They seem to be adopting the same public comment that NPR did when they shutdown comments - "we aren't shutting it down but rather we are simply 'migrating' community engagement to Twitter(and perhaps other social media outlets.)"
I find relegating community engagement to Twitter creates an uneven experience in that I have to go "out of band" to participate when I am already on the IMDB site. Also discussing movies(or any art form for that matter) via 140 characters is hard for me personally to take seriously.
I wish they had provided numbers for the volume that uses the comments section vs Twitter as it would have been interesting.
Maybe this change will create an opportunity for an alternate movie site?
I find relegating community engagement to Twitter creates an uneven experience in that I have to go "out of band" to participate when I am already on the IMDB site. Also discussing movies(or any art form for that matter) via 140 characters is hard for me personally to take seriously.
I wish they had provided numbers for the volume that uses the comments section vs Twitter as it would have been interesting.
Maybe this change will create an opportunity for an alternate movie site?