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    #2462
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,834 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Does anyone know if the multi quote system is coming back or what the story is? Also same with the most thanked posts feature, it is still showing nothing for me on the desktop version



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    #2463
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,368 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117711536#Comment_117711536

    You can multiquote but it doesn't work the same way as before. if you click the quote button it brings you down to the comment box. to quote somebody else you have to go there comment and click Quote again. that brings you back to the comment box with both comments quoted.



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    #2464
    mossie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,626 ✭✭✭mossie


    Any way to mark individual forums read?



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    #2465
    28064212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,159 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117711653#Comment_117711653

    Yes... on mobile 🙄

    Boardsie Enhancement Suite - a browser extension to make using Boards on desktop a better experience (includes full-width display, keyboard shortcuts, dark mode, and more). Now available through your browser's extension store.

    Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/boardsie-enhancement-suite/

    Chrome/Edge/Opera: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/boardsie-enhancement-suit/bbgnmnfagihoohjkofdnofcfmkpdmmce



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    #2466
    RoYoBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭RoYoBo


    Is it necessary to close your entire Boards account in order to delete all PMs? As I mentioned before in another post (somewhere!) I am very concerned about the personal information that I gave in response to Talk To requests from Boards registered forums. If I ever re-register, I will NEVER use that facility again!

    Is it correct that I must apply by email to close my account and anonymise my data? What email do I use to contact Boards? Thanks for any help with this.



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    #2467
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,868 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117711738#Comment_117711738

    info@boards.ie

    Not your ornery onager



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    #2468
    pleasant Co.
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 7,594 Mod ✭✭✭✭pleasant Co.


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117711738#Comment_117711738

    Ironically, Use the PM service to message >@boards.ie: GDPR< (Remove the angle brackets) and request account closure.



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    #2469
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,155 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117711738#Comment_117711738

    I am quite uncomfortable with the idea of not being able to delete any pms, the "leave conversation" doesn't cover it properly. I wish we had known this before the transition, I would've deleted all data prior. What interest does americanada.vanilla (lets face it, its not just a canada owned corporation) have in storing increasingly endless pms, other than to potentially harvest data, I wonder ?

    It feels as if our private info and PMs are too exposed (almost on display/easily shared) while the forums themselves are hidden - really, shouldn't it be the other way around? This feels more commercial than community oriented - has become very unboards-like.

    Post edited by Deja Boo on


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    #2470
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 11,614 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117711613#Comment_117711613

    And if you are multi-quoting make sure to press Enter after each quote otherwise you can't get the cursor between them to type anything (or I'm missing some trick to do it).



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    #2471
    Tork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,782 ✭✭✭Tork


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117711835#Comment_117711835

    I had long since deleted all my PMs or so I thought. Ones I thought I'd deleted from years ago were back from the dead



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    #2472
    RoYoBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭RoYoBo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117711835#Comment_117711835

    Exactly this - I would have deleted all of my PMs in advance if I'd known/been made aware of this prior to the data transfer. For those intending to use the Talk To forums in future, this 'hole' in privacy and the at risk data possibility is a big issue. Given the email debacle, I feel even more insecure here as the days go on.



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    #2473
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,834 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117711613#Comment_117711613

    yeah thats kinda the problem Ive been having, too much scrolling across two or maybe three different pages of posts just to multi quote. Tried it earlier today and just gave up such was the hassle compared to the old system so I didnt post at all in the end.Its a really rubbish system and hard to believe basic functionality like multi quoting still hasnt been sorted out.



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    #2474
    Tork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,782 ✭✭✭Tork


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117711889#Comment_117711889

    Deleting them would have been pointless. I had deleted mine long before the changeover, only for them to come back. I'm a bit of a housekeeping fiend so I know for definite they were all gone. Ones from years ago came back.



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    #2475
    RoYoBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭RoYoBo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117711917#Comment_117711917

    That is very worrying alright. It seems the only way forward is closing the account, but who knows where the data will be after this and who can have access to it in the future? I can't even begin to imagine how stressful this must be for people who disclosed a lot of information on forums like PI or Legal Issues. The fear of cross-referencing must be huge.



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    #2476
    Leg End Reject
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 22,743 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    Zombie PMs show that the previous delete function was merely optics.

    https://forumofgames.com/



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    #2477
    retro:electro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    I will genuinely never use a Talk To forum ever again



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    #2478
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,155 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117711917#Comment_117711917

    That ^ is interesting Tork... When I first opened up pms on the new site, I was stunned to see a number tally (vanilla had listed) between me and another poster, even though I had deleted most of those ones before, as they went along (to keep my old inbox open). Why would adding up numbers of old deleted pms between members be of any consequence to vanilla or boards? Its just all very suspect.



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    #2479
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    @Mickeroo Could you add "The bleedin'" to the start of the title of your sticky? Cheers.



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    #2480
    Leg End Reject
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 22,743 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117711962#Comment_117711962

    They'll all walk after this I'd imagine so you'll never be tempted.

    https://forumofgames.com/



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    #2481
    mossie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,626 ✭✭✭mossie


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117711669#Comment_117711669

    I ca only see "mark all read" which does exactly that, not the individual forum.



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    #2482
    Leg End Reject
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 22,743 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    I can't remember where I posted this before but if you look at your 'conversations' many are one sided.

    So, if retro and I had pmed on old Boards, and she deleted the pms but I didn't, I would see all my messages are if I'd been talking to myself.

    If I had deleted mine retro would see her messages but not mine.

    Others are seeing zombie messages resurfacing though, so they're all obviously somewhere in the matrix.

    https://forumofgames.com/



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    #2483
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,839 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    That’s just great. PMs that I definitely deleted are all back in my inbox. Including ones to Talk to forum with my personal details.

    I want to close my account now ASAP but I also want to know wtf can be done about all this. This 🍓 is not feeling sweet today.



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    #2484
    retro:electro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    Dear lord. I’ve just been through my PM’s. There are definitely some that I had nuked into oblivion and beyond literally years ago that have now come back to haunt me.

    Need a wine asap.



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    #2485
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,945 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Are these PM's visible to other people?



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    #2486
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,839 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117712205#Comment_117712205

    Who knows!

    They are on the other side of the Atlantic now but even when you thought they were this side and deleted, they really weren’t.



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    #2487
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,868 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Jaysus, another clusterfuck/snafu. What will the next one be?

    Not your ornery onager



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    #2488
    Uriel.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,059 ✭✭✭Uriel.


    Sorry I'm sure this has been answered a million times but I'm really struggling with new boards but where do I go to see "my threads" on mobile. I can't see the threads I follow/post in anymore on mobile site.



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    #2489
    Leg End Reject
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 22,743 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117712298#Comment_117712298

    Click on your avatar and then on the star in the middle of the drop down menu.

    They didn't carry over from the old site so you need to manually follow them again by clicking the star at the top right of each thread. Posting in a thread doesn't automatically subscribe you anymore.

    https://forumofgames.com/



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    #2490
    teachinggal123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 846 ✭✭✭teachinggal123


    Just say Boards closes down as a result of this (likely probably). What happens to all our data? Who owns it? Can it be hacked or sold?

    Who here trusts the current owners? Sure, why wouldn’t they sell the data to cover losses??

    I’m pretty sure the data I have given this site can NEVER be deleted.



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    #2491
    retro:electro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    So you can add people to old PM conversations that you previously had deleted?? Seriously!! This needs to be dealt with pretty soon. I mean for the most part I trust anyone who I’d regularly PM but there are others who.. not so much!



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