Is Boards aware of the reputation it has across the web?

jonnypacket

Mention Boards.ie on TheJournal, Reddit, Politics.ie or any other discussion forum and you'll be met with groans of over-zealous moderation and the smothering of debate with political correctness.

Surely the owners of Boards are aware of this. Do they want to change this view or are they stubbornly determined to continue along the same path? If their page views are increasing then I guess they have no incentive to change. The only thing is I'm pretty sure the site's readership has plummeted compared with 6 or 7 years ago. Anyone else encountered this opinion when they mention Boards?

kneemos

It's the overriding opinion alright.

jonnypacket

jonnypacket wrote: »

Mention Boards.ie on TheJournal, Reddit, Politics.ie or any other discussion forum and you'll be met with groans of over-zealous moderation and the smothering of debate with political correctness.

Surely the owners of Boards are aware of this. Do they want to change this view or are they stubbornly determined to continue along the same path? If their page views are increasing then I guess they have no incentive to change. The only thing is I'm pretty sure the site's readership has plummeted compared with 6 or 7 years ago. Anyone else encountered this opinion when they mention Boards?

It is heavily modded...but that's part and parcel of the site. Thems the rules and they're well signalled. It has an appeals process, not sure there is much more they can do.

Fr_Dougal

Boards hasn't been the same since Denis O'Brien bought it.

KomradeBishop

Ya Boards is aware, but the tone in response to this issue being pointed out, tends to be largely dismissive and trying to downplay it.

If you get snared in the 'appeals' process, it can be a bit of a "computer says no" nightmare really.

gctest50

jonnypacket wrote: »

Mention Boards.ie on TheJournal, Reddit, Politics.ie or any other discussion forum and you'll be met with groans of over-zealous moderation and the smothering of debate with political correctness.

Surely the owners of Boards are aware of this. Do they want to change this view or are they stubbornly determined to continue along the same path? If their page views are increasing then I guess they have no incentive to change. The only thing is I'm pretty sure the site's readership has plummeted compared with 6 or 7 years ago. Anyone else encountered this opinion when they mention Boards?

"Open" a new forum and see how you get on, you'd never know might be the next big thing

Arrow in the Knee

I like boards.

On Reddit a thread is very stop/start, no fluid conversation.
Also if you make a comment that other redditors don't like you get downvoted.

omahaid

It's probably for the best that we keep all of the self-righteous corralled in one corner of the internet, facilitates free speech elsewhere.

jonnypacket

Arrow in the Knee wrote: »

On Reddit a thread is very stop/start, no fluid conversation.
Also if you make a comment that other redditors don't like you get downvoted.

On Boards if you make a comment others don't like you get banned.

RIGHTisRIGHT

This site is best viewed on a PC so you get PC on your PC.;)

Cienciano

Boards is known as sjw central. Certain opinions in threads will lead to a ban or locked thread. This one will probably be locked soon.
As long as you know the story and use other message boards, you'll be grand

Tombi!

Must not lock thread.

Riddle101

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Boards hasn't been the same since Denis O'Brien bought it.

Careful Now, that comment could get you sued.

kneemos

From what I can gather it was apparently becoming clannish,so they clamped down heavily on the rules a few years ago and got rid of most of the interesting characters.
Maybe it is more inclusive,but less appealing imo.

RIGHTisRIGHT

Cienciano wrote: »

Boards is known as sjw central. Certain opinions in threads will lead to a ban or locked thread. This one will probably be locked soon.
As long as you know the story and use other message boards, you'll be grand

Rubbish boards is fair and balanced.:D

RayM

jonnypacket wrote: »

On Boards if you make a comment others don't like you get banned.

No you don't. In 99% of cases, you get banned for behaving like a dick. A quick glance through the Prison forum is proof of that.

If right-wing people are more likely to get banned, it's because (shock-horror!) they're more likely to behave in a certain way...

Edit: Just noticed you've been banned. LOL.

Cuddlesworth

jonnypacket wrote: »

Mention Boards.ie on TheJournal, Reddit, Politics.ie or any other discussion forum and you'll be met with groans of over-zealous moderation and the smothering of debate with political correctness.

