Is Boards representative of society in Ireland?

steddyeddy

Well is it? Personally I wonder is it at all. The large number of dole threads and threads aimed at poorer section of society can't be Representative of the population. I don't hear conversations like this in real life from people from any section of society. Then again I may be wrong and people might keep their thoughts to themselves on the issue. So I'm wondering are the threads on Boards representative of the feelings of society on all issues or do we make up a small part of society?

Fr_Dougal

No, I would think not.

K-9

steddyeddy wrote: »

Well is it? Personally I wonder is it at all. The large number of dole threads and threads aimed at poorer section of society can't be Representative of the population. I don't hear conversations like this in real life from people from any section of society. Then again I may be wrong and people might keep their thoughts to themselves on the issue. So I'm wondering are the threads on Boards representative of the feelings of society on all issues or do we make up a small part of society?

The right wing types are more vociferous definitely, I can just imagine aspiring Leo Varadkars posting from their bedrooms fantasising about the day Public Service pay and welfare gets slashed. They thought the IMF would sort it all out and are extra disillusioned and full of unsatiated power complexes.

Overall I'd say it is more liberal than general society but probably more in tune with what under 40's think.

JupiterKid

No is the answer.

A look at poll results on Boards and that among the general populace shows that Boards is not representative of Ireland as a whole by any means. Boards tends to be dominated by younger people (under 40) and skewed towards young males in particular.

humbert

It's representative of people in Ireland who have too much free time and nothing better to do with it, excluding those for whom posting on an internet forum is still alien.

5000+ posts, woot.

anncoates

I fcuking hope not.

LiveIsLife

Hardly. Jesus Christ

MistyCheese

I frickin hope not!

anncoates, beat me to it.

Shiraz 4.99

It over represents the following groups:

Shinners
Atheists
LBGT Supporters
Computer Nerds

Every poll is skewed massively against the normal population

kneemos

Mostly under 30 apparently.

steddyeddy

Shiraz 4.99 wrote: »

It over represents the following groups:

Shinners
Atheists
LBGT Supporters
Computer Nerds

Every poll is skewed massively against the normal population

Well what would a poll from the normal population look like on these issues?

Molester Stallone II

Thread needs a poll

kneemos

Molester Stallone II wrote: »

Thread needs a poll

Would it be representative?

steddyeddy

Molester Stallone II wrote: »

Thread needs a poll

Good idea! Mods would it be OK to add one? xoxox

Molester Stallone II

kneemos wrote: »

Would it be representative?

Only if AH'ers are allowed vote, we know there's a good cross section of society there .....

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

steddyeddy wrote: »

Well is it? Personally I wonder is it at all. The large number of dole threads and threads aimed at poorer section of society can't be Representative of the population. I don't hear conversations like this in real life from people from any section of society. Then again I may be wrong and people might keep their thoughts to themselves on the issue. So I'm wondering are the threads on Boards representative of the feelings of society on all issues or do we make up a small part of society?

I would safely say it is far from representative of society as a whole.

porsche959

steddyeddy wrote: »

Well is it? Personally I wonder is it at all. The large number of dole threads and threads aimed at poorer section of society can't be Representative of the population. I don't hear conversations like this in real life from people from any section of society. Then again I may be wrong and people might keep their thoughts to themselves on the issue. So I'm wondering are the threads on Boards representative of the feelings of society on all issues or do we make up a small part of society?

People say things online that they would never say in real life. Except maybe after 8 pints on a Friday night.

Mark Tapley

Some posters write off sections of society as sub human scum.They frequently fantasise about punishing them in varied draconian ways. I hope they don't represent anything but their own warped brains.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Mark Tapley wrote: »

Some posters write off sections of society as sub human scum.They frequently fantasise about punishing them in varied draconian ways. I hope they don't represent anything but their own warped brains.

I suggest just avoiding the Soccer forum altogether.

Davarus Walrus

Jesus Christ no. Like twitter, thejournal and other 'social media' outlets it draws every sort of loon, leftie and ne'er do well. Mouth-breathers spouting their ill-conceived views on hugely complex issues in an attempt to bring some sense of purpose to their bland and bleak existence.

The Sunday Independent is way more representative of Irish society when it comes to social, political and economic issues than boards could ever hope to be. The spotty student neckbeard viewpoint doesn't really contribute much to the rich tapestry of Irish life.

Mark Tapley

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

Jesus Christ no. Like twitter, thejournal and other 'social media' outlets it draws every sort of loon, leftie and ne'er do well. Mouth-breathers spouting their ill-conceived views on hugely complex issues in an attempt to bring some sense of purpose to their bland and bleak existence.

The Sunday Independent is way more representative of Irish society when it comes to social, political and economic issues than boards could ever hope to be. The spotty student neckbeard viewpoint doesn't really contribute much to the rich tapestry of Irish life.

I'm hoping that you are not representative of anything.

