Not that this is what this thread is about, but me too, I was really upset when CIF was removed. I'm also old enough to remember and love the message boards on IMDB and I was gutted when they closed too.
I loved the late Sarah Hughes and her catch up articles in the Guardian about Game of Thrones; it was one of my highlights as I watched each series in real time. There was such a camaraderie back in the day on CIF. And of course I read all Hadley Freeman's articles. I didn't agree with them all, but she and I had the same love of film and I always enjoyed her opinion on women's rights etc.
It was her leaving article in the guardian that triggered the events that led to me realising what was actually going on, and how badly women's rights were being eroded by trans ideology. I was already annoyed at the guardian over their coverage (actually their lack of coverage) of what happened in Cologne (and could see the comments disappear in real time when anyone tried to point out what they'd seen happen there that new year). However, what pushed me over the edge was Hadley's last article saying goodbye to her readers and someone BTL linked to a news source about the REAL reason she was leaving. I was very shocked and quickly dug into it, found this corner of Mumsnet and the rest is history.