(Site is a graveyard - How can boards save itself?) Any update?

Proof is requested then provided but then it's not the correct type of proof and then the discussion is shut down.

Some of the claims made by people on this thread over the years that are based on nothing but their own opinions is mind boggling yet the same people are here demanding that verifiable facts are required to meet their standards of debate, the same people engage in the same behaviour mentioned above (not the correct type of proof being provided) and then they wonder why people aren't falling over themselves to do things the way they want them done.

This site has had years of being dicked around by these users, taking things others have said out of context, inserting narratives into discussions that have no place there, gaslighting, posting ad homenim crap to bait people into pointless arguments that derail threads and drive users away from the site.

Here they are in feedback, first of all demanding that opinions they don't like be removed by banning people they don't agree with then when that isn't actioned they demand those people be held to a higher standard than they hold themselves to.

None of this is feedback, it's bellyaching and whinging. For every post on this thread with a good feedback suggestion there's a page of bickering and waffle.

The fact that nobody is owed a reply has been pointed out over and over, unless someone is posting with the intention of being a nuisance we all just have to accept that our requests or demands can fall on deaf ears and there's nothing we can do about it.

Yes. People are chatting about it. Boards needs users to survive and thrive. Are you that sensitive you want to see a rather tame thread closed down?

Are you spreading fake news?

Why are you saying it is an IPAS site, with absolutely no confirmation.

You need to take ownership for spreading fake news here.

"The refugee fire issue is going on for months and months."

Not helped by people spreading fake news across social media platforms.

Again feedback, a thread started like that tonight is just dangerous and should not be allowed on this site in the way it was presented.

The games forum could do with a reboot alright, maybe a game, a werewolf game, the vanilla boards werewolf game, mods as wolves 😁 all play anon

Mod factchecking sounds beyond reach but, maybe, users can report something they’ve factchecked, themselves, and “show their work” when they do?

Yes and also clearer standards for sources. I don't mean the mods should spend time themselves doing detailed fact checking as such, but if they see a post, or are looking at a report, they can quickly see what the supporting source is, or if there is one. Basic oversight.

Looking through your posting history and there's a lot of opinions masquerading as facts. You just post them in threads where lots of people agree with you.

Perhaps consider getting your own house in order before you start launching an offensive against others.

I'm not sure you that we can accept reporting from RTE on such matters to be wholly accurate. It's very noticeable in relation to these issues that they shape their reporting to align with government policy. By reporting some stories or angles on them and ignoring other stories/ angles. So perhaps one should suspend one's judgment for the moment. Therein lies the problem of fact checking. One persons fact is anothers fiction.

That's not quite what I said or meant to say. Which is that when a story or an account is published on either social media like boards or RTE, I think neither can be considered definitive versions. One of the great advantages of social media is 'citizen journalism' the view from the ground. That can of course be skewed or fabricated but often also is of direct relevance. That's the nature of it. The state broadcaster may be held to higher legal standards but that doesn't stop them shaping their stories likewise. The nub of all this is of course is just what is 'misinformation' and 'disinformation' - that depends on who you ask and comes back to AWECs analogy re cheese. Just who decides what is 'correct'. Perhaps the wise citizen should draw their news from multiple sources inc people they talk to everyday and then draw their own conclusions. Which feeds back into just how boards thread on contentious issues are moderated. How do the moderators decide what is 'misinformation' and 'disinformation' - through their own biases.