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Any strategy to make Filmboards.com more popular?

Love this place and the IMDb add-on but just checked the message boards for IT 2017 and not even one new topic.
Nimda, quo vadis?

Re: Any strategy to make Filmboards.com more popular?

my plan was to get sued by imdb to drive up publicity, but i think i gave in too much to their demands (not entirely kidding)

i do have a backup plan, but no one seems too impressed when i tell them. i'd say just let people know to use the add-on. say something like "if you install this add-on. less than a second later, you'll have the boards back on imdb, messages restored". that's all you need to say. the boards back on imdb. that's what we all miss. that's what everyone wants.

chrome version of add-on
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/filmboards-imdb-archive-e/celejjkkiipeokbgcgakogmmfbmonmem

firefox version of add-on:
https://filmboards.com/static/ext/imdb_archive_extension-0.5-an+fx-windows.xpi

i haven't done any real promoting of it, but if we started, it could really take off. it's just so slick. if enough people know about it, it will get suggested more often, and we should be well on our way.

we also have the way to link accounts to recover your posting history here, which no other site allows you to do

we also have the most complete imdb archives online.

we were the first domain to be registered that has archives.

we have the best look.

man, this place is awesome

Re: Any strategy to make Filmboards.com more popular?

This place is indeed awesome but nobody knows this. I'm not too impressed with your "tell your friends" strategy though 😐

Re: Any strategy to make Filmboards.com more popular?

no one is impressed. i think it will work though. all of the alternatives are kind of in the same spot. none have sustainable activity and all need word of mouth to attract new users to survive. everything is so nice here, i have faith they'll come to this place when all is said and done.

the biggest thing i can do right now is keep improving the site to make it as appealing as possible. features and looks wise, it's already the best alternative, but i think it could be even better. the good news is it is growing. hits have been increasing steadily month to month. we'll get there.

i've got other strategies though, don't worry. did you have any ideas?

Re: Any strategy to make Filmboards.com more popular?

Love the add on. Started using IMDb again because of it but it's frustrating that a movie whose opening weekend gross is over a hundred million dollars doesn't have a new topic yet.

Re: Any strategy to make Filmboards.com more popular?

yeah, that sucks. it's about getting the word out at this point. right now this site functions best as an archive. new discussions are pretty slight, unfortunately. they can still be had however. if someone posts something on one of these movie forums, it will display in the All Movie & TV Discussion, which shows the latest 500 posts from all movie/tv/people related boards, so there is a decent chance someone will respond.

one thing that should be mentioned is some entries at imdb don't show their forums yet. you can't even find the forums if you look here. that's because the database i used to populate our forum entries here, didn't have everything in it. that is something i'm going to fix soon. that's basically the last big update we need regarding archives. everything else is pretty much done there.

Re: Any strategy to make Filmboards.com more popular?

thats cause that movie sucks!

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Without strife, you do not advance.
Without strife, there is only stagnation.
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