Memories of vBulletin boards.ie

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What are your fond memories?

I miss the banlist.

The streamlined, non-lagging website.

The enter from the prison forum.

silliussoddius

The ability to quote a portion of someone’s post so people could know what specific thing you replied to.

Mo Ghile Mear

Remember when you could see who was online at any time.

Heiser

Remember when you could click into a thread and it didn't flicker up and down

o1s1n

The love match thing was gas.

:pac: will never be forgotten.

Mam of 4

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123430648#Comment_123430648

Both of these!

Being able to see who thanked the posts.

EmmetSpiceland

The site works pretty well at the moment, on the iPhone anyway.

Is it still giving trouble to legacy desktop users? Can’t remember the last time I’ve accessed the site that way.

Musicrules

Who gives a sh1t? We're all just here when we're a bit bored to fill in a few minutes?

o1s1n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123430678#Comment_123430678

You have a thread that urgently needs updating :pac:

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058352140/more-than-2-people-applying-for-a-mortgage

Musicrules

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123430704#Comment_123430704

There's actually someone who's put a bid in using my daughter's plan this week! 🤣 Have been discussing it with them. I don't think I'll ever update those people in that thread. Leaving them hanging is making them angrier.

The chubby name for mods. Search.

And as mentioned, the Valentines lists, seeing who thanked you (and it not being limited to just ten being visible) and dear old :pac:

Dan Steely

When we had a comment box that just did its simple job. Those were the days my friend.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123430651#Comment_123430651

That’s what I miss , seeing who thanked your posts .

StupidLikeAFox

I could write a long list, but I don't want to lose my reply when the site shuts down for 30 mins at 2am

:pac:

Deja Boo

friends list, visitor messages, tables, private forum regular setup, etc etc etc…

Esel

Last 10 visitors to your Profile. Handy to spot potential e-stalkers.

Deja Boo

^ and there would be a list of all the people in each forum, at the same time you're posting.

fits

lolcats

Glaceon

I tried writing a GreaseMonkey script to reinstate :pac:, at least for me. It worked but had some odd side effects. :pac: :pac: :pac:

Vagabond Days

Excuse my ignorance but what's ":pac:", code for an emoji?

dulpit

Bring back :pac: and bring back the ability to comment on small portions of a post.

Oh and an easy way to see who is the mod for a forum, and having mods respond to and react to reported posts.

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123431352#Comment_123431352

Ya, it was a little pacman emoji. Very useful in certain circumstances.

Timesheet

A relic of a kinder gentler time on the Internet before the twitters, tiktoks, instas and reds.

I refurbished the bathrooms based on advice here that a plumber wrote years earlier, a world of information could be found :-)

Say Your Number

Being able to view your posts based on forum or most thanked.

miamee

Having the Thanks tab on the homepage so you could see the most thanked posts that day. I found a treasure trove of odd but interesting threads in forums I'd never usually visit that way.

kneemos

I think the downvote got rid of at least kept some of the rubbish off the site. Everything just seems to descend into pointless arguments these days. No idea why it was removed.

miamee

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123431588#Comment_123431588

There was never a downvote on boards that I remember? It must have been very short-lived and a long time ago if it was there at all.

HeidiHeidi

I don't remember a downvote either - but I absolutely agree with the fact that everything seems to descend into bickering and completely derailed threads.

I also miss the "most thanked" bit - it was a great source for random browsing.

Dial Hard

I don't remember a downvote system either, and I'm around almost as long as Miamee. (Closed my previous account after I got doxxed, before anyone feels the need to point out my join date!)

There was a downvoting type system extremely far back. 2005 at the latest. That's when I first joined and I think it had been dismantled by then but people talked about it every so often.

AllForIt

You could bookmark the forums you frequently viewed so you could jump from one to the other in a instant. I bookmark them in my browser now which isn't as slick.

I liked being able to see a list of what forums people posted in, it gave you a better idea what what they are like as a person.