# WTF is up with IMDb?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-imdb/365409>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 20, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-imdb/365409 "2006-07-20T23:06:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-imdb/365409/21 "2006-07-21T16:50:39Z")

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[QUOTE=lisacurl]  
Good point. They do have a “professional service”, though, don’t they?  
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Yup. Here’s a [signup/information](https://secure.imdb.com/signup/v4/) page. It has industry professional resources that Joe Blow wouldn’t have much use for.

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**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-imdb/365409/22 "2006-07-23T14:06:28Z")

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Well, those little pictures must have annoyed a lot of people because they’re gone now…

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