Important News!!

Why not try another advert.ie type venture. Or was a no compete written into the sale? Selltobuy.ie is available 🤔

Maybe read my post Andrew, before doing what you do best.

Paid annual sub.

What if you don't want to give your real name?

It's €50. Don't worry about it.

Hi Mike

I've just subscribed.

I've enjoyed Boards for over 20 years and like many others have benefited from it in many ways. For the many it may just be entertainment, and that's fine too. For some however, and I'm thinking of PI, Job Advice, Consumer Issues, the LGBT forum and the like, it's been a lot more important and very beneficial.

Maybe set-up an "open" donation option as well. I made a donation twenty years ago to help replace a creaking server and I've never regretted it. I'd have no problem making a donation now to help keep the show on the road. Boards is a worthwhile if quirky corner of the internet that plays an important role.

One other suggestion. I only became aware of this because someone linked to your original message in a forum I follow. You need to highlight it much more. Could you interject your message in every forum for a week ? Could you link to it from the subscription page - there is no mention of the urgency of the situation there !

Anyway, best of luck. Hope it works out.

1. Put up a big announcement when you don't have the subscription page ready
2. 30 pages of rancorous arguing
3. Put the subscription page up and take the announcement down so no-one can find it.
4. ???
5. No profit

Seriously lads, you need to have "Save Boards!" plastered across the top of every page, and not just a link to this thread, a new standalone announcement. The subscription page has no mention of Boards financial issues or the urgency of the appeal.

Whatever momentum you have now, this is as good as it's going to get.

Even just change "Good news everybody" to "Save Boards! Subscribe now!" - half the people on the site probably have no idea what's going on.

I saved enough over the past few months on the bargains thread to well pay for subs for the next decade. Latest was a smart watch worth £199.00 for €32.00 so quids in no matter what happens.

The way I'm looking at it (and I've paid the €50 this morning) is this….

I've been very vocal about the technical problems, the moderation concerns, the transparency and communication (or lack thereof!), the plan forward etc…. and all of these still hold true and I hope will be seriously reflected upon by @Boards.ie: Odhran and @Boards.ie: Mike (as well as the Admin and Mod team) over the coming days and weeks, and that this appeal and subscription model marks a fundamental shift in how the site operates going forward.

BUT…..

I've also gotten a LOT back from my 24 years on this site - massive amounts of information, help/advice/suggestions, entertainment, and most importantly interaction with fellow users regardless of whether our views always aligned.

I'm not into Facebook, Twitter, Reddit or all the rest.. I prefer the "old style" forum format for my social media.

So my €50 is both a thank you for all of that, and an investment in the future - because without it, as has been clearly stated in Mike's OP, there IS no future for this site!

So I'm taking a leap of faith… will it be foolish? We'll see, but at least I have given it a chance.