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Will Boards survive the Covid?

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    #32
    6541
    Registered Users Posts: 1,941 ✭✭✭6541


    is boards a commercial enterprise ?
    Boards has given so much to the people of Ireland it should be commended.


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    #33
    Fighting Tao
    Registered Users Posts: 6,483 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    Bit of thanks hunting that adds very little really. Do you think everyone loves the companies that provide entertainment?

    Not thanks hunting at all. No one is forcing you to use Boards. Normally people stop using what they don’t like.


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    #34
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,587 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    TuringBot47 wrote: »
    Can we stick a "do not resuscitate banner" on boards?

    Just let it go.

    Mods are doing more damage.

    One of my biggest disappointments on this website was when I became a mod and found out there was no great mod conspiracy theory after all.

    Boards has survived for a long time and will continue to do so. You’ll be grand. Think of how unhappy your life could be without it?


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    #35
    AutoTuning
    Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭AutoTuning


    Long may it survive. I’m genuinely surprised that they’re struggling for ad revenues given the current boom in online shopping.

    I often find the ads that are being served are totally irrelevant to me. Start selling some local ad space to Irish online business directly and perhaps you’ll have more success.


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    #36
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    faceman wrote: »
    One of my biggest disappointments on this website was when I became a mod and found out there was no great mod conspiracy theory after all.

    Boards has survived for a long time and will continue to do so. You’ll be grand. Thing of you unhappy your life could be without it?

    I don’t think anyone ever thought there was a conspiracy. Inept and self serving maybe.


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    #37
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    If it were announced that the sitr was on its last legs i'd probably pay a subscription


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    #38
    Heart Break Kid
    Registered Users Posts: 834 ✭✭✭Heart Break Kid


    42 was already on its last legs before Covid


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    #39
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    AutoTuning wrote: »
    Long may it survive. I’m genuinely surprised that they’re struggling for ad revenues given the current boom in online shopping.

    I often find the ads that are being served are totally irrelevant to me. Start selling some local ad space to Irish online business directly and perhaps you’ll have more success.
    A lot of irish businesses are not going online. They are going under.


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    #40
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,587 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    I don’t think anyone ever thought there was a conspiracy. Inept and self serving maybe.

    Hahahahahaha

    Ok.....


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    #41
    AutoTuning
    Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭AutoTuning


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    A lot of irish businesses are not going online. They are going under.

    Plenty are going online.


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    #42
    Bigmac1euro
    Registered Users Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭Bigmac1euro


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    If it were announced that the sitr was on its last legs i'd probably pay a subscription

    Same. Boards has done a lot for me over the years. And for free. I wouldn’t mind giving back.


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    #43
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Bigmac1euro wrote: »
    Same. Boards has done a lot for me over the years. And for free. I wouldn’t mind giving back.

    You’ve had the opportunity to subscribe for years.


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    #44
    AutoTuning
    Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭AutoTuning


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    You’ve had the opportunity to subscribe for years.

    It’s not very obvious though.
    Should be made easier & be able to accept ApplePay & GooglePay etc for ease of mobile payment.


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    #45
    Deshawn
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 192 ✭✭Deshawn


    AutoTuning wrote: »
    It’s not very obvious though.
    Should be made easier & be able to accept ApplePay & GooglePay etc for ease of mobile payment.

    That costs money


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    #46
    AutoTuning
    Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭AutoTuning


    Deshawn wrote: »
    That costs money

    If it generates more income then it makes money. Sales-Cost of Sales = Profit. There’s always some degree of overhead in sales.

    It’s like all those shops that used to refuse to take cards, forgetting there are also overheads and processing fees to bank cash, and especially large volumes of coins, which many of them happily accepted.


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    #47
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,587 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    You’ve had the opportunity to subscribe for years.

    You should open your Christmas presents or something


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    #48
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    faceman wrote: »
    You should open your Christmas presents or something

    Done and dusted. Was a fairly obvious and simple remark anyway, and having subscribed in the past myself I found the reply about being able to use mobile payments a valid and useful one. You’d probably need to climb down a bit.


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    #49
    begbysback
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭begbysback


    Take a chill pill people, this site could run off an old pentium Packard bell box and a dozen lines of php, it ain’t going nowhere.


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    #50
    Choosehowevr.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭Choosehowevr.


    begbysback wrote: »
    Take a chill pill people, this site could run off an old pentium Packard bell box and a dozen lines of php, it ain’t going nowhere.

    That's what I was thinking

    I heard they just add a gigabyte of ram when the site crashes


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    #51
    atr2002
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭atr2002


    Fighting Tao wrote: »
    Not thanks hunting at all. No one is forcing you to use Boards. Normally people stop using what they don’t like.

    You're mixing up the admin of the site with the site itself.


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    #52
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,587 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    Done and dusted. Was a fairly obvious and simple remark anyway, and having subscribed in the past myself I found the reply about being able to use mobile payments a valid and useful one. You’d probably need to climb down a bit.

    Christmas hugs Reg, Christmas hugs


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    #53
    Discodog
    Registered Users Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭Discodog


    AutoTuning wrote: »
    It’s not very obvious though.
    Should be made easier & be able to accept ApplePay & GooglePay etc for ease of mobile payment.

    I agree. Many of us end up with unused phone credit.


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    #54
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    One of the things that is really hurting the site is a a poor mobile experience in this day and age you should have all of the regular site functionality available on mobile devices.

    The site needs a complete revamp with a a mobile first experience.


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    #55
    Discodog
    Registered Users Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭Discodog


    Deleted User wrote: »
    One of the things that is really hurting the site is a a poor mobile experience in this day and age you should have all of the regular site functionality available on mobile devices.

    The site needs a complete revamp with a a mobile first experience.

    Years ago I asked why Boards didn't have an app. The reply suggested that Boards new far more about these thing & knew how to provide a mobile experience. I still think that an app could be a good idea.


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    #56
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,751 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    AutoTuning wrote: »
    If it generates more income then it makes money. Sales-Cost of Sales = Profit. There’s always some degree of overhead in sales.

    It’s like all those shops that used to refuse to take cards, forgetting there are also overheads and processing fees to bank cash, and especially large volumes of coins, which many of them happily accepted.

    I doubt very much any shop will accept large volumes of coin unless they need for their business. Like you say they would have to pay to bank it, so that would not make sense. By law they only have to accept a maximum of 50 coins in any legal tender transaction.


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    #57
    thesandeman
    Registered Users Posts: 10,016 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    Discodog wrote: »
    Years ago I asked why Boards didn't have an app. The reply suggested that Boards new far more about these thing & knew how to provide a mobile experience. I still think that an app could be a good idea.

    They did have an app but it was a disaster.


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    #58
    Discodog
    Registered Users Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭Discodog


    thesandeman wrote: »
    They did have an app but it was a disaster.

    When? I don't remember it .


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    #59
    thesandeman
    Registered Users Posts: 10,016 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    Discodog wrote: »
    When? I don't remember it .

    It's still there but not supported any more.


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    #60
    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users Posts: 6,194 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    Choosehowevr. wrote: »
    That's what I was thinking

    I heard they just add a gigabyte of ram when the site crashes


    It's actually one of these that goes in


    https://ie.rs-online.com/web/p/sram/1511491


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    #61
    Deshawn
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 192 ✭✭Deshawn


    Some sort of a bitcoin mining rig powered by"thanks" on posts


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