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    #152
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,100 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    We are the beta testers. Wish I was joking but I'm not.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #153
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119052430#Comment_119052430

    They still haven't fixed the time. This a relatively simple thing to adjust in Vanilla and I can only surmise that fixing the time has broken something on the dev environment if they haven't fixed it yet. Though I guess it will sort it self out next daylight savings so why commit resources to it right?



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    #154
    Tork
    Registered Users Posts: 3,270 ✭✭✭Tork


    I don't know if anyone has mentioned it already but the scrolling ad that appears near the bottom of the page is far more intrusive than any of the others. When I read down through a page, my finger catches the ad and I end up having to scroll through that.

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    #155
    JayRoc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭JayRoc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119057085#Comment_119057085

    That's the point of the ad, unfortunately



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    #156
    Tork
    Registered Users Posts: 3,270 ✭✭✭Tork


    As if it was hard to miss in the first place.



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    #157
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,137 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    Based on Tork's screenshot 😬

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    #158
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,100 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Is it any wonder people block ads? I don't use Boards on mobile but that screenshot is shocking.

    Post edited by Hotblack Desiato on

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #159
    Hodors Applecart
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭Hodors Applecart


    Yet another shocking implementation of something by the jokers who run this dying platform.


    boards practically impossible to read on mobile due to the ads jumping the text every few moments.


    hinestly guys just kill the site. It’s a sad and pale shadow of its former self.



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    #160
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,382 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    I'm not mad about the double gambling ads either... This is on a browser with no cookies stored (other than from me signing in), so this is default behaviour. I get you need to make money, but gambling is a poison on so much of society...


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    #161
    sam t smith
    Registered Users Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭sam t smith


    Ahh yea, the gambling adverts are a strange one. nothing against gambling sensibly, but I don’t gamble and I have never knowingly visited a gambling website in my life but all the adverts I am seeing on here are gambling adverts.

    Leo vegas or some similar muck.

    Not cool.



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    #162
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,100 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119059628#Comment_119059628

    What they should do and I really hope they do is just hand the site over to the community, who would make a much better job of it tbh. Certainly couldn't do any worse.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #163
    handlemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 6,003 ✭✭✭handlemaster


    Ad blocker check



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    #164
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,382 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Site is particularly bouncy today, threads and my bookmarks can't decide where I should be viewing and jump up and down like mad.

    Irritating isn't the word...



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    #165
    handlemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 6,003 ✭✭✭handlemaster


    Same ad keeps popping up. Even though I flag as not interested. Annoying. One thing to try and something its just bad business to keep showing the same ad when its been highlighted as not interesting for the viewer.



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    #166
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users Posts: 28,729 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119057950#Comment_119057950

    AdGuard if on Android. Blocks everything. I never see ads. Get it from their site rather than the Store

    I wouldn't have as much of an issue if the ads were less disruptive but it seems that the focus from the owners is to increase their ad revenue rather than fix the product (the site), so.... and yes I know the argument of 'no revenue, no site' but that - like everything else it seems - should have been considered BEFORE they threw the switch on the 'upgrade'!

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    #167
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,628 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Our regulars are pissed off with the way ads are interfering with their user experience. Have a look on farming and forestry chit chat thread. Is there anything that can be done to improve this?

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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    #168
    Hodors Applecart
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭Hodors Applecart


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119079135#Comment_119079135

    No. The losers in The Pear Tree house are fiddling while Rome burns. They have destroyed this platform since the absolute joke of an “upgrade”. The entire site is a barely useable mess.



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    #169
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    It's become apparent to me. More so recently that boards has a demographic problem. The site appears to be populated by people who are predominantly middle-aged and there seems to be a very obvious right wing bias in discussions, especially when it comes to those on social welfare or for example those renting or in council housing.

    Reddit for all this flaws does tend to trend with a younger audience. So although you do get some right-wing views, especially in the Ireland subreddit it's not nearly as pronounced as here.

    And I guess the poor layout doesn't really help either. Sadly, I feel by this stage boards is beyond saving in its current format.



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    #170
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119097981#Comment_119097981

    If the board represents its users, why is that a problem?

    But as usual, this is posters not being able to actually guage what's happening on the site. I've seen people ranting about right-wing posts saying X, Y, and Z, and when I went through the first 160 posts in the thread mentioned, only two were right-wing.

    Those threads are dominated by a couple of posters on one side arguing against the masses on the other. Because you are stuck reading pages of the same argument over and over, you're left with the incorrect impression that the whole site is right-wing.



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    #171
    jem
    Registered Users Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭jem


    Sorry had to download adblocker today. The adverts on the bottom of the page on desktop was so big that when I went to my bookmarks I could only see 1. I know you want revenue but there is a time that doing this sort of thing is actually counter productive



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    #172
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119138522#Comment_119138522

    Could you re-enable just to send me a screenshot of that please @jem ? Just so we can see if there is anything out of place or that needs to be moved or resized. I'd really apprecaite it, thanks.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



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    #173
    Seve OB
    Registered Users Posts: 15,846 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119140325#Comment_119140325

    Any chance you can take a look at the bouncing while you are at it?



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    #174
    Inviere
    Registered Users Posts: 7,507 ✭✭✭Inviere


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119140946#Comment_119140946

    Any time I pasted text into a new discussion post today, the page zipped hack to the top. Incredibly annoying.

    Retro Computers/Consoles Repair/Restoration List



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    #175
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119140946#Comment_119140946

    It is being looked at (not by me!)

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



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    #176
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,382 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Lads, the advert to content ratio is getting ridiculous now...

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    #177
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    Oh that size ad should not be coming up on mobile @dulpit - can you let me know what browser and OS you are using ( not sure if it will be relevant but I will be passing this on) thanks.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



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    #178
    thesandeman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,971 ✭✭✭thesandeman


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119148244#Comment_119148244

    Really??

    Screenshot_2022-06-02-12-26-17-890_com.android.chrome.jpg
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    Chrome Android 11 here.



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    #179
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,382 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Chrome on android 13 beta here.



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    #180
    rliston
    Registered Users Posts: 260 ✭✭rliston


    Getting the same size ads here, Chrome Android 10



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    #181
    JayRoc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭JayRoc


    Screenshot_20220602-182951_Chrome.jpg

    Chrome on android



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