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[Dr. Claus]

It's because of a targeted hate campaign against yaoi animes, which is odd because yaoi animes have been around for as long as this service has existed.

This “hate campaign” is a very tiny minority. All this shows is that the moderation for CrunchRoll is pathetic.

 

[YCoCg]

This “hate campaign” is a very tiny minority. All this shows is that the moderation for CrunchRoll is pathetic.

Most likely used the current hate campaign as an excuse to ditch it so they can save money.

 

[Futaleufu]

At least they're not completely lying like imdb when they deleted all message boards and the reason was they didn't have enough moderation manpower.

The loss of the imdb forum was a tragedy. I still remember when Bruce Willis showed up, proved it was him, then started answering fan questions. Or when minor people who worked on movies did an AMA.

 

[Pejo]

Crunchyroll is one of 3 companies I would buy and shut down if I ever got Elon Musk rich. Absolute poison for the medium/hobby.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

They could just turn comments off on that particular show or disable commenting privileges on an account basis for abuse instead of removing the feature site-wide, then.

Make no mistake, their published reasoning is horseshit.

They're trying to cut costs and they don't wanna have to pay moderators.

It sucks because the comments sections was where you go to find out when the next season would be available.

 

[Paltheos]

I don't remember who said it, but I agree with that guy who said the one thing I'd miss from the comments is that one person who posts a time stamp for when episodes start.

 

[nbcjr]

ever since IMDB deleted their forums, no other forum on media matters

 

[Magic Carpet]

Maybe they can spend this extra time and money getting the info pages of the Anime to show the actual year that it was made instead of just 2024 for everything.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

ever since IMDB deleted their forums, no other forum on media matters

I only used IMDB forums a few times for help identify some TV shows and commercials I saw 30+ years ago. Worked like a charm from fellow IMDB people. I remember vaguely giving a tv show description and someone helped me identify it was an 80s or 90s Alfred Hitchcock show. I thought it was Amazing Stories, Tales from Crypt or Outer Limits so I'd check all their episode guides to no avail. Alfred shows never came to mind.

But googling it, the creators claimed the message boards werent positive and useful anymore or whatever. So they axed it.

Was IMDB full of trolling and dumb shit that bad?