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  • #542
    charlessmith22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭charlessmith22


    Place had been modded to death, that's as much to blame



  • #543
    Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee, Boards Employee 2, Boards Employee 3, API Token user Posts: 221 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123619610#Comment_123619610

    The other lad and Mike wrote the announcement. 100% Mike should have posted it. He runs Boards. He posted - I reply. That was our arrangement.



  • #544
    scwazrh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,941 ✭✭✭scwazrh


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123621675#Comment_123621675

    without a doubt .You can’t be a place for people to air their opinions and then censor the opinion when you don’t like it.



  • #545
    jj880
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,187 ✭✭✭jj880


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123621551#Comment_123621551

    Few different colour t-shirts and some other merch would be a winner I reckon. I'd buy it all.

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  • #546
    Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee, Boards Employee 2, Boards Employee 3, API Token user Posts: 221 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123620424#Comment_123620424

    We own the domain…



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  • #547
    Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee, Boards Employee 2, Boards Employee 3, API Token user Posts: 221 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123620434#Comment_123620434

    Thanks.. We have a cloudflare issue getting a subdomain live with the sub. Should be sorted in the morning - if not we will just post the links to start.



  • #548
    DayInTheBog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭DayInTheBog


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123621402#Comment_123621402

    So all I get is a smart answer. Glad I don't have much data that hasn't been anonymised in previous iterations of myself.

    I would have expected as you're the sites owner and dependant on user engagement that you would engaged since you announced you bought the site but that was just a dream on most of the sites members part.

    I think you and @Boards.ie: Mike need to sit down, read through the thread , answer the questions for Monday.

    Would be sad to see it go after my being here over 20 years and having had my own threads running for years but I'll move on if it comes to it.



  • #549
    Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee, Boards Employee 2, Boards Employee 3, API Token user Posts: 221 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123620601#Comment_123620601
    1. We have engaged with several potential buyers but none interested because they could not see a road to profit. If you do - we are very open to suggestions.
    2. Who would invest and how does that money get repaid? It already carries debt that has not been repaid…

    If it was a burn to the ground we would be off line a long time ago.



  • #550
    nachouser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,891 ✭✭✭nachouser


    I've no idea how the views are calculated, but the 1st post from Mike has 191 thanks, and the views are nearly 40k. There does appear to be an audience.

    Views 1.png

    But then I had a look at some other threads to get an idea of how the views stack up re how long the threads have been open, how many pages in the threads etc.

    Views.png

    You all need to get onto the Guards and get a revenue stream going on one particular thread.



  • #551
    bucketybuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,162 ✭✭✭✭bucketybuck


    I'd imagine the most likely time a person is going to donate is immediately after hearing the bad news about the site. All those old posters coming in from Reddit, all the less frequent posters who feel gratitude to the place, that is the specific point at which they are most likely to hand over some money.

    So it is insane to make this announcement but not have the subscription link ready to go. This time next week all those posters will already have moved on and said their goodbyes.



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  • #552
    Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee, Boards Employee 2, Boards Employee 3, API Token user Posts: 221 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123620961#Comment_123620961

    Yes will share here tomo morning. Thanks.



  • #553
    DayInTheBog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭DayInTheBog


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123621580#Comment_123621580

    Boards went the way of deleting posts initially with GDPR but threads became unreadable as a result m they then went to anonymised posts which worked well and protected the identity of the poster.



  • #554
    nullzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,166 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123621694#Comment_123621694

    A "You have received a warning" t-shirt would be a winner.



  • #555
    Tork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,693 ✭✭✭Tork


    I'd be very sorry to see Boards go, but the timing of this post (i.e. we're about to go under, save us) is typical of the way this site has been run in recent years. The biggest thing boards always had going for it was its community. Yet the new owner(s) just moved it over to Vanilla and fecked off. I was really unimpressed with the way Odhran handled the changeover a few years ago. All we got were hit-and-run posts buried in the middle of threads, and lots of hiding. (Edit: I see he has finally resurfaced) It was left to people like Niamh and Mike and others to carry the can and deal with the sh*t behind the scenes. Goodness knows what they went through.

    There was no engagement with the community or any open communication about the way things were going. I think we all knew things were bad but the way boards management just turned their backs sticks in my craw. People offered to help with the site development or by becoming paid members. Nothing came of that. I've seen mods make comments about the complete lack of support they got from boards HQ, and how they were hobbled by having crap modding tools. You can buy an awful lot of goodwill if you are honest and open with people. That didn't happen. Maybe if ye had, boards might be in a better place now.



