Corruption on Boards.ie

househero

Has anybody noticed odd business influences on Boards.ie?

Recently I have noticed...

Car dealers offering 'impartial advice'

Landlords running the housing forum

Same sex marraige No Campaigners, trying to hide on boards as (newly registered) members.





I hope this thread is not shut down.

I think its in the interest of the boards community that Boards.ie remains impartial and trustworthy

What do you think?

kneemos

Conspiracy Forum left the gate open.

househero

househero wrote: »

Has anybody noticed odd business influences on Boards.ie?

Recently I have noticed...

Car dealers offering 'impartial advice'

Landlords running the housing forum

Same sex marraige No Campaigners, trying to hide on boards as (newly registered) members.

I hope this thread is not shut down.

I think its in the interest of the boards community that Boards.ie remains impartial and trustworthy

What do you think?

Your paranoia is well founded. Every time I open a thread I hear a little "pfffffft"...which is the noise made by a small release of mind controlling gas favoured the no campaign.

Mechanical Clocktail

Board isn't impartial, it's a private business. Look up the term astroturfing.

Banjo String

Cyclists mod and post in the cycling forum, plumbers modding the plumbing thread...... On and on it goes.

Twisted so it is.

Jimminy Mc Fukhead

There's a lack of balance in the biased criticism of Adolf Hitler.
And large domestic dogs. And Russell Brand.

catallus

There is no such thing as paranoia.

Rackstar

Yes they also control what's trending and remove anything they don't like from trending

Kermit.de.frog

It's a vehicle for the illuminati.

Links234

househero wrote: »

What do you think?

El Psy Congroo

Joshua J

kneemos wrote: »

Conspiracy Forum left the gate open.

There was a volunteer in the Israeli army who modded the CT forum for a time. True story.

130Kph

there is too much discrimination against narcissists in general. This thread will be closed down in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ...... which proves the point :pac:

househero

Mechanical Clocktail wrote: »

Look up the term astroturfing.

Thanks. Interesting read.

pablomakaveli

There are a lot of "agenda" posters on boards i.e posters who only ever seem to post and soapbox about certain topics or issues. The no campaigners are just the latest. We had a lot of pro-Russian posters appear last year out of nowhere as another example.

househero

pablomakaveli wrote: »

There are a lot of "agenda" posters on boards i.e posters who only ever seem to post and soapbox about certain topics or issues. The no campaigners are just the latest. We had a lot of pro-Russian posters appear last year out of nowhere as another example.

Was that because of Ukraine?

Boards does appear highly on google. Its great its so active. Not so great is the organised agendas.

The man on his own with an opinion or a small business is fine. But some big organisations seem to be abusing the impartial image of Boards.

I just hope they help fund the forum. If they do. It would be nice to be told it is an advert. Just like every other media source has to.

lickme

Corruption thread not to do with the government. Now that's a conspiracy.

FloatingVoter

Is the OP concerned that people might be telling lies on the interweb ?

fnord fnord

RobertKK

I have seen corruption in the past on boards.ie, something in the software and the site was down, but their IT expert fixed the corruption.

Guy:Incognito

Mechanical Clocktail wrote: »

Look up the term astroturfing.

5 a side or full size pitches?

CiDeRmAn

Banjo String wrote: »

Cyclists mod and post in the cycling forum, plumbers modding the plumbing thread...... On and on it goes.

Twisted so it is.

Its true, I am a gamer of retro and arcade games yet they allow me to moderate the Arcade and Retro Forum, I'm glad it's out in the open, I've been feeling guilty for the longest time....

The Backwards Man

catallus wrote: »

There is no such thing as paranoia.

Oh no there isn't!

Steve_Carella

Is it Saturday night again already?

c_man

Mods are known to take bribes to in order to lift infractions. Admins and the higher ups get brown envelops to approve new fora. It's all around us and it's sickening, but what can we do?

CiDeRmAn

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Oh no there isn't!

The voices in my head say there is...
Ssshhhh, no, no axes this time....

RobertKK

c_man wrote: »

Mods are known to take bribes to in order to lift infractions. Admins and the higher ups get brown envelops to approve new fora. It's all around us and it's sickening, but what can we do?

Heard a story not sure if true, but a person who was repeatedly banned tried the brown envelope thing but didn't know how it worked (person a bit thick) and brown envelope was more akin to a dirty protest.
Needless to say the mod involved was not impressed, the Gardai were called in and it was DNA tested.
Turns out it was bullsh1t.

hatrickpatrick

The Politics forum used to have a fairly serious issue with partisan moderation, a couple of years back. During the Lisbon referenda it was so blatant as to be genuinely funny. Not nearly as bad anymore, however.

Zaph

c_man wrote: »

Mods are known to take bribes to in order to lift infractions. Admins and the higher ups get brown envelops to approve new fora. It's all around us and it's sickening, but what can we do?

You can make sure you keep up with your payments. Our records show you're late again this month and bans have been mentioned in the admin forum.

nicowa

Joshua J wrote: »

There was a volunteer in the Israeli army who modded the CT forum for a time. True story.

