives me a reality check and delivers me from my own vanity and intellectual arrogance.
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Feb 5, 2017 3:34:17 GMT
If the comment section casts the entire site in a bad light its better to get rid of it in order to preserve the rest. Getting rid of a putrid limb is a necessary sacrifice to prevent it from corrupting the entire body. I'm pretty sure thats the exact reason why they're doing this, I doubt they are bored and remove this section simply for their own entertainment.- Though I think a better attempt at moderating the comment section should have been tried before getting rid of it entirely. Except the "comment section" is *not* casting the entire website in a bad light. I'm also not sure you could have picked a worse comparison. A website with a message board is not even remotely analogous to a human body. Oh but it is, very much in fact. A message board can give a site very bad press, this has happened many times. And judging by all the things I read in the comment sections, it appears to me like the majority of the users posting there consists of racists, trolls and other kinds of utter dimwits. Now who wants their site to be associated with people like that? Especially if said site makes you money?
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Post by House Targaryen on Feb 5, 2017 4:03:30 GMT
There's a lot of trolls there and it keeps getting worse as time goes by. If they actually had a moderator force there it wouldn't be so bad.
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Post by MrR40 on Feb 5, 2017 5:47:30 GMT
I am more of a Rotten Tomatoes guy.
To me IMDb is exactly what the acronym stands for, a database for which actors play in the movie, what year and which other titles said actors have starred in.
Edit : It's a sad state of affairs when people cannot voice their opinions/vent their frustrations/critisize on message boards or fora ( forums ) when they become corrupted by all manner of internet filth including other people or closed down due to third party interests.
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Post by Pearl on Feb 5, 2017 6:29:16 GMT
IMDb had message boards?
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