"Letterboxd has been described by a Letterboxd spokesperson as 'less a social media platform, more a community.' It has resisted adding the infinite scroll feature that now seems omnipresent online, instead letting users curate their own feeds of friends and popular reviewers."
"A common anxiety among Letterboxd users was that the app would get sold to some billionaire who couldn't care less about the platform's mission of offering 'a single place to showcase your life in film.'"
"'If some corporation buys Letterboxd and I start getting hit with 40 unskippable ads every hour I'm deleting the app and never touching it again,' wrote another user."
Letterboxd, a popular app for logging and reviewing movies, is facing a potential sale of its controlling stake by Canadian holding company Tiny. Users express concern that new ownership could lead to commercialization and a loss of the platform's community-oriented nature. Many users fear that the app could become like other resold platforms, inundated with ads and losing its original mission. The anxiety among users reflects a desire to maintain Letterboxd as a unique space for film enthusiasts without corporate interference.
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