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  • #842
    eightieschewbaccy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,298 ✭✭✭eightieschewbaccy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123623356#Comment_123623356

    There's a conspiracy theory forum if you're pushing conspiracy theories... By your logic, all conspiracy theories are perfectly fine for the CA forum. That's pretty much throwing any possibility of quality discussions out the window.



  • #843
    BestWestern
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭BestWestern


    Boards provide a public service to many.

    The government sponsors many less worthy endeavours, so could perhaps you get some funding from the TV licence fee as an example.



  • #844
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,093 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123623356#Comment_123623356

    If people want that, they can get it elsewhere.

    If they want community notes style there is Twitter.

    Boards as a discussion platform for current affairs\politics etc, its selling point in Ireland should be that it is a moderated space.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #845
    Oscar_Madison
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,170 ✭✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123623356#Comment_123623356

    “I’d rather see people like that posting freely and have some sort of community notes handle it than have moderation say what I can and can’t read on the internet.”

    It’s not a perfect approach to the challenges facing discussion forums but I agree in the sense that, as someone who was on the receiving end of complete paranoid loopheads back in the day, who groundlessly accused me of x,y and z, I’d much prefer this approach - obvious trolls are obvious - just walk on by and ignore - it’s not difficult. Getting “outraged” about it is more a reflection on the posters themselves- they need to calm down - the rules have changed - adapt and ignore



  • #846
    Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee, Boards Employee 2, Boards Employee 3, API Token user Posts: 206 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Odhran
    Boards.ie Employee


    Hi folks - we will post this as sticky this morning but sharing here in the meantime you can access the subs page here.

    Boards Subscription.

    Thanks again.

    Odhran



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  • #847
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 16,039 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123623402#Comment_123623402

    Subscribed

    Boards.ie need your help to survive, subscribe here



  • #848
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,314 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123623402#Comment_123623402

    What's the difference between ad free (Quarterly, Annual or Half-Year options) and no-ads (monthly)? Or is this just sloppy copy?

    The monthly option saying access to all forums - is that a suggestion that those who don't pay won't get access everywhere?

    Also, bit disingenuous sticking a "Most Popular" tag on the annual option when it's just gone live and nobody would have subbed yet..



  • #849
    sock.rocker*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,420 ✭✭✭sock.rocker*


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123623357#Comment_123623357

    What exactly is your problem with it being posted? It's a discussion website, not a wiki and not a source of factual information. This is the problem with posters who think that lies, conspiracy theories, or simply different point of views shouldn't be allowed at all. Let them be posted and let the points get demolished. If you cannot stand reading this stuff, go hang out on Wikis.

    You are picking an easily-verifiable topic to try and make your point, but most topics aren't so clear cut. You cannot expect you or the mods to be arbiters of truth and ban or delete everything else. By expecting it in very specific cases, you are arguing for it to be like that everywhere, and obviously you will always think that whatever you believe in is 100% fact and everything else should be banned or deleted.

    Seriously, wikis exist. You can go edit them and find a community.

    Save boards.ie by subscribing:

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058419316/the-boards-ie-subscription



  • #850
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    "Access to all forums"?!? Please confirm that private fora will remain private, irrespective of subscriptions.



  • #851
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,863 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123620065#Comment_123620065

    Not really. If you search for 'malting' for example, it matches

    malt, male, malted, alt, mast, Malta

    image.png


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  • #852
    sock.rocker*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,420 ✭✭✭sock.rocker*


    I initially said I wouldn't but I subscribed as well.

    Best of luck.

    Save boards.ie by subscribing:

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058419316/the-boards-ie-subscription



  • #853
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,863 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123620171#Comment_123620171

    It's almost as if those involved really don't know the first thing about running a discussion board - making titles relevant!



  • #854
    kurt_angle
    Site Banned Posts: 28 ✭kurt_angle


    a certain mod in the business and finance forum pmd me and gave me a warning saying “pay attention to the rules and do no post rubbish on this site”

    A users card was skimmed by someone twice and he thought it was a particular website he used. I asked him to post the website so I can check the usual Whois, certs up to date and other areas to see if it was legitimate site.


    what kind of a response is that from a mod?

    I explained this to the mod and he said that’s only speculation, warning stands.



