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OnlyMortal
on Aug 7, 2022
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Fake IMDB credits
IMDB originated in Bristol in the UK. It was, so I’m told, started by an ex-HP staffer from the HP site in Bristol, UK and originally written in Perl.
Unfortunately, it was absorbed into Amazon.
Source: ex-HP staffer in Bristol.
cobbaut
on Aug 7, 2022
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IMDB originated on usenet. Someone mentioned a hot actress, another person made a top three of actresses... a bit later is was a top 100, and that is how IMDB started. Source: my memory :)
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Unfortunately, it was absorbed into Amazon.
Source: ex-HP staffer in Bristol.