JimSmith84
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Comment · 9 years ago
At the moment, it doesn't. Obviously if successful, probably some sort of ad/sponsor model. But that's a big IF and far into the future. At this point, it just gives away money :)
Comment · 9 years ago
We've got a small group of early stage angels/investors. If it picks up, we'll likely go raise venture capital.
Comment · 9 years ago
Hi Everyone,
Wanted to show you my newest app: Genius. It's a live quiz game that you play on your phone every day at 8pm ET / 5pm PT. If you answer the questions correctly, you win real money. Tonight's game is just 5 questions with a cash prize of $100. It's still in "beta" so I would love feedback from you guys.
Some of you may recall that earlier this year I created MovieChat.org (here's the Show HN post that made it to the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13653948). MovieChat's still up and running (and doing well!) but I've been wanting to do something in interactive media for quite some time. Had originally planned Genius to focus solely on movie trivia (for the MovieChat community), but ultimately decided to broaden into other areas as well (like math and physics!).
I'll try to stick around on here and answer any questions. Hope to see you tonight!
Comment · 9 years ago
Torrenting aside, this is the second large movie forum to shut down this year (IMDb closed its message boards in February).
For ExtraTorrent Forum users searching for a new home, check out https://MovieChat.org
Comment · 9 years ago
Yeah that's definitely something I could do. Are there any proposed projects you know of that could benefit from this type of data?
Comment · 9 years ago
Yeah I was actually thinking of doing this, just been super busy trying to archive everything from IMDB before the boards shut down.
Do you know the founders at JustWatch?
Comment · 9 years ago
Yeah that's a good question. Before I became an engineer I practiced IP/copyright law. Also spoke (colloquially) with a few ppl at the company.
I did my homework before starting this project and I'm confident we're in a good position :)
Comment · 9 years ago
Hi Everyone,
My name’s Jim, and I created MovieChat.org as an archive and replacement for IMDB’s message boards which are shutting down this week. For those of you not familiar, the IMDb message boards allowed you to discuss any single movie or tv show with others (there was a separate forum for each movie/show). IMDb recently announced they were shutting down the message boards and its users were furious (there's a petition with close to 10k signatures here: https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/petition-to-keep-the-imd...). I ventured out to create an archive (of all the existing posts) and replacement and hence MovieChat.org was born.
Key Features of MovieChat.org:
1. Any movie/show on IMDB is also on MovieChat.org (over 4 million and counting) - we have separate boards for each movie/show, just like IMDB
2. I backed up most of the posts for IMDB’s top 10,000 movies/shows - most existing conversations on IMDB should also appear on MovieChat.org - we have over 3 million posts already (and I'm working non-stop to back up even more from IMDB)!
Please visit http://MovieChat.org, join or start a discussion, and let me know what you think. If you like it, please spread the word. If there’s anything I can improve, just email me ([email protected]) and I’ll get on it.
Jim [email protected]