What's a volunteer in the Israeli army? Aren't they all conscripts? Totally off topic I know....

tonycascarino

Not just business interests - I remember when the Lisbon Treaty was going on and without doubt there were definitely government shills here trying to ram YES down our threats. I am sure it's the same re every referendum here.

sjb25

nicowa wrote: »

What's a volunteer in the Israeli army? Aren't they all conscripts? Totally off topic I know....

Yes but He was really Mossad

Free Hat

I can't live this lie any more, I was hired by a group of miliners.

Annasopra

The "no campaigners" are usually one sad person who has hundreds of accounts

Aidric

Anyone else notice the spate of new joiners with the boards avatar? They seem to hold strong positions for new joiners.

Free Hat

Aidric wrote: »

Anyone else notice the spate of new joiners with the boards avatar? They seem to hold strong positions for new joiners.

No.

househero

tonycascarino wrote: »

Not just business interests - I remember when the Lisbon Treaty was going on and without doubt there were definitely government shills here trying to ram YES down our threats. I am sure it's the same re every referendum here.

A few people did mention that

I REALLY like boards. But I'm not keen on it being abused by organisations gains...

Like Tesco on HotUKDeals... Post their own deals. Same people vote it hot. Say its a great deal. It doesn't exist at all. Normal people say they can't find deal. Tesco shills flame them... The cycle repeats.



It would be sad to see boards infiltrated by organisations when they could just be open, honest, pay boards to be here, we get told they work for X and they help people on here. Everybody wins.

G_R

Aidric wrote: »

Anyone else notice the spate of new joiners with the boards avatar? They seem to hold strong positions for new joiners.

There's a set of boards avatars which are now applied at random to all new accounts!

Pretzill

I'm here to remind you to have a tasty twisty, snack. Been here for four years but my efforts haven't had any impact on sales.

Pretzils just aren't the Irish snack of choice.

Was raging Tayto Lover and Mint Aero got better assignments

Phoebas

Joshua J wrote: »

There was a volunteer in the Israeli army who modded the CT forum for a time. True story.

He was placed in the Israeli army by the CIA under orders of the Bilderberg group.

True story.

Tigger

househero wrote: »

Has anybody noticed odd business influences on Boards.ie?

Recently I have noticed...

Car dealers offering 'impartial advice'

Landlords running the housing forum

Same sex marraige No Campaigners, trying to hide on boards as (newly registered) members.





I hope this thread is not shut down.

I think its in the interest of the boards community that Boards.ie remains impartial and trustworthy

What do you think?

its the price we pay to those that run the free gaff we hang out in
fuck them

Tigger

Grand_Rajnah wrote: »

There's a set of boards avatars which are now applied at random to all new accounts!

i hate them they remove my abality to know who im talking to

Cold War Kid

househero wrote: »

A few people did mention that

I REALLY like boards. But I'm not keen on it being abused by organisations gains...

Like Tesco on HotUKDeals... Post their own deals. Same people vote it hot. Say its a great deal. It doesn't exist at all. Normal people say they can't find deal. Tesco shills flame them... The cycle repeats.



It would be sad to see boards infiltrated by organisations when they could just be open, honest, pay boards to be here, we get told they work for X and they help people on here. Everybody wins.

So what you are afraid of is not happening then? As said, Boards is always banning people for advertising/shilling.
There are Talk To forums all right for various companies, which pay Boards.

Massimo Cassagrande

Tigger wrote: »

i hate them they remove my abality to know who im talking to

What does..

:pac:

househero

Cold War Kid wrote: »

So what you are afraid of is not happening then? As said, Boards is always banning people for advertising/shilling.

No it is happening. Which is why I started the thread.

What have you noticed being promoted in an underhand way on boards?

Its not just things you buy or vote for

Joshua J

nicowa wrote: »

What's a volunteer in the Israeli army? Aren't they all conscripts? Totally off topic I know....

Not if you're not Israeli.

Joshua J

Phoebas wrote: »

He was placed in the Israeli army by the CIA under orders of the Bilderberg group.

True story.

Is there no Fine Gael thread for you to spam?.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Joshua J wrote: »

There was a volunteer in the Israeli army who modded the CT forum for a time. True story.

Who?

Cold War Kid

househero wrote: »

No it is happening. Which is why I started the thread.

What have you noticed being promoted in an underhand way on boards?

Its not just things you buy or vote for

But you're making out it's a Boards policy. Boards can't stop people from opening an account to do what you've described, but they're banned very promptly.

RobertKK

Reyansh Few Storm wrote: »

Who?

I think that belongs in the CT forum.

nicowa

Joshua J wrote: »

Not if you're not Israeli.

If you're in the army, you're a citizen. If you're a citizen, you're a conscript. I don't how being Mossad makes a difference.

Joshua J

nicowa wrote: »

If you're in the army, you're a citizen. If you're a citizen, you're a conscript. I don't how being Mossad makes a difference.

https://www.idfblog.com/about-the-idf/volunteer-programs/

Just a quick google search. Who said anything about mossad?