By John McCarthy

IMDB is reflecting a wider trend in digital media, deciding now’s the time to shut down message boards on its website.

Following in the footsteps of Vice and The Guardian, the movie database is closing its message board, which reportedly sees 250m users a month.

To make up for the absence of the forum, and undoubtedly diminishing its responsibility for comments and spats around its brand, the company has directed movie fans to its Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Tumblr, YouTube and Pinterest accounts instead.

In a statement, the group said: “We have decided to disable IMDB’s Read full story ›

Source: The Drum