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  • #1682
    Ha Long Bay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,930 ✭✭✭✭Ha Long Bay


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123652271#Comment_123652271

    Sorry I was not replying to you in my last post.



  • #1683
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,498 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123652280#Comment_123652280

    And this is the proof that I'm an idiot! 😅



  • #1684
    _BAA_RAM_EWE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 844 ✭✭✭_BAA_RAM_EWE


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123652262#Comment_123652262

    I don't read the forum but you are the HI-larious anecdote child yes. 2 pages of your crap we had to wade through here and your back to waste more time.

    good child.



  • #1685
    nullzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,166 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123652262#Comment_123652262

    I'm not ranting about you.

    I'm pointing out how you're moaning about the lack of hard line moderation in CA when you're one of a handful of people who've made it their business to act in a manner that would have been actionable until the rule change.

    Everyone else can just get along like normal functioning adults but you're here griefing about a problem only you are causing.

    How about you change your behaviour instead of complaining that no one will enforce that change on you in this feedback thread?



  • #1686
    Ha Long Bay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,930 ✭✭✭✭Ha Long Bay


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123652304#Comment_123652304

    I will give one example. A poster who could have been thread banned from the forum, I have no idea but is now link dumping 10 year old articles on a thread in the "Immigration and Ireland" thread to continue the pro russia agenda.

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    This is not discussion.



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  • #1687
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,204 ✭✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123652327#Comment_123652327

    Unless its another post, here's that in context

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    That's not a link dump.



  • #1688
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,514 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123652327#Comment_123652327
    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123652475#Comment_123652475

    And yet none of this has anything to do with this thread

    Have no interest in the CA forum and have no wish to read about it in this totally unrelated thread



  • #1689
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 29,686 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Indeed.. Not the thread for it. I will say though that I haven't seen much difference really in certainly the immigration thread since the rules were relaxed. If anything it seems to flow better.

    I'll give the same advice I always do - if it bothers/offends someone that much, just ignore/block the poster. Censorship of opinions you don't like however is never the answer.



  • #1690
    Dr Robert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,684 ✭✭✭Dr Robert


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123652327#Comment_123652327

    You get way too wound up by other people's posts. At the end of the day it's strangers on the internet.

    Put people that annoy you on ignore. Life's too short.

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  • #1691
    MisterAnarchy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,193 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123652172#Comment_123652172

    I ventured into the Trump thread yesterday, the words Pedo and Child Rapist as well as many other serious slurs were being thrown around.

    Boards could be looking at a defamation case with this sort of language.



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  • #1692
    Trigger
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 19,096 Mod ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123652327#Comment_123652327

    If you have such an issue with it, maybe start a proper feedback thread about it, instead of taking this one back off topic?

    Moderator: Forum Games, Conspiracy Theories, Current Affairs/IMHO



  • #1693
    Leg End Reject
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 21,885 Mod ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    We'll never have a situation where everyone is happy with moderation.

    Reports are biased, no one ever reports a poster they agree with in a heated discussion. They might report poster A for being uncivil, all fair enough as poster A was.

    But poster A quoted poster B and poster B's post was demonstrably worse. Poster B wasn't reported though because the reporter agrees with them.

    Everyone wants moderation that allows themselves, and those that they agree with, to be able to post freely, but that censors those they disagree with. If everyone looks at who and what they've reported they'll see this is true.

    Something new is being tried in CA, let's give it a chance to see how it works out and stop dragging it into this thread, plenty of active users don't even post in CA, but reading this thread you'd think it was be all and end all of Boards.

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  • #1694
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 26,511 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    If anyone want to discuss CA moderation, then start a Feedback thread on it. This isn't the place for it.



  • #1695
    eightieschewbaccy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,810 ✭✭✭eightieschewbaccy


    Edit: Sorry just as mod warning came in..



  • #1696
    CrazyEric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 230 ✭✭CrazyEric


    Is there an anonymous option. I don't mind supporting Boards, I get a lot from it, but not too keen on putting my name etc onto a subscribers list via my CC details.



  • #1697
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,173 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123650221#Comment_123650221

    I always had ads blocked but the jumping has still noticeably lessened in the last week .👍

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  • #1698
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 26,511 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123653330#Comment_123653330

    Boards.ie does not see the card details at any point. They're only seen by the payment processor, Stripe. boards.ie only sees the email address, which is why they need to match.



