I knew that IMDb had been around a long time but TIL it predates the World Wide Web, as it was initially launched as Usenet group rec.arts.movies in 1990 and moved to the web in 1993. And it's been owned by Amazon since 1998, because of course it has 🙄
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMDb
#tech #history #Usenet #IMDb #film #films #movies #TV #90s #1990s
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