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And i still can't register for their messageboards.

   
Now look at the article under 'messageboard'section.

""A user must be verified to use the message boards. This can be done either by logging on to an amazon account"".  

I have an account and they still block me.  The register screen says you must have made a purchase within one year.  Why can't this be added to the article?  They are obviously leveraging IMDB to sell.  Yet there is ZERO mention of this.  Please add just a few more words on this in messageboard section.  

 And you still can't sign your posts ) Try adding something about it. If you can add something without ranting and claiming it's all a conspiracy then it'll probably remain in the article. Remember that everything on Wikipedia should take a Neutral point of view. You mustn't say if it's a good thing, or a bad thing or a conspiracy by Amazon to take over the world. No opinion, just the facts.Remember as well that there's nothing in the Constitution or the Bill of Right that says you must be allowed to use the message boards. They have offered you three ways to do it. At least one of them will be completely free of charge to you. But you must give them the information they require. If you don't give them the information then you won't be able to use the message boards    

 Imdb forum/messageboard  access now requires creditcard verification or Amazon purchase 

Credit card verification,Amazone acct. and purchase from Amazon within one year.  Ridiculous.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by  (talk • contribs)  

That is not actually true. There are several options available. Although I don't think there are any free options, I know an Amazon account is not the only one.    

If you do NOT KNOW then why are you questioning it. I have seen it first hand.  I just got a screen when registering that asked for all that information.  Asked for a purchase from 1 years time.  Do not delete my edits. I sense astroturfing here.  Censorship.

 I've been using the IMDb for years but to investigate this claim I just connected as a brand new user. First, the message boards are still free. Anyone can read them, you don't even need to register as a user. When you do register you need to authenticate your registration before you can write a message to the message boards. But this is free as well. You can do it by giving the details of an Amazon account where you've made a purchase - at any time, not just in the last year. Or you can give your credit card details, no charge is made on that credit card, they just verify the card. Or you can have the system send an SMS text message (not a premium rate message) to your mobile phone. None of these authentications need cost you any money to authenticate your account but they let the IMDb tie the account to a real person. They give quite valid reasons why they consider this to be necessary    

 :: I placed a citation template so we can avoid an Edit war. You need to calm yourself and discuss this in a civilized manner. The Pro interface and other industry accesses can be used instead of Amazon which is what I was referring to. They are not free which is why I said I didn't know if there where any free options available. I believe what  said above shows that free access is still available though and should be reflected in the article.   

 Yup, no evidence that anything on the non-pro side of the IMDB isn't free. All evidence says it's still free. Verification isn't the same as a charge, it's still free. If you can provide evidence that you've had to pay for IMDB message board access then please show.  talk 

 How does it make sense to say that you need to purchase from Amazon to post a message and call it FREE.  What does the term free mean to you? Also doesn't it strike you as coniving and exploitative that they would ask for credit cards to post on a messageboard.  Please add some mention of this and that other movie review boards don't do suc