  • #556
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,801 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Oh ffs we have moved on now to some big conspiracy to sell everyone's data. Was probably the plan all along. 20 years of farming our brains for the big sell off.

    That padraiggg guy was probably Irelands first secret attempt at AI. Or did Wexford Jim on Hoganstand come first.



  • #557
    Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee, Boards Employee 2, Boards Employee 3, API Token user Posts: 221 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123621320#Comment_123621320

    New one on me… what was it



  • #558
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 26,510 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123621751#Comment_123621751

    A private forum only subscribers used to get access to

    The lifeboat has set sail



  • #559
    Mr Disco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 929 ✭✭✭Mr Disco


    I’d advise a complete mass unbanning. May bring some life into the place.



  • #560
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,605 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123621579#Comment_123621579

    Wouldn't be the first time… https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/absolutely-outrageous-completely-fake-tweet-falsely-attributed-to-the-israeli-embassy-goes-viral/30689636.html



  • #561
    antimatterx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,720 ✭✭✭antimatterx


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123621758#Comment_123621758

    Like the Twitter amnesty. Actually a good idea.

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    Subscribe to keep boards.ie alive



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  • #562
    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,382 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    I'd be happy to sign up but would like to see less biased modding



  • #563
    Mr Disco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 929 ✭✭✭Mr Disco


    it’s actually a disgrace. They’ll still be harping on about fair and unbiased modding in the metaphorical grave of boards.ie

    Odhran - any thoughts on the disquiet over modding practices that has killed the site? Don’t say you haven’t been warned over and over…



  • #564
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,451 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123618856#Comment_123618856

    No one should be running their own server, with their own Internet access these days. Who manages it? Who patches it? Who patches it when the guy who patches it is out sick? Who takes the backup? Where's the offsite disaster recovery site?

    They need a cloud service, and they need to pay someone to host it professionally. Vanilla is crap, but I'd be very wary of any alternative solution that isn't based on a detailed evaluation of requirements. That's how you source good software services.



  • #565
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,605 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Simple auld fact is, if the site is to survive, there needs to be a great deal more transparency and free dialogue between owners/admins/users



  • #566
    Oíche Na Gaoithe Móire
    Site Banned Posts: 4,164 ✭✭✭Oíche Na Gaoithe Móire


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123621777#Comment_123621777

    And the counter was always given oh but they're unpaid volunteers. If you're doing a job it should be done properly, regardless.

    Mods should receive some training.

    I'm 50/50 re subscribing. I've had so many positive experiences. The laughs on the Late Late Show, Eurovision or Rose of Tralee threads. No bickering and tension.

    Rugby has turned into Munster v Leinster, SP v Crowley. No fun in it. GAA can be parochial and there's a few know it alls waiting to pounce on the most trivial things.

    Fair City, my silly release, is a lovely thread with a lot of laughs at the acting and plots.



  • #567
    blackbox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,338 ✭✭✭blackbox


    Any chance the search could be fixed?

    It used to be a great resource for diy and technical stuff, but I just can't find things anymore.

    It seems to me the complaints about modding are made by a vocal few. Plenty of people wouldn't miss CA if it was dropped.

    I'd still be up for paying the fifty.



  • #568
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92,394 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    I'm not very techy so most of the talk is going over my head but the Vanilla move has been a disaster

    What about reaching out to Elon or Garron or others to spread the word #helpsaveboards also who is the media minister now, give RTE's flip flop money to here



  • #569
    MEGA BRO WOLF 5000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,885 ✭✭✭✭MEGA BRO WOLF 5000


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123621675#Comment_123621675

    Well, that post will be deleted.



  • #570
    Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee, Boards Employee 2, Boards Employee 3, API Token user Posts: 221 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123621328#Comment_123621328

    We have moved to a no code platform. If people are interested in taking the company over with costs etc we are open to discuss but not detailing that in an open forum.



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  • #571
    Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee, Boards Employee 2, Boards Employee 3, API Token user Posts: 221 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123621354#Comment_123621354

    No - but as with last message I think you will agree it would not be reasonable to discuss any details in a public form.

    Data… it depends on the type of and if an exit. I wont get into too much detail right now as for the moment its not a consideration. That fair?



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