Lapin

steddyeddy wrote: »

Well is it? Personally I wonder is it at all. The large number of dole threads and threads aimed at poorer section of society can't be Representative of the population. I don't hear conversations like this in real life from people from any section of society. Then again I may be wrong and people might keep their thoughts to themselves on the issue. So I'm wondering are the threads on Boards representative of the feelings of society on all issues or do we make up a small part of society?

Common mistake of confusing After Hours with the rest of Boards.ie going on here.

efb

Shiraz 4.99 wrote: »

It over represents the following groups:

Shinners
Atheists
LBGT Supporters
Computer Nerds

Every poll is skewed massively against the normal population

Poor Normies

bitemeluis

Boards is made up of 63% highly intellectual people and the other 51% who never went to school - I like to think I'm one of the 63%

dar100

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

Jesus Christ no. Like twitter, thejournal and other 'social media' outlets it draws every sort of loon, leftie and ne'er do well. Mouth-breathers spouting their ill-conceived views on hugely complex issues in an attempt to bring some sense of purpose to their bland and bleak existence.

The Sunday Independent is way more representative of Irish society when it comes to social, political and economic issues than boards could ever hope to be. The spotty student neckbeard viewpoint doesn't really contribute much to the rich tapestry of Irish life.

Is this view representative of the whole walrus population?

newmug

steddyeddy wrote: »

Well what would a poll from the normal population look like on these issues?

Shinners - rarely get above 15% at electoral events. On boards you'd think they were about to sieze power in a coup!
Athiests - 84% of Irish people identify as Catholic. This is a FACT, bourne out in the last census. On Boards, you'd think 84% of people were atheist.
LGBT - Homosexuality, tattoos, piercings etc. seem to be commonplace on Boards. In real life, these things are still well-and-truly in the "weirdo" category. (Maybe not so much the tattoos nowadays, they're seen as more "waster" than "weird" [not MY view, just my observation])
Computer Nerds - Nerds in general, are a rarity in society. They are obviously going to congregate more on the internet than they would in real life, so maybe that is the truest bit of representation on Boards. Still though, they are on the margain of the margains of society offline.


I'll add another stat to that. Views on abortion. On Boards (and in the Irish media in general), you'd think people were about to bring down the government with the overwhelming demand to legalise abortion up to full term. The reality is, when the govt. were enacting the recent legislation, 5,000 pre-choicers turned out to protest that it didn't go far enough. 80,000 pro-lifers turned out to protest that it went too far. The govt didn't hold a referendum because they knew the bill to legalise abortion would be spectacularly annihilated.


Typical Boardsie v a normal person. Skip to 1:50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY54fnWQ-48

c_man

No. I mean first off, there's only like two women around here. And they're most likely men.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Knowing it is so unrepresentative of society, I often wonder why people get so het up with arguments on threads at times.

thegreatgonzo

steddyeddy wrote: »

Well is it? Personally I wonder is it at all. The large number of dole threads and threads aimed at poorer section of society can't be Representative of the population. I don't hear conversations like this in real life from people from any section of society. Then again I may be wrong and people might keep their thoughts to themselves on the issue. So I'm wondering are the threads on Boards representative of the feelings of society on all issues or do we make up a small part of society?

Well there's Boards and then there's After Hours. When I joined Boards it was to get answers relating to stuff going on in real life. For me After Hours is just for entertainment and I think of most people on it as drunk people you might get chatting to on a Friday night. So no I don't think it is representative.

OldMrBrennan83

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Archeron

I only ever wear my monocle when posting here, I never wear it real life.

sfcdub

newmug wrote: »

80,000 pro-lifers turned out to protest that it went too far. The govt didn't hold a referendum because they knew the bill to legalise abortion would be spectacularly annihilated.

That's absolutely crap, and you know it is. The myth of these huge pro life crowds have been well and truly debunked.

Indo says up to 50k, Examiner said up to 40k, but keep making up figures if you want.

Some more bollo*ology here. YD claim 8k turned up to a venue that has a maximum capacity of 5k. I'm sure there's a forum for lies.

(oops cant post links - search Rabble and Humiliating Turnout for YD in Belfast, or just search the venue's specs and YD's claims)

weemcd

We are a varied bunch.

However the majority of boards is still made up of male nerds ~15-40 years old.

Myself included

thegreatgonzo

c_man wrote: »

No. I mean first off, there's only like two women around here. And they're most likely men.

Why do people keep thinking I'm a man?:mad:

The Rabbit

newmug wrote: »

Homosexualitytattoos, piercings etc. seem to be commonplace on Boards. In real life, these things are still well-and-truly in the "weirdo" category.

Wow...

newmug

sfcdub wrote: »

That's absolutely crap, and you know it is. The myth of these huge pro life crowds have been well and truly debunked.

Indo says up to 50k, Examiner said up to 40k, but keep making up figures if you want.

No its not. I was there myself. 2 sides of Merrion Sq were absolutely packed on May 3rd last. And I'm getting those figures from the Guards. Of course, do you think RTE showed this? Of course not. But they showed the (probably inflated figure) of the 5000 pro-choicers crowd outside the Dail. Anyway, why are you getting so upset?

