The Box Office Mojo issues thread. Brad Brevet is the new editor, the Simanton reign is over.

[JohnnY]

why didn't they just warn people a few days before, though? does it really need to be like this?

[AniNate]

We would need a lot of volunteers, and a logical way to split the task so that no one is overloaded. But most important of all, we need a place to store all the data.

 

And we'd need Shawn

[Empire]

Can someone explain why imdb just crucified BOM?

Simply because they are assholes.

[Fancyarcher]

Simply because they are assholes.

 

The only logical answer.

[rukaio101]

I'm assuming IMDB are going for the 'bury-their-heads-in-the-sand' approach where if they ignore the complaints long enough surely they'll just magically disappear.

 

Also, there's a thunderstorm going on outside my house right now. Ominous much?

[spizzer]

We would need a lot of volunteers, and a logical way to split the task so that no one is overloaded. But most important of all, we need a place to store all the data.

 

I think it'd also make sense to  identify and tackle priority of data.  There's some content that other sites just don't have, and we should aim for that initially and then work outward however feasible given obvious logistics issues.

 

Ideas for storage?  I'd start with just creating Google spreadsheets as a quick preliminary solution

[AniNate]

I'm assuming IMDB are going for the 'bury-their-heads-in-the-sand' approach where if they ignore the complaints long enough surely they'll just magically disappear.

 

They're probably right. At some point it won't be worth the effort to complain about. 

[rockNrollaDIM]

THIS IS ABSURD!!!

[iceroll]

Somebody's started a petition to bring BOM back: https://www.change.org/p/amazon-and-imdb-and-box-office-mojo-bring-back-box-office-mojo

[Fancyarcher]

Somebody's started a petition to bring BOM back: https://www.change.org/p/amazon-and-imdb-and-box-office-mojo-bring-back-box-office-mojo

 

I probably won't sign and I doubt that petition does anything, still, BOM doesn't deserve to be trashed and destroy so unexpectedly.

Edited October 11, 2014 by Pokearcher

[grey ghost]

It shut down for the same reason the forums died down. There's no money in it. I imagine Amazon did an evaluation of how many paying customers would be there ( which unlike people saying they would subscribe rarely turns out that more than a 1000 people would be willing) and there is no way they could recover the cost via advertising. The executives will get the data from deadline or imdb as part of a corporate membership. There is no way an group of 1000 amateurs paying 10 dollars a year would be worth it to run a site like BOM.

 

Today the internet advertising model is dominated by the toothbrush model pioneered by Google. Only those things are viable that a vast section of people use at least once a day. 10,000 people checking BOM daily isn't viable for advertising.

 

If it survives its a part of IMDBPro.

My question is how do sites with much less traffic than BOM and alot more maintenance survive?

Could it be that Amazon is being too greedy?

[iceroll]

I really hope that in a few days, BOM will be up and running again and we'll all just look back and laugh at hoe worried we got. I dunno how likely that is but until someone breaks this silence and says BOM is gone for sure I'm keeping that shred of optimism.

[Alpha]

I'm more concerned about the possibility of all those numbers in the database being lost then whatever behind-the-scenes crap is going on.

Going to go through the Wayback Machine and see if I can find all the old weekend and daily numbers.

[AniNate]

I really hope that in a few days, BOM will be up and running again and we'll all just look back and laugh at hoe worried we got. I dunno how likely that is but until someone breaks this silence and says BOM is gone for sure I'm keeping that shred of optimism.

 

Even if it does come back I doubt I'll laugh at this. They've given us serious reason to fear the worst.

[Fancyarcher]

I really hope that in a few days, BOM will be up and running again and we'll all just look back and laugh at hoe worried we got. I dunno how likely that is but until someone breaks this silence and says BOM is gone for sure I'm keeping that shred of optimism.

 

That's nice. I still have some hope, even if it's really really small.

[maxenricfan]

My question is how do sites with much less traffic than BOM and alot more maintenance survive?

Could it be that Amazon is being too greedy?

There are websites more popular than BOM that don't make any money. The primary cost of operating BOM is not the software or server storage. Its the cost of collecting box office data. Anything that has been automated is dirt cheap. However the data gathering is expensive. Without people willing to pay for that data it will not survive.

[Empire]

Even if it does come back I doubt I'll laugh at this. They've given us serious reason to fear the worst.

Yeah, the way everyone is reacting to this is justifiable considering nobody is saying anything on the matter. No need to look back and laugh if it's is up and running again soon.

Edited October 11, 2014 by Empire

[cory]

Google cache search is probably faster than Wayback

 

for example http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:jNvMui7liC8J:www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/%3Fsortdate%3D2002-05-11+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

[noknobs]

There are websites more popular than BOM that don't make any money. The primary cost of operating BOM is not the software or server storage. Its the cost of collecting box office data. Anything that has been automated is dirt cheap. However the data gathering is expensive. Without people willing to pay for that data it will not survive.

Then why'd they acquire it in the first place? At any rate, if they just want to make more money they could simply make BOM available for a monthly fee. Or just sell BOM to somebody else. I'm sure all the data will end up being accessible, but whether that's at IMDB/BOM, and whether it's still free, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

[druv10]

Bull crap. BOM easily has the most extensive BO data than any other site. Amazon and IMDB can fuck off.   

Edited October 11, 2014 by druv10