Surely the owners of Boards are aware of this. Do they want to change this view or are they stubbornly determined to continue along the same path? If their page views are increasing then I guess they have no incentive to change. The only thing is I'm pretty sure the site's readership has plummeted compared with 6 or 7 years ago. Anyone else encountered this opinion when they mention Boards?

The rather stupid court case over Oxegen 2006 opened a few eyes a number of years ago and moderation has always been quite strict since then. Nature of the beast that is Irish Libel law I guess. But if you break it down really, if your a contentious wanker you get booted after a while.

_Kaiser_

If they insist on pushing ahead with this "new site" idea I don't think it'll be much of an issue TBH.

I get a lot out of Boards.. stuff I didn't know, quick answers to questions and some interesting topics.. but the standards across the site vary hugely.

RIGHTisRIGHT

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

The rather stupid court case over Oxegen 2006 opened a few eyes a number of years ago and moderation has always been quite strict since then. Nature of the beast that is Irish Libel law I guess. But if you break it down really, if your a contentious wanker you get booted after a while.

Unless your a Liberal PC left wing wanker and then your safe as houses.
And that does not just go for boards but society in general these days.

Cienciano

Tombi! wrote: »

Must not lock thread.

Your wages will be docked if you don't

Realt Dearg Sec

omahaid wrote: »

It's probably for the best that we keep all of the self-righteous corralled in one corner of the internet, facilitates free speech elsewhere.

The ironing is delicious.

wp_rathead

RIGHTisRIGHT wrote: »

Unless your a Liberal PC left wing wanker and then your safe as houses.
And that does not just go for boards but society in general these days.

Oh thank Vegan Fudge for that

KomradeBishop

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

If they insist on pushing ahead with this "new site" idea I don't think it'll be much of an issue TBH.

I get a lot out of Boards.. stuff I didn't know, quick answers to questions and some interesting topics.. but the standards across the site vary hugely.

The standards varying across the site is a pretty big problem - you can log out of Boards, see something interesting on the front page from a random subforum - and then end up with a warning or infraction for breaking a minutiae part of that sub-forums rules, which you'd never expect to have run-ins for elsewhere on the site - and the standards can differ hugely, even between individual mods of the same forum.

Ronan|Raven

Good grief. The opinions of the knuckle draggers and trolls that inhabit the Journal is not something one should worry about. OMG NO FREE SPEECH HERE ... as for the lunatics on politics.ie...

RIGHTisRIGHT

RIGHTisRIGHT wrote: »

Unless your a Liberal PC left wing wanker and then your safe as houses.
And that does not just go for boards but society in general these days.

Have you ever perused the political cafe?

Samaris

Yeeah, I don't know anything about politics.ie, but the Journal and Reddit could also have some things said about their reputations too :P

Pretty much any big site will get slagged off on other sites. I wouldn't exactly call what I read on Reddit about Boards (or vice versa) gospel truth.

super_furry

The Irish reddit can feel like a refugee camp for all the head-cases, MRA's and closet racists that got banned from boards.

RIGHTisRIGHT

mariaalice wrote: »

Have you ever perused the political cafe?

Yes it is one of the better run areas of boards.

There is a section of boards that has a very bad reputation can think what part it is again.;)

I Iove Boards. It's my FAVRIT!

Samaris

I am kinda amused that the OP is Banned apparently.

RIGHTisRIGHT

Samaris wrote: »

I am kinda amused that the OP is Banned apparently.

Just goes to prove his point I suppose.

RayM

RIGHTisRIGHT wrote: »

Unless your a Liberal PC left wing wanker and then your safe as houses.
And that does not just go for boards but society in general these days.

The more right-wing a person is, the more angry and unpleasant they're likely to be. If you can somehow find a way of remaining calm when expressing your dreadful opinions, you'll be safe as houses.

Samaris

RIGHTisRIGHT wrote: »

Just goes to prove his point I suppose.

I bet he thinks so! :pac:

RayM wrote: »

The more right-wing a person is, the more angry and unpleasant they're likely to be. If you can somehow find a way of remaining calm when expressing your dreadful opinions, you'll be safe as houses.

Rubbish to the first. Yep, there's some pretty manky views over on the far right-wing, but there's some fairly nasty views on the far left-wing too. I would suggest that the more -extreme- someone is, the more angry and unpleasant they are likely to be. Certainly they seem to be loudest.

