How will Boards.ie eventually end and be no more?

Bebo went out with a bang. All of a sudden. Then it came back so people had a chance to take down their photos and save them

Same with fotopic.net. They collapsed and the site went off line. It then also returned in a limited form for a period so that users could recover and download their photos.

Something similar might happen. A phased wind down.

Yes, i'd agree that it would probably fade into obscurity like someother sites like IRN and Politics.ie. Those two I would say, particularly IRN, largely faded out because the discussion and members migrated their posting to Boards.ie. That is certainly the case with IRN where many of the members in that now post in the Train and Railway Systems forum here.
IRN is still there, but it pretty much a dormant shadow. One day, it will be just be switched off.

I imagine similar will happen with boards. Something else might come along, or not, but usership will gradually decline to a point where it is no longer worthwhile for Distilled Media to keep it going. like other dormant sites, it may linger on with minimal usage for some time. Then perhaps, something like a failure in the server hardware or it's software becoming obsolete and no longer supported might be the final nail in the coffin if the owners are not willing to repair the hardware or buy/update the relevant software.
Even something like the business relocating or a change in lease of the building where Boards have their servers might bring about the dicision that it is not worth reassembling and it'll just come to an end.

Of course, it could also evolve morph into something completely different and live on in a different form, something we might or might not recognise as being related to Boards.ie

One thing is sure, it won't last indefinitely. Sooner or later, at some stage, it will come to an end. Same as all of us, same as the the Earth, the Sun and everything else in this universe, it will with the patience of time, slowly fade and evaporate away into the infinite cold silent blackness of the ether for all eternity.

Do you think that perhaps some of the trolls might be employees or other agents of Boards deliberately trolling and baiting their own site in order to "fertilise" the site and generate traffic, posts and ad views.

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

No.

lol, sure what else would someone like you say?

Like the USAF denying the existence or Area 51. Or the KWP flat out denying that there are labour camps.

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Alternatively.. when typing, and traditional internet access comes to an end, and we all go towards VR chats/discussions. I suspect the more active nature would appeal to younger people of the newer generations.

like a return of the chat rooms. just in VR form.