NCIS : Best alternative to this message board?

So I've seen several alternatives to IMDB. Which ones fit these criteria?

1. Members can create their own threads. I've seen some message boards where the topics are determined by the moderators. So all discussions about an episode are lumped together in one thread. All discussions about the actors are lumped under just one thread etc. I don't like boards that are like that. They're too restrictive.

2. Freedom to post what you want as long as it has to do with the show being discussed, unless of course you preface it with an OT or "off topic". Moderators should only delete posts if they contain foul language, spam, or threats against another poster. Some message board are more like fan forums and if you say anything the moderators disagree with, they delete it. Posters should be able to say they like or dislike something without being censored.

3. Be able to discuss a show that has just aired without somebody throwing a fit over spoilers. Once it's been shown on tv, it's no longer spoiler material.

4. Enough members to keep the board active. I want to see new posts everyday or least every other day, unless of course the show is off the air and nobody watches it anymore.

Here's an option for NCIS fans:

http://forums.previously.tv/forum/311-ncis/

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haven't figured out how to comment about a specific show.

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If you go to a page for a specific title, there's a "Discussions" link a little way down the page next to the "Reviews" link.



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Here's an option for NCIS fans:

http://forums.previously.tv/forum/311-ncis/

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1. Members can create their own threads. I've seen some message boards where the topics are determined by the moderators. So all discussions about an episode are lumped together in one thread. All discussions about the actors are lumped under just one thread etc. I don't like boards that are like that. They're too restrictive.

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It's not a message board if this is the case. It's a blog that allows comments.

NewBe has set up an NCIS specific message board, with a comprehensive list of sub-boards similar to what you describe, but the actual threads can be started by members within those sub-boards, it just hasn't been in existence long enough for there to be many actual threads.


You have a Life?
Well make the most of it; you never know when it might be gone.

Someone posted the 'This is Us' community link on Reddit. There's an NCIS one too:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NCIS/

It's pretty active and relatively easy to navigate. Not polluted with ads, at least, like other message boards I've come across.

I would recommend Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/NCIS/ I like the layout there, and anyone can start up a new conversation. You can add a 'spoiler' warning to a post so there should be no hissy fits. They have over 3,000 subscribers already and if more started conversations then it could be a good alternative.

NewBe's forum http://ncisrefugees.freeforums.net/ is also very good. It's new but it's picking up a good following and everytime I check in there has been activity which is a good sign.

As I previously mentioned in another thread:

TheMovieDB.org (TMDb) has forums for all
shows, movies, and people in its database.

TMDb's NCIS page is here:
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/4614-ncis

and here's their NCIS board:
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/4614-ncis/discuss

That board's General section (where we could discuss the show)
is currently empty, as are many TMDb boards up to now;
but if many more people join, then content will gradually be added.

Recent posting activity from TMDb's other boards can be seen here:
https://www.themoviedb.org/discuss

TMDb support discussions are here:
https://www.themoviedb.org/talk

I see that someone here also mentioned TMDb and wanted
more information about how to find show-related boards there.

It's just a little bit quirky, but here's the deal:

Visit https://www.themoviedb.org/, and use the search box to
find a TV show or a movie, and go to that show or movie title-page.

Then, to find the related board, click the 'speech-bubble' icon
located near the upper-left corner of the poster-image.

Alternatively, or if you are using a mobile device, find the
"Social" section of the page and click the "Discussions" link there.

Another alternative way is to add /discuss to the end of the title-page URL.
(My previous reply shows TMDb's NCIS board URL with /discuss at the end of it.)
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/4614-ncis/discuss

LucasNon,

If you look at their main board the owners and moderators of the board have repeatedly posted that they don't want to take on refugees from IMDB. They are saying they don't have the manpower to police the board.

Their website is an alternative to IMDB when it comes to information, but it really isn't a message board.

There are better alternatives than TMDB.

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If you look at their main board the owners and moderators of the board have repeatedly posted that they don't want to take on refugees from IMDB. They are saying they don't have the manpower to police the board.

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That's really tough.
So new people join a board, big deal.
Deal with it.

But why join a board if they really don't want people?

