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  • #32
    omahaid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭omahaid


    Boards gets very repetitive, I mean here is the last thread on Reddit http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=78479893

    Reddit is brill imo, moderation is a lot less heavy handed which I prefer. Took me a bit of getting used to it as well OP! TIL is a great subreddit.


  • #33
    Rheo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 55 ✭✭Rheo


    r/circlejerk is pretty lulzy. And accurate.

    Also sticking "le" in front of everything isn't funny.


  • #34
    R0ot
    Registered Users Posts: 4,473 ✭✭✭R0ot


    biko wrote: »
    It's like boards, but crap.

    Mate, don't hate. Reddit has it's benefits where boards does not. The free flow nature of it is refreshing some times and like boards it has it's own trolls also, some being fire retardant like certain ones on boards also.


  • #35
    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    /r/bestof is a great way to keep track of all the good stuff going on, without drowning in cat pictures.

    /r/truereddit has all the interesting articles, insightful comments and intelligent debate that reddit was known for before Digg imploded and took the rest of the site over.

    Lately /r/tifu has been the stand out subreddit for me, with very funny posts along with the single best counter on the internet.

    /r/Ireland can be good at times, just make sure to bring your pocket fish.


  • #36
    Israel_Dagg
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 454 ✭✭Israel_Dagg


    omahaid wrote: »
    Boards gets very repetitive, I mean here is the last thread on Reddit http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=78479893

    Reddit is brill imo, moderation is a lot less heavy handed which I prefer. Took me a bit of getting used to it as well OP! TIL is a great subreddit.

    Boards is sooooo repetitive! I mean, how long ago was there a "interesting facts" thread. Not too long ago! Same with the best username. Same thing over and over. I don't know how guys who are posting here for 10 years stick it!

    A reason why zombie threads are locked are that of they weren't the posters who originally posted in the first thread wouldn't post in the new one! The excuse of "the posters view may have changed" doesn't cut as threads like "What height are you?" are locked.

    Boards would then die out and the owners wouldn't get money.


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  • #37
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,082 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Reddit is awesome because of the good stuff always going to the top/comments/posts and you can filter what you are interested in really easily. Boards has more community but reddit is more interesting reading. If I want to go read something interesting/funny fast I go to reddit, it makes me laugh all day long. There is a lot of crap but you can downvote it/hide it with a click.

    It's extremely easy to get around, has a forum for everything you could possibly be interested in with good content and RES is amazing
    http://redditenhancementsuite.com/


    It gets a lot of good done like this http://www.reddit.com/r/startrek/comments/160avc/thank_you_rstartrek/
    Actually gets some amazing things done for charity and helping people etc.


  • #38
    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,034 ✭✭✭OU812


    Love reddit. Finding it a lot better than round here. Probably spend about 60% of the time I would have spent on boards over there now.

    If you're getting an app, get the alien blue one instea of the official one. It's a lot better.


  • #39
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,568 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Its a confusing layout system.
    A mess.


  • #40
    whitewave
    Registered Users Posts: 397 ✭✭whitewave


    I love Reddit, but there's so much on it I don't really know where to start, and end up on the same pages the whole time - AskReddit, Funny, WTF...and then Aww, to rid myself of the WTF nightmares.

    Apparently there are some seriously f**ked up threads on it though, I think someone posted here about the guy who got exposed on it before?


  • #41
    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Reddit is good but I don't have the patience to browse it all looking for good stuff. I like www.imgur.com for browsing images.

    I also really like www.quora.com - it's a basic questions and answers site, but the answers are really good, often from official or very qualified people on the subjects at hand. Best of all there is none of the your ma, blast it with piss etc.


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  • #42
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,373 ✭✭✭im invisible


    Midnight!


  • #43
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,568 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    im invisible wrote: »
    Midnight!

    :confused:


  • #44
    token101
    Registered Users Posts: 3,050 ✭✭✭token101


    the_syco wrote: »
    If you think Boards is bad, don't google lemon party - it makes boards look good!

    FFS what else am I going to do now you've mentioned it.

    Edit: I saw related searches and left that well alone


  • #45
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,911 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Some of the 'forums' I'm I'm subscribed to are:

    http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/

    http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/

    http://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/

    http://www.reddit.com/r/Genealogy/

    http://www.reddit.com/r/trueMusic/

    You just need to install the RES as Tar mentioned and then pick and choose the topics that interest you. The format makes a lot more sense when you've done this. For an unregistered first-time user the Front Page just looks like a lot like AfterHours and so can easily give you a bad impression of the rest of the site.


    While it is a BBS, I don't really think you can compare it to Boards.ie and say that one is better than the other.


  • #46
    Rubber_Soul
    Registered Users Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭Rubber_Soul


    It's a great site once, as others have mentioned, you install Reddit Enhancement Suite. Once you find the smaller sub-reddits that are relevant to your interests it's brilliant

    One thing though, if anyone starts posting on there remember you downvote comments that are off topic, not ones you disagree with.


