# Am I going to have to stop using IMDB now?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-have-to-stop-using-imdb-now/452099>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 7, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-have-to-stop-using-imdb-now/452099 "2008-06-07T03:24:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-have-to-stop-using-imdb-now/452099/41 "2008-06-08T17:43:26Z")

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[QUOTE=Roland Orzabal]  
Care to clarify?  
[/QUOTE]

2, fire away.

I’m probably not as passionate about this as my posts might suggest (I have no association with advertising of any kind). The thing I actually do care about is having one’s opinion debased on a weak, irrelevant taunt. Buy, hey, it’s the pit.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-going-to-have-to-stop-using-imdb-now/452099/42 "2008-06-09T16:34:07Z")

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Those popup ads are damned annoying, I agree, but [IMDb.com](http://IMDb.com) is still 'way too cool and useful a website to give up on it just yet. As it happens, I recommended it to a movie-freak friend just this morning.

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