<P> The Top 250 list comprises a wide range of feature films, including major releases, cult films, independent films, critically acclaimed films, silent films, and non-English language films . Documentaries, short films and TV episodes are not currently included . </P> <P> Since 2015, there has been a Top 250 list devoted to ranking television shows . </P> <P> Beginning in 2001, the Internet Movie Database also maintained message boards for every title (excepting, as of 2013, TV episodes) and name entry, along with over 140 main boards . This began in 2001 . In order to post on the message boards a user needed to "authenticate" their account via cell phone, credit card, or by having been a recent customer of the parent company Amazon.com . Message boards expanded in recent years . The Soapbox started in 1999 as a general message board meant for debates on any subjects . The Politics board started in 2007 was a message board to discuss politics, news events, and current affairs, as well as history and economics . </P> <P> As of 20 February 2017, all the message boards and their content have been permanently removed . According to the website, the decision was made because the boards were "no longer providing a positive, useful experience for the vast majority of our more than 250 million monthly users worldwide". Col Needham also mentioned in a post some months earlier that the boards received less income from ads, and that their members only made up a very small part of the website's visitors . The boards were costly to run due to the system's age and dated design, which did not make business sense . The decision to remove the message boards was met with outspoken backlash across the web and on social media, and sparked an online petition garnering over 8,000 signatures . In the days leading up to 20 February 2017, both Archive.org and MovieChat.org preserved the entire contents of the IMDb message boards using "web scraping" technologies . </P>

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