MS.ing

pmsl

*roflmao*

MS.ing

thegreatgonzo wrote: »

Why do people keep thinking I'm a man?:mad:

that moustache. youre not kidding anyone

_Redzer_

newmug wrote: »

Shinners - rarely get above 15% at electoral events. On boards you'd think they were about to sieze power in a coup!
Athiests - 84% of Irish people identify as Catholic. This is a FACT, bourne out in the last census. On Boards, you'd think 84% of people were atheist.
LGBT - Homosexuality, tattoos, piercings etc. seem to be commonplace on Boards. In real life, these things are still well-and-truly in the "weirdo" category. (Maybe not so much the tattoos nowadays, they're seen as more "waster" than "weird" [not MY view, just my observation])
Computer Nerds - Nerds in general, are a rarity in society. They are obviously going to congregate more on the internet than they would in real life, so maybe that is the truest bit of representation on Boards. Still though, they are on the margain of the margains of society offline.


I'll add another stat to that. Views on abortion. On Boards (and in the Irish media in general), you'd think people were about to bring down the government with the overwhelming demand to legalise abortion up to full term. The reality is, when the govt. were enacting the recent legislation, 5,000 pre-choicers turned out to protest that it didn't go far enough. 80,000 pro-lifers turned out to protest that it went too far. The govt didn't hold a referendum because they knew the bill to legalise abortion would be spectacularly annihilated.


Typical Boardsie v a normal person. Skip to 1:50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY54fnWQ-48

Weirdo category, eh?

Tell me more about Irish culture again. Sounds like a depiction of a 1950s post card tbh.

thegreatgonzo

MS.ing wrote: »

that moustache. youre not kidding anyone

:eek:

It's the curse of the dark haired woman:(

newmug

_Redzer_ wrote: »

Weirdo category, eh?

Tell me more about Irish culture again. Sounds like a depiction of a 1950s post card tbh.

Chill FFS! The question asked was "Is boards rep. of Irish Society"? OBVIOUSLY its not! Just because you are not getting the answer you want to hear doesn't mean you have to get upset!

_Redzer_

newmug wrote: »

Chill FFS! The question asked was "Is boards rep. of Irish Society"? OBVIOUSLY its not! Just because you are not getting the answer you want to hear doesn't mean you have to get upset!

3 exclamation marks from you says otherwise.

Anyhow, you're wrong in your 'facts'. The majority of people do not fit your description. It's kinda laughable how desperately you'd love that to be face, though.

newmug

_Redzer_ wrote: »

3 exclamation marks from you says otherwise.

Anyhow, you're wrong in your 'facts'. The majority of people do not fit your description. It's kinda laughable how desperately you'd love that to be face, though.

Cool it man, will ya! Laugh, then, instead of getting upset!

gladrags

steddyeddy wrote: »

Well is it? Personally I wonder is it at all. The large number of dole threads and threads aimed at poorer section of society can't be Representative of the population. I don't hear conversations like this in real life from people from any section of society. Then again I may be wrong and people might keep their thoughts to themselves on the issue. So I'm wondering are the threads on Boards representative of the feelings of society on all issues or do we make up a small part of society?


If you consider all the Irish boards available,sports,politics,art,message boards,local community,etc

And possibly e-mail groups,meet up groups,you are talking about an ever imcreasing web.

The list is endless,I assume the guy who reffered to the Sunday Indo is joking or s stirring.

_Redzer_

newmug wrote: »

Cool it man, will ya! Laugh, then, instead of getting upset!

I'm getting upset?

Right. Well you're honestly a baffling man altogether.

Wibbs

I'm actually a right wing Nazi in many ways, so that balances out some of the pinko Bolsheviks about the place.

Rough Sleeper

newmug wrote: »

Cool it man, will ya! Laugh, then, instead of getting upset!

Nice passive aggression m8 8.5/10.

myshirt

A lot of dangerous pro abortion liberals seem to populate boards also.

Frightening if that represents Ireland!

Zaph

newmug wrote: »

LGBT - Homosexuality, tattoos, piercings etc. seem to be commonplace on Boards. In real life, these things are still well-and-truly in the "weirdo" category. (Maybe not so much the tattoos nowadays, they're seen as more "waster" than "weird" [not MY view, just my observation])

Even ignoring the totally bizarre assertion that any of the above are in the weirdo category, how is homosexuality in any way similar to tattoos or piercings that it could be lumped in with them in the same sweeping statement?

Molester Stallone II

Lapin wrote: »

Common mistake of confusing After Hours with the rest of Boards.ie going on here.

Yeah, the soccer & airsoft forums are full of normals

Why would it be representative of Irish society no more than anything is reprehensive of Irish society, Irish society is diverse like any society is.

Afterhours does seem to attract a lot of people with an axe to grind about a diverse range of subject, but I would not totally dismiss it as reprehensive of broad general opinions on important topics in Irish society.