boards.ie in June 2022

Who knows maybe the same, maybe different, maybe there will be another site that hasn't been invented yet that users will gravitate to, we really can't predict how it will be in the future.

There'll be ads telling people not to post while driving their hovercars

And all mention of games of thrones will be outlawed

AH will still see weekly terrorist attack or RIP celeb threads. Definitely.

petes wrote: »

It won't be around in a lot shorter time than that. Just checked feedback and you can't post on any of the current threads. A quote from Niamh herself 'to combat negative whinging' that's the view from the top down. Site has gone to **** in the last year. Any suggestions fall on deaf ears, the moderation is a joke and always has been.

I only frequent a couple of threads now but can't see myself staying either.

I have to agree. Boards.ie has a well deserved reputation for comically over the top moderation. They've now moved into full blown Stasi/North Korean mentality, where any negative feedback is simply 'negative whining'. Dissent is always the enemy of authoritarian types, whether it is a military dictator or a corporate control freak.

In short, boards.ie has a spectacular record of driving away all the 'talent' from the site, i.e. the entertaining users. But as long as the senior management are squeezing a nice wage for themselves, who cares? Milk it for as long as they can. And we're bigger fools for making money for our management. It is US who provides the talent, material, and entertainment totally free of charge.

When you think of the thousands of people who have been banned over the last decade, that's a very significant chunk of the Irish population. And they are no doubt warning people off boards.ie at every chance they get.

The only people still left are the old timers, diehards, and those who are lingering about like acid casualties at a rave that should have finished up a few weeks ago. Even the notoriously liberal Rubberbandits have a negative opinion of this site:

Boards.ie is like a pub beside the Dole office where people go because they don't charge for pints of Mi Wadi.

It's very frustrating to see what used to be an edgy, entertaining site being deliberately dismantled and replaced with a beige, family friendly, corporate advertising puke fest.

The blandness of the threads is really starting to become noticeable lately, it's like 5th class discussions now i.e. "what really annoys you", "what makes you happy", "what's your favourite crisp".

FFS, this is pathetic, utter drivel. And everyone knows it.

Anyway mods, you'll only have yourselves to blame when this site closes down. In the meantime, don't forget to keep thanking each others posts and shutting down anything that could even be considering a mildly controversial thread.

A recent example was the "Get your tits out for the TDs" thread.
Yes it was toilet humour, and probably would have burned itself out after a few pages. But there was some very funny replies and interesting input from users. In short, there was, (to use a word I dislike) "banter" taking place.
But Helen Lovejoy a mod decided immediately this thread was not allowed on the righteous boards.ie. Shock, horror, outrage. We don't do that sort of 'thing' here.

See, the thing about humour is that it is subjective. Some people hate D'Unbelievables, others love them. There's something for everyone, and least there should be. Everyone finds their own groove. One man's cringe is another man's craic. But this only works if you let the place flow and ebb naturally. Cracking down on threads and posts is a guaranteed way to make the site suffer. If you don't like it, don't partake in it. Simples.

Time to have a serious chat with yourselves, boards.ie. But it's probably too late now anyway.