  • #47
    AngryLips
    Registered Users Posts: 2,676 ✭✭✭AngryLips


    Keno 92 wrote: »
    People who complain about the layout, use it for more than a bloody week and you get used to it.

    it's the same problem with Android, I've used it but don't get it because it's not iOS


  • #48
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,082 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Zascar wrote: »
    Reddit is good but I don't have the patience to browse it all looking for good stuff. I like www.imgur.com for browsing images.

    I also really like www.quora.com - it's a basic questions and answers site, but the answers are really good, often from official or very qualified people on the subjects at hand. Best of all there is none of the your ma, blast it with piss etc.

    It's easy...think of something you like, type reddit/r/<thingyoulike> and it is a forum about the thing you like. You can subscribe/unsubscribe to whatever you want so you don't have to go through anything at all. The longer you use the site, the better and more personalised it gets.


  • #49
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,911 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    It's easy...think of something you like, type reddit/r/<thingyoulike> and it is a forum about the thing you like.

    And if your selection doesn't exist such as http://www.reddit.com/r/boardsie then there's nothing stopping you from creating and modding it.


  • #50
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,082 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Another thing for people saying it's hard to navigate, I have all the forums I like across the top, just like boards. ANd I don't have to use a drop down, just click it.


  • #51
    Madam_X
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,327 ✭✭✭Madam_X


    hooradiation wrote: »
    And so are you.

    And with nearly four times my post count I'm curious as to what makes you so determined to continue interacting with people on here.

    Self flagellation or simply a lack of redeemable qualities?
    But they didn't express the view that Boards is abysmal like you did. The questions you ask above could be applicable to you - even if you don't have many posts for the length of time you're here, you still have over 3,000 of them. Are you just unable to take moderate criticism without a load of disproportionate venom in return?


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  • #52
    Lightbulb Sun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭Lightbulb Sun


    Ponster wrote: »
    Some of the 'forums' I'm I'm subscribed to are:

    http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/

    http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/

    http://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/

    http://www.reddit.com/r/Genealogy/

    http://www.reddit.com/r/trueMusic/

    You just need to install the RES as Tar mentioned and then pick and choose the topics that interest you. The format makes a lot more sense when you've done this. For an unregistered first-time user the Front Page just looks like a lot like AfterHours and so can easily give you a bad impression of the rest of the site.


    While it is a BBS, I don't really think you can compare it to Boards.ie and say that one is better than the other.

    Well After Hours at least looks like a proper forum and is organized and neat. But you're right. Once you go into the subsections things actually do look neater on Reddit.

    The homepage though. Total mess. I still think the layout should be more vbulletiny.


  • #53
    Israel_Dagg
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 454 ✭✭Israel_Dagg


    Thanks to this thread I've started using Reddit :)


  • #54
    omahaid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭omahaid


    Israel_Dagg wrote: »
    Thanks to this thread I've started using Reddit :)

    http://i.qkme.me/355jdh.jpg


  • #55
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    I had a look, and I couldn't understand it, so I didn't go back again. A bit like 'The Wire'.


  • #56
    Fox_In_Socks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭Fox_In_Socks


    Teyla Emmagan wrote: »
    I had a look, and I couldn't understand it, so I didn't go back again. A bit like 'The Wire'.

    Or Primer!


  • #57
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 14,715 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    Keno 92 wrote: »
    People who complain about the layout, use it for more than a bloody week and you get used to it.

    This exactly. It confuses me how people can be confused by the layout. Sure, like anything else, it takes a bit of getting used to, but after that it really is easy. You don't even need RES (Reddit Enhancement Suite) or Alien Blue for this; I have Alien Blue but never use it. The site is perfectly well laid out, you just need to get used to the structure.

    Honestly, I would love to see boards implement a system similar to Reddit's whereby high quality content can be voted upon to make it more visible. Any big discussion on boards is 90% lazy repetition but there's now way to filter it out and you read proportionally more useless posts in order to get to the good stuff, I find.


  • #58
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Earthhorse wrote: »
    This exactly. It confuses me how people can be confused by the layout. Sure, like anything else, it takes a bit of getting used to, but after that it really is easy. You don't even need RES (Reddit Enhancement Suite) or Alien Blue for this; I have Alien Blue but never use it. The site is perfectly well laid out, you just need to get used to the structure.

    Honestly, I would love to see boards implement a system similar to Reddit's whereby high quality content can be voted upon to make it more visible. Any big discussion on boards is 90% lazy repetition but there's now way to filter it out and you read proportionally more useless posts in order to get to the good stuff, I find.

    One thing I dislike about reddit is that when you go into a thread you have read before there is no way to see which comments you haven't read before.


  • #59
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,082 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    One thing I dislike about reddit is that when you go into a thread you have read before there is no way to see which comments you haven't read before.

    I can with reddit gold! It highlights the posts you haven't read before, but that costs money. Some app should try and do it.


  • #60
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 14,715 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    One thing I dislike about reddit is that when you go into a thread you have read before there is no way to see which comments you haven't read before.
    True dat. It ain't perfect.


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  • #61
    GrumPy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭GrumPy


    Teyla Emmagan wrote: »
    I had a look, and I couldn't understand it, so I didn't go back again. A bit like 'The Wire'.


    What's hard to understand about The Wire?

    It's a TV show about cops and criminals based in Baltimore.


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