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  • #32
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 13,227 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    The red number one when you got a notification of a new post in a followed thread.

    There was a real psychology behind it because I'd find it annoying and want it gone, whereas now I'll check notifications and not bother clicking on the thread if I'm not interested enough.



  • #33
    Notmything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Notmything


    Definitely miss the old prison forum, always good for a laugh especially the excuses from the inmates.

    One that sticks out for me was a poster who used a family bereavement as an excuse for some "emotional posting" and turned out it was a cat that hat died.



  • #34
    Oscar_Madison
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,832 ✭✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN


    Probably a bit more tolerance of good old fashioned straight talking than today-After Hours was really for people who could hold their own - you wouldn’t have seen a mod warning in AH for being “uncivil” that’s for sure - it was expected that you should be uncivil 😀



  • #35
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,026 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123432369#Comment_123432369

    AH used me much more piss taking rather than what it has become now.



  • #36
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,630 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Miss the simplicity of being able to go back and see all your previous posts, ever!

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" Charles Dickens


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  • #37
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 553 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Facekicker - who wants a kick in the face



  • #38
    Hippodrome Song Owl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭Hippodrome Song Owl


    Absolutely everything about v bulletin was better. My most missed feature is being able to view someone's/your own posts by forum.



  • #39
    Purple Mountain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,817 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    Mr feiglin

    To thine own self be true



  • #40
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,026 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    How much money would be needed to bring vbulletin back here I wonder?



  • #41
    Dial Hard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,348 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123432755#Comment_123432755

    He was around for ages post-changeover, and I'd say you'd be hard-pushed to find anyone else who misses him!

    In fact, I'm almost entirely sure he only joined after the move to Vanilla.



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  • #42
    Purple Mountain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,817 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123433073#Comment_123433073

    OOh Wow! I thought he/she was part of the old flock.

    To thine own self be true



  • #43
    artanevilla
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,858 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    People used to be comfortable posting up a photo of themselves.



  • #44
    el Fenomeno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,954 ✭✭✭el Fenomeno


    Being able to see a list of the most thanked posts of the last 24 hours.

    Not only would you see some wonderful posts, but you'd end up reading entire threads that you'd otherwise never have brought to your attention.



  • #45
    silliussoddius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,149 ✭✭✭silliussoddius


    Being able to search within a specific category instead of site wide.



  • #46
    Strumms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,541 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    From a design aesthetic… Such a much nicer looking and aesthetically pleasing site when dark mode was an option.. I was cleaning out old photos from my tablet about a year ago and there was a screenshot I captured and remembered thinking jeeeez it still ‘looked’ both modern and easy on the eye…. with the then dark mode.

    Just doing a little searching now and…..in July 2021 a then moderator or admin ( I forget which ) Zaph said, in reply to posters querying if there was to be a dark mode ….. that thread..

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117623781/#Comment_117623781

    “There isn't one. Niamh said before the migration that it would be one of their priorities after go-live because so many people asked for it. I'm genuinely amazed at how many people are clamouring for it, personally I hate dark screens.”

    So four years abouts after it was first communicated as “ a priority “, here we are. So I’d presume based on this the dark mode won’t be returning…



  • #47
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Thread is like a shopping list of what made boards work when it was good. The new version is like a g&t, but without the g. And the t. It’s basically a glass of ice cubes with a pointless slice of lemon.



  • #48
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,668 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123432755#Comment_123432755

    I’m sure he’s lurking somewhere



  • #49
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,668 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123431775#Comment_123431775

    Did you ever find the beer ad ?

    And I can’t remember what was in the safe from years ago

    Is legends of the boards still findable ?



  • #50
    PixelCrafter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 672 ✭✭✭PixelCrafter


    Basically—everything!

    Vanilla is just worse in every possible way. Can't think of a single thing about it that's positive or an improvement.



  • #51
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,426 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    …it was before temu bots were invented



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  • #52
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,426 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123434055#Comment_123434055

    ….and with threads in the hands of a drunk with the dt's ….shakey as ever



  • #53
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,891 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    The downvote system was called "karma" and you could give red or green karma



  • #54
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,891 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    1000003722.png lol



  • #55
    Dial Hard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,348 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123434057#Comment_123434057

    Yes! Some complete randomer who only posted about three times found it, 14 months after I started the thread. I've never felt so vindicated in my life, cause half the thread was people telling me I'd imagined/misremembered it.

    https://youtu.be/yBE0_7Ooyi8?si=d2BLsJCTcyOb5E2B


  • #56
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,620 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    I miss dark mode. Aesthetics wise it was very pleasing.

    I also miss being able to see clearly how many and exactly who had thanked a post. There was something viscerally exciting about reading a post that had absolutely hit something on the head and then seeing the avalanche of names in the thanks bar underneath

    The most thanked posts on the front page was really great, as many have said it brought you to different threads or areas of the site, it got people off the front page.



  • #57
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,046 ✭✭✭cml387


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123437579#Comment_123437579

    Was "Lisa Needs Braces" the most thanked?



  • #58
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92,394 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    A good working search function is missed, God be with the days



  • #59
    sioda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,598 ✭✭✭sioda


    M.boards 😔😔😔😔

    No clutter fast loading it just worked.



  • #60
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 37,331 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123434062#Comment_123434062

    The one thing it has, literally the only one quality of life improvement, is the ease of uploading images. You just click the image icon and upload.

    In the old days you had to upload to image hosting websites and link it over. Was wide open to issues as shown by the Photobucket debacle a few years ago.



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  • #61
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 697 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123437994#Comment_123437994

    Yes, that is true. But the amount lost is actually terrible.



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