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Show HN: MovieChat.org – Archive and Replacement for IMDb Message Boards
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Re: Show HN: MovieChat.org – Archive and Replacement for IMDb Message Boards
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wanted to ask this too. Did you scrape it or did it via some api? Anyway, cool project, wish you all the best with it.
illegally scraped,IMDb doesn't have API for this and automated scraping OP done is against their TOS, not mentioning without consent of users, for instance stole 14 years worth of my posts
He stole them? You mean they are gone now? Because the closest I can imagine happening is an unlicensed reproduction of your content, your credentials included. ... Like any archive service would do it.
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Re: Show HN: MovieChat.org – Archive and Replacement for IMDb Message Boards
#64Hi Everyone, My name’s Jim, and I created MovieChat.org as an archive and replacement for IMDB’s message boards which are shutting down this week. For those of you not familiar, the IMDb message boards allowed you to discuss any single movie or tv show with others (there was a separate forum for each movie/show). IMDb recently announced they were shutting down the message boards and its users were furious (there's a…
I made a userscript to be a drop-in replacement for the current discussion-teaser on a movies page on imdb, but it gets the discussions from moviechat.org (and links to them directly).
For it to work I would need for Jim to enable Access-Control-Allow-Origin from imdb.com (and ideally make a json/xml version of the thread list since I'm regexp'ing the html at this point).
Maybe it would help persuade him if we showed that there was some interest for this.
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#65Thank you!! To my knowledge this is the only instance someone has managed to scrape the Imdb boards, very curious how you managed that. I really hope you get a sponsor/donations. This needs to be promoted to other sites/social media and I will do my part. I do have one request - can we do this for actors as well?
promoting illegally copied content of users without their consent? for what's it worth, he copied 14 years of my posts and I don't like it
Imdb also 'copied' all your posts, right? How is this any different?
Re: Show HN: MovieChat.org – Archive and Replacement for IMDb Message Boards
#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
promoting illegally copied content of users without their consent? for what's it worth, he copied 14 years of my posts and I don't like it
Imdb also 'copied' all your posts, right? How is this any different?
no, I published my comments on IMDb website under their ToS, so I am fine with them doing whatever they want on their website, I don't like it but it's their right, meanwhile this guy has no rights to this content
Re: Show HN: MovieChat.org – Archive and Replacement for IMDb Message Boards
#67Jim-first thank you. But I accidentally signed up under my whole email when I meant to sign up only under the first part as a user name. Can you help? Dini
Re: Show HN: MovieChat.org – Archive and Replacement for IMDb Message Boards
#68Thank you, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!
I just heard about the IMDb message board deletion and was feeling deeply sad about it. I love cinema, and their message board (despite its flaws) was a valuable resource. It was the only place where you could go to participate in in-depth discussions of even the most obscure films. I used it for 14 years and learned so much from other users.
As far as I'm concerned you are a SAINT for preserving this bit of film and internet history. Major gratitude to you for your caring and putting the new site together.
I honestly want to cry, I am so relieved.
Re: Show HN: MovieChat.org – Archive and Replacement for IMDb Message Boards
#69Thank you, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!
I just heard about the IMDb message board deletion and was feeling deeply sad about it. I love cinema, and their message board (despite its flaws) was a valuable resource. It was the only place where you could go to participate in in-depth discussions of even the most obscure films. I used it for 14 years and learned so much from other users.
As far as I'm concerned you are a SAINT for preserving this bit of film and internet history. Major gratitude to you for your caring and putting the new site together.
I honestly want to cry, I am so relieved.
Re: Show HN: MovieChat.org – Archive and Replacement for IMDb Message Boards
#70Hi Everyone, My name’s Jim, and I created MovieChat.org as an archive and replacement for IMDB’s message boards which are shutting down this week. For those of you not familiar, the IMDb message boards allowed you to discuss any single movie or tv show with others (there was a separate forum for each movie/show). IMDb recently announced they were shutting down the message boards and its users were furious (there's a…
Thank you, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!
I just heard about the IMDb message board deletion and was feeling deeply sad about it. I love cinema, and their message board (despite its flaws) was a valuable resource. It was the only place where you could go to participate in in-depth discussions of even the most obscure films. I used it for 14 years and learned so much from other users.
As far as I'm concerned you are a SAINT for preserving this bit of film and internet history. Major gratitude to you for your caring and putting the new site together.
I honestly want to cry, I am so relieved.