Remember when...

Yeah. I remember as a kid the place I went to the most was imdb forums. I talked about movies, games, music, all through whatever was on there (I talked about music through the fact that many of those bands/singers have an imdb page).

I can't remember the last time I used imdb for anything other than "so this person was in this movie?"

I didn't even realize IMDB had forums...

Yes, I agree with this wholeheartedly! The easiest first step we can take is to venture into the "depths" of the web and find cool things - because they exist. Sure, there are a ton of useless websites out there, but for every useless website there's someone working on something cool and innovative. 

Yeah imdb had them up until 2016, as far as my memory goes.

It was fairly simple stuff but it was a cool way to discuss that sort of shit.

It totally sucks that IMDB ditched the forums!  I think every episode of a TV show had a message board. It was so cool, and everybody was over there too. It was a very socially active website! 

I would love to see Twitter just get shut down completely. 

The late 90s - early 2000s were the best time for the internet. I loved it when we all made our own "home pages" and linked them together via webrings. Interaction happened via email and guestbooks. Geocities, AOL Hometown, Angelfire, etc. Great times.

I really miss when IMDB had forums.  I always would follow shows that I loved and read the new posts after a new episode would air.  Ahh, those were the days.

100 percent agree. I'd gladly say to be damned with "convenience" and browse more carefully to avoid the modern censorship and "business friendly" social media hellscape. The censorship makes me want to puke. I'm on a 30 day for giving a compliment to another Weightlifter for calling him a "siccunt." (Very big compliment)

I feel like Discord may have also contributed to this. Most forums have moved to Discord and even if they're still around they also have a Discord server, it's much more convenient than checking multiple forums a day. 

I´ve been active in forums since I received internet 2004 and I never stopped! Social media sites like facebook have never been a way for me to deal with my particular interests and hobbies. And now with all that censorship and suppression of free speech going on, I´m even more concentrated to focus on other pages.

[img]http://www.mazeguy.net/silly/blockhead.gif[/img] 

This is really cool️

IMDB forums are archived at https://filmboards.com/

This is a great idea & I miss the nostalgia of hopping on the computer after school and having to navigate the web without it all being in one place.

I see your IMDB forums and raise you Badmovies.org

like compared to back then of pop-ups and ads... is nothing compared to today.

I make an experimental observation every few months on Facebook and Instagram with collecting how many ADs or Promoted materials I see in between all of my 'Fakefriends' and pages I follow... like seriously it's just worse. My time looking around the boards on Space Hey, no lick of distraction from scrolling. 

Yes. I remember playing Adobe Flash games on a bunch of random websites every day after school and on weekends on my family's Windows 7 laptop when I was in elementary school. Hell, I spend most of my time online nowadays on obscure websites such as this one and on various internet forums that are still up and running as of 2022.

I think you are really on to something here bro! 👍

I think the internet has sorta been turned into television 2.0. The person to person interaction has been somewhat replaced with ecelebs, streamers, internet politicians, vtubers, video essayists etc. People mainly come on the internet to consume carefully curated content and comment compulsively. Say that 5 times fast xD. Of course there are still ways to have meaningful discussions and establish connections with people over the internet, that's just not really "the thing" anymore sadly. The human element of the whole thing has been on it's way out the door for some time now in favor of the clean cut and dry, web 2.0 sponsored version presented to you in a neat package by big company™. It has it's pros and cons I guess. More people than ever before have access to the internet, yet are lonelier than ever so... I guess it kinda goes to show web2.0?

do i give out my account adress? if so, it's ts1989@escargot.chat !!

Wait...you're literally blowing my mind. What do you mean, like, you dont goto websites anymore? Like, you only get on facebook? I'm pretty sure thats not the experience of most people. Personally I visit dozens to hundreds of independent sites each day. If you are being honest about your internet habits, its probably a blessing in disguise, and you're doing 100x better than 99% of America. So i wouldn't be complaining about such a thing. idk