  • #855
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123623362#Comment_123623362

    I am not disagreeing with you where things belong, but at some point in the past Harvey Weinstein and Jimmy saville accusations would have been placed in the CT forum too, it’s generally not good to just have a moderator filter on your behalf, do you not believe you should be responsible for how you handle such posts, like use the block button, or have some sort of function which could fact check the post?



  • #856
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,007 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123622115#Comment_123622115

    It’s a brave move Cotton, let’s see how it works out.

    For posterity: you aren’t the problem. The gimps who give you a hard time are you. Occasionally I’ve been one of those gimps. Thanks for all the hard work. It’s a shame to see it wasted.

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



  • #857
    Marty Bird
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,357 ✭✭✭Marty Bird


    Subscribed.

    🌞6.02kWp⚡️3.01kWp South/East⚡️3.01kWp West



  • #858
    eightieschewbaccy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,298 ✭✭✭eightieschewbaccy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123623459#Comment_123623459

    Grand, so 911 conspiracy theories should be perfectly fine to post by this logic. Incredibly unlikely isn't an issue.



  • #859
    cunnifferous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭cunnifferous


    Just subbed for 6 months. Wish you the best of the luck. Despite the serial moderation moaners, this is something that is different from the rest of the internet. Actually insightful, well informed discussion for the most part. The polar opposite of X, Facebook et al.



  • #860
    _BAA_RAM_EWE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 844 ✭✭✭_BAA_RAM_EWE


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123623189#Comment_123623189

    you have to trust it to install it.



  • #861
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,314 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Oh also - the need is 2000 subscribers per month but you only give the shiny supporters badge to people who pay longer. Would it not make sense to have it for everyone who helps pay?



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  • #862
    miamee
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 12,989 Mod ✭✭✭✭miamee


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123623425#Comment_123623425

    Paying annually would have been the most popular option when subscriptions were available previously.



  • #863
    sock.rocker*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,420 ✭✭✭sock.rocker*


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123623446#Comment_123623446

    Add quotes.

    image.png

    I honestly find the search to be great. You can paste in thread titles on the right to search only like that, or by user etc.

    Save boards.ie by subscribing:

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058419316/the-boards-ie-subscription



  • #864
    Mo Ghile Mear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 255 ✭✭Mo Ghile Mear


    Maybe this is a stupid question. The email address I use for my Revolut account is not the one I used to register on boards. So will they know it’s me who has subscribed?



  • #865
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,863 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123620427#Comment_123620427

    It was literally dead BEFORE we migrated to it?



  • #866
    Boards.ie: Mike
    Administrators, Boards.ie Employee, Boards Employee 2, Boards Employee 3 Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Mike


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123623441#Comment_123623441

    Information that was created privately, in a private group will remain private. This information will not be publicised. The proposed cleanup or customisations as mentioned in the OP are to remain focused on functionality, layout and the look of the site.

    ⭐️ Keep Boards Alive ⭐️ *Live information on campaign here*



  • #867
    Backstreet Moyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,456 ✭✭✭Backstreet Moyes


    Allowing all anecdotes is as bad as when they decided to ban all anecdotes.

    Just deal with the Walter mitty types and what I am assuming is a lad on school holidays trying to entertain himself last night.



  • #868
    TabbyLongTails
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭TabbyLongTails


    lads, who’s running this forum? The alert that’s on every page just says that the subscription service is live without explaining WHY it’s so important - the place will be closed unless more people chip in.

    The alert really should link to the previous announcement and then link to the subscription link.



  • #869
    archfi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭archfi


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123623481#Comment_123623481

    It's open source, you can easily see what it does.



  • #870
    Bugatti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 324 ✭✭Bugatti


    recent changes to Google’s algorithm have had a dramatic impact, cutting our traffic in half almost overnight

    Was it stated what these changes were that cut the traffic in half? I would have assumed that the majority of Boards traffic comes from established returning users, rather than from Google search results. So I wouldn’t have expected an algorithm change to have such a major effect.



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  • #871
    sugarman20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 349 ✭✭sugarman20


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123623402#Comment_123623402

    Please move to BA :)

    SUBSCRIBE HERE TO KEEP BOARDS ONLINE

    Linky



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