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Jan '19
We used to have some more regular contributers here who posted some good shit, then vanished off the face of the earth. People like BarkingBaphomet, Shadow-345, iceflamez, Atomichotwings, klownz, RedHawk10, sethyeah, slasherfan85, AlcoholicNinja, Moffat, and all those others who rarely/never posted, but at least lurked. Anybody know what hole they all crawled into?

I'd think that some of the political talk scared 'em off, but even after the government calmed down and there was no talk of this shit, that didn't seem to make a difference anymore. People stayed gone, and things got a bit stagnant.

So where did they all migrate to? Internet addicts like that don't simply "get a life" and move on, or move to facebook. Most of the aforementioned users don't even frequent the other imdb knockoff sites, so wtf happened to the age of internet forums? How do we get that back? How do we bring the old blood back here, and how do we get new blood?

I think of this stuff sometimes, and it makes me sad. I miss the days when there was too much activity for me to keep up with, and people were excited to see what an alternative website could offer them. I guess they didn't find it here.



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Box_a_Hair says:
#31, Reply to #29

Jan '19
It's something to consider. There are a lot of angles to it that I need to cover in the scripts, but I might be able to pop out something halfway decent. I'm thinking upload the list, parse it to sync it to the titles in this database (and if it's not on here, add it to a list , let the user review and/or change certain votes, and then make it happen.

But I'd also think that saving the lists would be a good idea, in the case that TE were to eventually adds the titles later, they'd still be in the csv file and could still be used. We wouldn't want to auto-add any titles in those lists, because it's easy to change values in a csv file. So yeah, a lot of angles for me to figure, but I'll be thinking on it.


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zed says:
#30, Reply to #27

Jan '19
You can export them from imdb as a csv etc file


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foz says:
#16, Reply to #13

Jan '19
box, it aint said enough, you done good here man.


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Box_a_Hair says:
#17, Reply to #16

Jan '19
I love compiments, foz. emoticon

Too bad my efforts turn to moot, due to society's hatred of free speech and the death of discussion boards as we know it. Still trying to figure out a good way to lure in any interested parties, so if you have an idea for something radical, let me know.


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Tommix says:
#18

Jan '19
I talk to just_jenna on Twitter sometimes. And gottfrid sometimes too.


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Znep27 says:
#19

Jan '19
Does anybody else get "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" stuck in their head every time they look at this thread?


Jan '19
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DerTables says:
#22

Jan '19
Politics can run deep. I've been on sites before and after 5 or 9 years of being the solid contributor (Like over 10,000 post a year and 5th most all time posts still today) thing got wierd. Around 2015 people started leaving because alot of us, me included were very vocal about our political view. This lead to others speaking out in disagreement and, as in most cases, the side who had the people who ran the cabal win. I was not on the side and I found myself at the throats of people whom I'd considered friends for almost a decade and had even met up with and had 25-40 people gatherings in real life. I mean people would fly in from Austrailia, Germany, and the UAE, to Dallas, Texas just to hand out for 3-5 days. Sadly, non of that mattered when politics entered our lives. As an aside, I think this happened in many aspects of people lives: work, school, family and yes, the internet. It was probably 3 or 4 months before the 2016 election that the bans started coming down. Things certian mods disagreed with suddenly became "hate speach"; friends became "Nazis" or "Libtards" or "HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU A FUCKING SOCIALIST!?". People we knew by name and face reduced to labels and idiologies. The wierd thing is though that in a way noticing the political divide between us and all of the discomfort and choas both sides insued made all of us get more of a life outside the site. For some that was another site. For the remaining dicatorship there it was a focus on renewing and reangling the site, and for people like myself it was an excuse to stop being an adict of the internet. People grow up, sometimes they have to and sometimes they are dragged by the coattail into doing so. So my point here is, that some people, most likely a lot of people, felt the distructive force in their lives in someway. Probably not on this site. Most felt it from within their true inner-circles. However, when it came up here, as it did many other places a lot of people probably did just leave and fill the void. So many of us are just so sick of the divisivness that we would rather just not post or exists here at all. It's a hard thing to convince someone not to be scared of being attacked once they are. If we want to turn this arround we are going to have to be more accepting and inviting. I'm not talking censorship, just self awareness. From me, and from everyone. We have something special here, but it is only as good as we can make it and maintain it to be. It's not about the features (although keep them coming @Box they are great), but it's about the people and how we treat each other.


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jimb14red says:
#23

Jan '19 *
I havent been around a lot in the last few years as my daughter was born in 2016 and I just had my second one earler this month. Also a lot of my online time has gone to 80's toys sites. As I am a big collector of GI Joe and other things. My movie watching and related things have taken a hit becuase of both those things.


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#24, Reply to #23

Jan '19
Me and my buddy since childhood( known since we were 4 yrs old ridding Big Wheels) do the same. Scouring E-Bay auctions for toys and sports cards and memorabilia from our childhood. Flipping some stuff making scores while holding onto others. Everything from comics to action figures to Nintendo game/watch games like Mario's Cement Factory. Fun hobby...thrill of the hunt and making scores after when we sell.


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Johan_WoW says:
#28, Reply to #23

Jan '19
Hehe those are things I'm nostalgic about too not just 80s toys but since I inherited as a kid toys from my much older sisters my interest also goes to 70s or even older things. There is He-Man/She-Ra and also vintage Lego even dolls. I just love to display toys from my childhood. Furthermore comics, some books and of course movies.


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Pavlovs_Bell says:
#32

Apr '19 *
I wasn't really a long time user of imdb so even coming to TE I was fairly new, still am and genuinely love the board even if politics sometimes bogged it down in the past but it was a minor inconvenience really.

I stopped everything around June last year because my life turned into frankly Fucksville. A mess of gigantic proportions, never saw what was coming my way and it just messed me up so damn much.

Been dealing with this perpetual misery and really trying to dig myself out of the hole I ended up in. Even tried to kill myself, being in a mess I just wasn't in a fit state to be online so it's been a long messy break and I'm only just coming back online now little by little. Probably the only place (TE) online where I feel can vent properly emoticon


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Box_a_Hair says:
#33, Reply to #32

Apr '19
It's good to see you back, and I'm glad you didn't perish. I think a lot of us have been in a funk lately. I know I have. Life catches up with you in the weirdest ways, and it becomes difficult to do things that used to be so easy, such as spending all day on the internet.

Hopefully, things get better for you (and anyone in a slump). Vent to your heart's content, if it helps.


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zed says:
#34, Reply to #32

Apr '19
Yes this is the place to vent and make drama.


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Gymnopedie says:
#35, Reply to #34

Apr '19
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not emoticon


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Box_a_Hair says:
#36, Reply to #35

Apr '19
I think it ought to be alright as long as these rants are categorized appropriately (and thus not on the home page).

Cuz I'm all for the venting part, but not the creating drama part.


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Pavlovs_Bell says:
#40, Reply to #35

Apr '19
A bit of both. Anything is preferential to the last year that's passed emoticon tho I'm still hoping I avoid as much drama as I can which means I won't but online is a nice escape from it all.


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sfpx says:
#37, Reply to #34

Apr '19
I dunno about any one else but i sure do like to hear about your drama emoticon


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zed says:
#39, Reply to #37

Apr '19
Thereโ€™s been Little drama the last couple of weeks. Which makes a pleasant change


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sfpx says:
#38, Reply to #32

Apr '19
Your name doesn't ring a bell. Did you go by another?




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