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The Boards Census from awhile back

  • 24-03-2012 12:04am
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,620 ✭✭✭_AVALANCHE_


    Was the gathered info from that ever put up?

    Anything interesting in it?
    Post edited by Shield on


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,407 ✭✭✭Cardinal Richelieu


    Is that info used for Boards advertisers?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,173 ✭✭✭D




  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    D wrote: »

    2005.
    Things have changed a tad since then. :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,173 ✭✭✭D


    Oh i thought that that forum was updated regularly. :o


  • Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    I think the OP is referring to the one done a little more recently :)


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  • Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,195 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Beruthiel wrote: »
    2005.
    Things have changed a tad since then. :)
    They really should make new polls, at least 3 of my answers have changed :p

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    Was the gathered info from that ever put up?

    Anything interesting in it?
    It completely slipped my mind actually. Commissioner Gordon's just headed home, but I'll ask him for the summary tomorrow - we've no problem letting people know what was in it :)
    Is that info used for Boards advertisers?
    The raw data itself wouldn't be going outside the company, but there would have been aggregated (and of course anonymous) data shared with clients (existing and potential) in order for the sales team to do their jobs - the sort of summary data I'm hoping to post up tomorrow. That's a part of the reason for doing these census' every few years, but far from the only reason - we need to know who's using the site too so we can factor that into ongoing development and so on.

    I'll come back tomorrow and see what I can get for sharing.


  • Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    Yeah, we dont share specific information (eg: "User X like chicken, user Y likes beef") with advertisers, or anyone in fact, but we share general data (eg "x% of our user base likes chicken, Y% like beef").


  • Registered Users Posts: 24,462 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    DeVore wrote: »
    Yeah, we dont share specific information (eg: "User X like chicken, user Y likes beef") with advertisers, or anyone in fact, but we share general data (eg "x% of our user base likes chicken, Y% like beef").

    So if I like beef and chicken does that mean you can end up with 127% of users voting, like normal polls? :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭✭later12


    Not quite a census but there were some interesting demographics from the boards.ie general election poll last year

    http://www.boards.ie/vote/demographics.php


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  • Posts: 25,611 ✭✭✭✭ Russell Delicious Harmonica


    Still no sign?


  • Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    I'll ask about it, Dav's been and incredibly busy boy lately so it's just slipped his mind.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Nicola


    Just spotted this now!

    I did do up a summary of the results, I'll need to have a root around for it possibly condense it down.

    I will confer with Dav and Commissioner Gordon and get back as soon as I can :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,620 ✭✭✭_AVALANCHE_


    Who is Commissioner Gordon?:o:pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Nicola


    Who is Commissioner Gordon?:o:pac:

    Commissioner Gordon is our COO who is in charge of all the day to day stuff here in the office. And with making puns to keep Dav and I amused :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 15,258 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    I'm more shocked there is a woman in the office.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    Of the 12 employees of Boards.ie Ltd, 5 are women.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Nicola


    Rabies wrote: »
    I'm more shocked there is a woman in the office.

    Ah I've been here a while now!


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,645 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Dav wrote: »
    ... 5 are women.
    Are you sure they're not just Feds pretending to be women?


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    Commissioner Gordon is our COO who is in charge of all the day to day stuff here in the office. And with making puns to keep Dav and I amused :)

    Whenever people mentioned Commissioner Gordon I just presumed they were adding commissioner to Gordons name because he is the Admin for prison...I feel like a dumb dumb now. :pac:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    Wouldn't that make Zaph Batman?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Rabies wrote: »
    I'm more shocked there is a woman in the office.
    Shocked.....?

    Or intrigued....?

    You should see what she posts in the mod forum... :D

    How things have changed since you retired.. ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 15,258 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    Dav wrote: »
    Of the 12 employees of Boards.ie Ltd, 5 are women.
    12 employees?
    Jesus, its really grown. Congrats to all those involved.
    Steve wrote: »
    Shocked.....?

    Or intrigued....?

    You should see what she posts in the mod forum... :D

    How things have changed since you retired.. ;)

    I haven't retired. On a very long break :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,423 ✭✭✭Morag


    Rabies wrote: »
    12 employees?

    Is that including the boards deals staff?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭ Jadiel Creamy Tournament


    Dav wrote: »
    Of the 12 employees of Boards.ie Ltd, 5 are women.

    How many of them prefer beef over chicken?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 503 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Neil


    Sharrow wrote: »
    Is that including the boards deals staff?
    It would do yes,

    5 tech (covering boards and boardsdeals).
    dav and nicola
    the commish
    5 boardsdeals.

    that makes 13, I included our group sys admin who looks after a lot of our infrastructure and is quite often forgotten about when it comes to being a part of boards :pac:.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,645 ✭✭✭Daemos


    Plus them pesky adverts.ie folks, but I understand they're only confined to Windows 2000 computers and are only allowed one toilet break per day

    If they behave themselves


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    Adverts is a completely seperate company - has been for about 2 years - they have a bigger team of people than us :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,645 ✭✭✭Daemos


    Maybe, but only in the same way Boards Deals are. Technically separate from boards but still very much connected to it


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Daemos wrote: »
    Maybe, but only in the same way Boards Deals are. Technically separate from boards but still very much connected to it
    Nah, the gap has widened considerably since you were involved.
    The support and mod forums are still there but apart from that it's totally separate.


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