Their message board has been all about maintaining their movie and tv database, not people talking about movies and tv shows. Why corrupt something that works for the people that created the board?

I am not part of the board, I just looked at their message board before I requested to join it. They are Not a friendly bunch of people.

OK, my apologies for dismissing your viewpoint
(though I believed that your information was out-of-date).

I've just received a reply from another TMDb user who explained
(I'll just very loosely paraphrase) that the moderation atmosphere
on those boards may have been different before things changed.

But the atmosphere did seem to change circa February 5
when Travis opened up the boards on title-pages etc.

Since then, as I've noted, at least some few new users have
been posting on TMDb.If any of them have yet encountered any
significant negativity, I'm not aware of it.

But I do not know everyone's experience, and certainly
experiences can vary, and (as has already been established)
the situation can potentially change.

At least as of now, I'm not aware of any immediate problems
that would preclude joining those boards for constructive
discussion purposes.Of course others may have different
perspectives on what's been going on there.

In retrospect I'm sorry that I was overly dismissive of your viewpoint.
Thanks for providing a perspective which I think illuminated
a caveat about how things that are in flux can change at any time.

Threads with links to boards/sites that I've come across on IMDb boards where I post/lurk:

http://whooshorg.proboards.com/post/144696/thread
http://remly1.proboards.com/post/27/thread
http://remly2.proboards.com/post/1028/thread
http://remly.proboards.com/post/3415/thread






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http://tinyurl.com/TwilightSagaBoard
http://tinyurl.com/ProWhoosh

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owners and moderators of the board have repeatedly posted
that they don't want to take on refugees from IMDB.

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Your information is out-of-date.

Since February 5, when Travis Bell of TMDb decided to restore
the title & name page boards, new users have been welcomed to join,
and Travis has encouraged us to spread the word.
And yes to my knowledge that welcome includes we IMDb users
who are giving the TMDb boards a whirl for constructive commentary.

I have been in communication with them by by submitting
some comments and a couple of feature suggestions.
I have identified myself as being an IMDb user.
I have participated in a few title-related discussions.
Numerous other IMDb users are doing likewise as they come on board.

And nobody is chasing us away.
Quite the contrary, we feel welcomed (at least, so-far)!

I am basing my opinion on this discussion:

https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/5894e6e0c3a368089b000e1e

Their discussion groups aren't really about shows, but instead whether or not the right pictures have been posted (at least NCIS).

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https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/5894e6e0c3a368089b000e1e

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That's a multi-page thread that has continued all week long.
Did you read only the first page?Then your information was out-of-date.

On February 5th in that thread, TMDB's Travis Bell noted his
decision to restore the boards on title and name pages and
invite new people in. That's when the situation changed.

Today in another discussion, Travis replied to me:
" I wouldn't have spent the week
working on making this all better
if I didn't welcome the new users "

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" Their discussion groups aren't really about shows" ?

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You missed the key point!
You were only looking here:
https://www.themoviedb.org/talk
From there you'd see just the general / support boards only.

Since February 5th, boards are available for every movie page and every TV show page (and every person-page) on TMDb.Some work may still be in progress on making the access links easier to find, but every title-page's board is now ready for posting.

Here's the TMDb NCIS page:
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/4614-ncis
If you're on a desktop or laptop computer, click the speech-bubble icon near the upper-left corner of the poster image on that page. (Or if you're on a mobile device, find the Social tab and click the Discussions link there.) That will take you to the NCIS board, which is here:
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/4614-ncis/discuss

Up to now, that and many other TMDb boards are still empty, because new people have only just recently begun to join the boards and start posting.But all of the boards are ready for posting now.

See here to view the most recent posting activity on many other TMDb boards:
https://www.themoviedb.org/discuss
As you'll see there, people are actively posting on various title-page boards. Throughout this past week since the 5th, new users have been welcomed to join those boards and are doing so as we speak.The influx has already begun. We'll see how this all plays out.

Addendum:

Admittedly TMDb's current site design is somewhat confusing (thus the need to explain in detail as I did above). We newcomers may encounter some difficulty in quickly finding some of the key destinations and links that I've mentioned. That needs to be made easier. So, for ease of navigation, some improvements are definitely wanted. I think TMDb is aware of that by now (after some of the new users pointed this out in the support discussions).

