They got bizarrely toxic toward the end. It was always a mixed bag, with weird comments by seemingly unstable people, but many well-written and insightful comments, too. Over the last couple of years, as I recall, it became a hotbed of weird, political comments. Lots of posts like "Typical LIBERAL agenda nonsense!" and lots of outright toxic, inflammatory replies to completely ordinary questions.

I'd love to know what group targeted IMDB, because it's the most successful takeover I've ever seen.

Archived here: https://filmboards.com/

I just noticed that I submitted an imdb comment/review in March of this year. The boards still look up. Did something change?