  • #1699
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 16,101 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123648335#Comment_123648335

    Corporate sponsors was my suggestion, more thinking of local firms that are in the specific niche markets of specific subforums, e.g. Cycle Superstore or the Giant Store in the cycling forum could benefit from exposure to that very specific audience. Basically, these markets way too small Twitter, Insta, etc.. to have any interest but still potentially lucrative to a much smaller site such as this.

    Similarly, boards merchandise. We've had a long history of boards cycling wear on the cycling forum. At the same time we have long running theads on where to buy cycling gear. Seems like another opportunity to sell some sponsorship.

    In addition to lending technical skills, I'm sure there are plenty of folks in the community with marketting expertise who might be willing to lend a hand. This could help not just with the above, but also with ideas for marketting boards.ie itself for minimal outlay, which is clearly going to be needed if new users are to be brought on stream. Not sure if boards has tried to actively market itself in recent years, but all I've ever come across is word of mouth.

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  • #1700
    The Rooster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭The Rooster


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123653396#Comment_123653396

    Of course Stripe don’t share credit card details, that’s the whole point of them.

    I think the question is does boards see the name on the credit card in addition to the email address. This is not something a mod would know, unless told by Odhran/Mike. I am aware of a business that knows exactly who their customers are when using Stripe to process payments. This would be the norm for most businesses, but in this case it’s easy to see why some subscribers would want to retain confidentiality.



  • #1701
    Big Bag of Chips
    Administrators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,095 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Big Bag of Chips


    I think the question is does boards see the name on the credit card in addition to the email address. This is not something a mod would know, unless told by Odhran/Mike.

    Who is "Boards" in the above question? Mods and Admins will have no access to payment or personal details. So won't know any names. I don't know who has paid subscription and who hasn't. The posters on the Subscription thread and those searching by "paid member" know more about who has subscribed than I do!

    I don't know exactly how Stripe works and if the office gets notification of the name on the credit card used. But even if it does there would be absolutely no reason for the office to pass that information on to any mod or admin. It just won't happen.



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  • #1702
    The Rooster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭The Rooster


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123654303#Comment_123654303

    Oh absolutely agreed, it would just be Odhran/Mike who would have access to such details. Who they might share that with is out of anyone’s else’s control, hence the original question.



  • #1703
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,077 ✭✭✭corkie


    @Big Bag of Chips I tagged them both in this reply when the non-issue of it was raised.

    …..might be able to confirm that since the payment is through a secure third party, your card details are not provided to boards.ie. Just a confirmation you have paid, email and possibly the last few digits on the card for verification process.

    And the last few digits is just speculation on my part?

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  • #1704
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭con747


    I know a fair few members who sell a fair amount of stuff on here and have done for years for free, should they not have to pay a subscription now in order to do so? It would seem only fair IMO.

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  • #1705
    xhomelezz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,876 ✭✭✭xhomelezz


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123654372#Comment_123654372

    Think that's not the best idea at the moment, it was stated subscription is voluntary. It would be a mistake to try to force some members to pay, because of their way using the site.. IMO. That would inevitably lead to arguments boards doesn't really need right now..

    https://subscriptions.boards.ie/

    Hit the switch to keep the lights on.



  • #1706
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭con747


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123654426#Comment_123654426

    Not force them to pay, only let them sell stuff if they pay. Why should they have a platform to freely sell goods but not contribute to the saving of the site?

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  • #1707
    _BAA_RAM_EWE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 844 ✭✭✭_BAA_RAM_EWE


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123654426#Comment_123654426

    Exactly. Reminds me of the French PM looking to try and take away 2 public holidays this week. Can kickingly stupid.

    Outta curiosity I looked at the thread views for 1 of the sellers he's on about and it's 345.2K. And that's not including all the other places users went.



  • #1708
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭con747


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123654453#Comment_123654453

    I'm not sure exactly what your'e on about, I am talking about normal members who sell here making profits freely while the ship is sinking.

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  • #1709
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 10,171 ✭✭✭✭893bet


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123654372#Comment_123654372

    I think a go fund me would work here. Anyone selling could drop a few quid in, optionally. Or buyer.

    I bought a 4 figure rifle recently on the shooting forum. That I couldn’t have without the forum.



  • #1710
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,514 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Anywhere else you have to pay to sell - its not a bad idea and doesn't stop anyone else looking at the item

    Though implementation may be another thing.



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  • #1711
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭con747


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123654527#Comment_123654527

    Not really though, the flag option is there if it went that way and members sell stuff without helping save the site in some way. I just find it a bit rich that people are making money here but not bothering to try save the site it's being made on.

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