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Who owns boards.ie????

Banned Account · 2010-09-06 08:30:18

Read in the paper yesterday that it's owned by the two brothers that own Daft.ie? I thought it was an independant company owned by the founder (he who shall not be named) <_< >_> (phew!) Can anyone shed any light on this?

06-09-2010 8:30am

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Read in the paper yesterday that it's owned by the two brothers that own Daft.ie?

I thought it was an independant company owned by the founder (he who shall not be named)

<_<
>_>

(phew!)

Can anyone shed any light on this?

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#2 06-09-2010 8:32am

King Felix

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The Bilderberg Group are rumoured to have a controlling share.

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#3 06-09-2010 8:32am

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The guvurnment

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#4 06-09-2010 8:36am

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http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055356391&highlight=daft.ie

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#5 06-09-2010 8:36am

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It's a secret but when people refer to him they call him OP. Think it stands for Overlording Prick

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#6 06-09-2010 8:36am

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Chuck Norris.

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#7 06-09-2010 8:36am

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Me, now gtfo before you annoy me even further.

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#8 06-09-2010 8:37am

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NAMA.

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#9 06-09-2010 8:39am

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WindSock wrote: »

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055356391&highlight=daft.ie

T'was yust the Sunday Business Post doing lazy reporting then obviously "owners" indeed.:rolleyes:

Would the monster's daddy still be liable for maintenence?

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#10 06-09-2010 8:43am

Saibh

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Brief history of boards - needs to be updated.

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#11 06-09-2010 9:09am

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boards is controlled from the freemasons hall on molesworth street, opposite the dail where they have mind control technology directing the lads in there:pac:

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#12 06-09-2010 9:16am

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Always amazes me that Daft.ie has such a horribly designed/laid out discussion forum yet they have a significant investment in the most popular discussion forum in Ireland

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#13 06-09-2010 9:48am

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boards.ie

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#14 06-09-2010 9:51am

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Last I heard, Devore is really Brian Cowen, and thats how he chills out on a Wed night after a cupla or 15 pints in the Dáil 'free' (subsidised by taxpayers) bar.

Nothing more he likes than to lengthen the auld beer buzz by farting and loggin onto boards as the monsters' daddy.

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#15 06-09-2010 9:54am

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Nobody owns boards, it's just there to be used as you wish - come along and advertise your business in every post. Or libel well known Irish figures and businesses.

Or at least that's what some eejits seem to think given the amount of people you see in Feedback and Helpdesk harping on about "Free speech on boards? You must be joking, blah blah blah." :rolleyes:

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#16 06-09-2010 9:57am

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AnonoBoy wrote: »

Nobody owns boards, it's just there to be used as you wish - come along and advertise your business in every post. Or liable well known Irish figures and businesses.

Or at least that's what some eejits seem to think given the amount of people you see in Feedback and Helpdesk harping on about "Free speech on boards? You must be joking, blah blah blah." :rolleyes:

Oh no anonoboy, I used to really really like you.
But now they got you too didn't they?

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#17 06-09-2010 10:01am

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AnonoBoy wrote: »

Or liable well known Irish figures and businesses.

Libel?

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#18 06-09-2010 10:02am

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Darlughda wrote: »

Oh no anonoboy, I used to really really like you.
But now they got you too didn't they?

Soylent Green is people?

Aidric wrote: »

Libel?

Damn it. :mad:

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#19 06-09-2010 10:03am

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Aidric wrote: »

Libel?

Shhhhh, don't say that word

<_<
>_>

They'll come for you ...

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#20 06-09-2010 10:12am

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m00t owns it.

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#21 06-09-2010 10:17am

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Aidric wrote: »

Libel?

no such thing

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#22 06-09-2010 10:28am

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Ruu is the real owner

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#23 06-09-2010 10:32am

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Podge & Rodge own it as far as I can tell. Seriously though, as it's a company, it's unlikely to be owned by one person. Daft own part of it, Facebook own another part of it and so on. Tom Murphy used to own it but is now MD as he sold most of it to Facebook. Worst investment ever in Facebook's view I bet.

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#24 06-09-2010 10:36am

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I think Anglo Irish Bank own it...

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#25 06-09-2010 10:43am

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Confab wrote: »

Podge & Rodge own it as far as I can tell. Seriously though, as it's a company, it's unlikely to be owned by one person. Daft own part of it, Facebook own another part of it and so on. Tom Murphy used to own it but is now MD as he sold most of it to Facebook. Worst investment ever in Facebook's view I bet.

Faceboards was a joke... can't believe that people still think it was real. :P

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#26 06-09-2010 10:51am

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Dord wrote: »

Faceboards was a joke... can't believe that people still think it was real. :P

That's why I wondered - would've been an insane purchase!

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#27 06-09-2010 11:47am

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a top secret goverment department

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#28 06-09-2010 12:01pm

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The next time Boards wins a Webby or a golden spider or whatever awards the irish internet community award itself every year, they should send representatives of After Hours to do the acceptance speech.

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#29 06-09-2010 12:38pm

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General Zod wrote: »

The next time Boards wins a Webby or a golden spider or whatever awards the irish internet community award itself every year, they should send representatives of After Hours to do the acceptance speech.

Send Facekicker for the crack.

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#30 06-09-2010 12:44pm

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Boards isn't owned by anyone. It's pwned.

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#31 06-09-2010 12:48pm

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"I thought we were an autonomous collective"

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#32 06-09-2010 12:55pm

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We are the Boards,you have been assimilated,resistance is futile.

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