Turtyturd

Does the boards wikipedia page not still mention the over zealous mods who ban anyone who doesn't agree with them?

RIGHTisRIGHT

RayM wrote: »

The more right-wing a person is, the more angry and unpleasant they're likely to be. If you can somehow find a way of remaining calm when expressing your dreadful opinions, you'll be safe as houses.

Mao Zedong Joseph Stalin Fidel Castro over 100 million dead between them but sure they did not allow any nasty right wing opinion bless their souls.;)

Water John

Do fine enough if you play the ball and not the person. Don't like on line abuse, may be that's my age, but we don't know the other persons problems or day.

As Yeats said 'thread softly because you thread on my dreams'.

Make you point, strongly if needs be and you'll be fine on Boards. Like the forum.

SEPT 23 1989

boards has become self aware

God help us all

Samaris

Water John wrote: »

As Yeats said 'thread softly because you thread on my dreams'.

Well, I suppose it was the cloths of heaven...

Cienciano

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

Good grief. The opinions of the knuckle draggers and trolls that inhabit the Journal is not something one should worry about. OMG NO FREE SPEECH HERE ... as for the lunatics on politics.ie...

You're missing the point of the importance of free speech.

RayM

RIGHTisRIGHT wrote: »

Mao Zedong Joseph Stalin Fidel Castro over 100 million dead between them but sure they did not allow any nasty right wing opinion bless their souls.;)

None of them would last five minutes on After Hours - not least because posting in other languages ist verboten.

Samaris

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

boards has become self aware

God help us all

Telpis anal.

Eramen

RayM wrote: »

The more right-wing a person is, the more angry and unpleasant they're likely to be. If you can somehow find a way of remaining calm when expressing your dreadful opinions, you'll be safe as houses.

From the literature I've read, the more right wing/conservative a person is the higher their life expectancy, life satisfaction, and the lower their stress levels. Cool opinion though.

Water John

All rights carry equal obligations and so free speech should not be abused or used to abuse.

Free speech is not an absolute right but is governed by slander and defamation.

Even a case lodged in the High Court today; Smith V's IFA.

FunLover18

Aside from the fact that no one on Boards really uses hashtags, is this a fair representation?

The Moldy Gowl

Boards is getting older and people are slowly leaving becuase they have families and responsibilities now.
Look at boards now, trying to inject some jazz with a new interface.

The younger generation won't go on boards, becuase you can't really do much on boards. I don't care about Irish water or any of that ****e.
Talk scutter about soccer? Will probably end up banned, if you say something mean about a player, can't even post a picture or a video of a game for fear of boards being scared they have to take it down.


I would be long gone off boards if it wasn't for the private forums, and even then, it's one rule for some forums depending who is in it and another for others.


I know reddit gets a bad name around here but it's far more enjoyable than boards. Even if it is a bit American.

gctest50

Eramen wrote: »

Me and the lads at work refer to it as BORED.ie and anytime it is referenced in conversation all are obliged to throw up groans of discontent. That about sums it.

Do you and the lads at work refer to google as yahoo ?

wild

www.bored.ie

The Moldy Gowl

gctest50 wrote: »

Do you and the lads at work refer to google as yahoo ?

wild

www.bored.ie

Would be a cold day in hell before I awknowledged I was on boards in work.

Samaris

The Moldy Gowl wrote: »

Would be a cold day in hell before I awknowledged I was on boards in work.

With 15,500 posts, I don't see why! :P

Cienciano

How the hell was the op banned?

RayM

Eramen wrote: »

From the literature I've read, the more right wing/conservative a person is the higher their life expectancy, life satisfaction, and the lower their stress levels. Cool opinion though.

That's not strictly true. I think I read somewhere that conservative people are more likely to describe themselves as happy (a combination of strong religious beliefs and an 'I'm all right, Jack' attitude, perhaps). Which is not quite the same as saying that the more right-wing someone is, the more likely they are to be happy.

The more right-wing a person is, the more likely they are to shoot themselves dead in a bunker at 56.

Samaris

Cienciano wrote: »

How the hell was the op banned?

I don't think it's anything to do with this thread anyway, since if it was, the thread would have been closed.