Look at http://talkaboutfilms.club/details2.php?mid=4614

It's one site for all TV and films - so no need for multiple websites for different shows or trawling through multiple categories to post something

Only really been working properly the past few hours and still rough around the edges, but follows the same discussion threading as here

to be perfectly honest, none of the alternative sites appeal to me
some are just too complicated to navigate thru, while others are just "meh"

I can still access movie & tv show info right here on IMDb
just can't discuss them and get other people's opinion of them, and that's the part I'm gonna miss the most

I'm not looking to make new "board buddies" on another site, either

that said, I'll probably register for the NCISrefugees forum, because that's where "my buds" are
haven't done so yet - just waiting for a while

do any of you remember the final scene from Fiddler on the Roof ?
the whole village of Anatevka was broken up, and everyone was going in different directions to different places
it was so sad, and it kinda reminds me of what's happening with us on this IMDb message board
everybody's going away, and I'll never "see" some of you again


nas

My motto:
Live long and Pester!

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some are just too complicated to navigate thru

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Admittedly, that is currently true of TMDb. As I noted in a previous reply, TMDb is now aware of that issue (after some of the new users reported experiencing difficulties with navigation, and made suggestions for how TMDb can improve).So, we'll see if they can fix that eventually.

(In the meantime, if I was clear enough with my detailed instructions above, and if you bookmark the links I provided, then it is possible to begin using TMDb now, perhaps without quite as much initial difficulty as you might have if you went in without that information.)

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that's the part I'm gonna miss the most

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Indeed (regardless of wherever we end up going next), we are all going to miss these boards.

The person saying TMDb board isn't welcoming is full of crap. They've been very welcoming, and nice. Not to mention the work the admin is putting in to accommodate the new members and their request of features.

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The person saying TMDb board isn't welcoming

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I gave him a break on this one.
He was apparently confused by the week-old first page of a related discussion,
from the days just before Travis restored all the boards over there.

Back then (before February 5th) it wasn't yet certain that those boards
would be opened to invite many new users. And until then (someone tells me)
some moderators over there may have taken a less-welcoming approach.

The situation changed for the better on February 5th when Travis
restored those boards; and since then, IIUC, he's on record confirming
that TMDb is welcoming new users to the boards.

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The person saying TMDb board isn't welcoming is full of crap. They've been very welcoming, and nice. Not to mention the work the admin is putting in to accommodate the new members and their request of features.

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Read their main board. I have read it through the end page. The users of the board have a great thing going. They have a database like IMDB, and their message board has been among members talking about shows, but not like IMDB boards talk about shows.

TMDB seems to have a great thing going. Why would I want to FVCK it up by making it like IMDB?

IMDB is better than any of the boards out there that were made in a panic, it works just fine, easy to read and navigate, someone said it would take millions to fix, fix what? there's nothing wrong with it, I tried the other boards, they are nothing but a bunch of clusterfvcks, so (and here's the part you'll like) you won't be seeing me around anymore.

break out the champagne

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IMDB is better than any of the boards out there that were made in a panic

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Granted.

The forums at TheMovieDB.org were not made in a "panic", though.
They already existed before, but because their title/name page boards
were hardly used, they were temporarily suspended due to lack of use.
Since just over a week ago, they've been restored to operation
without any "panic".

Who said anything about making it like IMDb?

Certain features needed to be added, one of which getting an email every time someone replied to a thread, which you can only prevent if you unsubbed from the thread. But then you wouldn't be able to track it. So now they added the option to get emails and track separately.





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Allow myself to introducemyself.

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Certain features needed to be added

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Yeah, Travis has been working since last week on a number of quick incremental improvements over there (by contrast with these boards here where we've sometimes had to wait years for some requested fixes). But Travis has other tasks on his plate; so, in the near future, he will presumably have to slow down the forum improvements, and resume work on other site-related issues. (Apparently he may be the only web-developer / programmer currently working there?)

The hysteria caused by the message board feature being eliminated is laugh out loud funny. Whiners and trolls up in arms as to where they will type their daily drivel. "How could they do this ? HOW"
lmao !!!!