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  • #2102
    Dr Robert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭Dr Robert


    Creating a new account to give someone abuse. It's time to take a break from the internet when you reach that level.

    Next stop is arguing with people in Facebook comments..

    Save boards.ie by subscribing:

    https://subscriptions.boards.ie/


  • #2103
    yagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,218 ✭✭✭yagan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123700747#Comment_123700747

    We can't simply have pro genocide posters allowed just for the sake of "balance". There's nothing balanced about platforming Putin's genocidal invasion, yet that's what's been allowed to happened here for the sake of clicks.



  • #2104
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,679 ✭✭✭corkie


    @Borstan "I saw it on X"

    That in itself is a reason not to take it seriously? + New account posting as well?

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  • #2105
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 26,320 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123700910#Comment_123700910

    Pure bull.

    I've heard Santa Claus is looking to buy it and he will consume everyone's PMs to determine if you have been naughty or nice.



  • #2106
    Fr Tod Umptious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,649 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123700821#Comment_123700821

    Because the kind of rubbish that is posted there eventually feeds into everything and usually from the same posters.

    As you can see in the last few hours there are accusations of racist dogwhisling, arguments over whether Reddit is left leaning or not, etc etc., here in Feedback.

    It's off topic as you say, but it doesn't stop the usual cranks from trying to get the last word.



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  • #2107
    MrMusician18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,231 ✭✭✭MrMusician18


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123700848#Comment_123700848

    And just saying it's not doesn't make it false either. If you can't see it there you certainly won't see it here, as boards is far closer to the centre than r/Ireland. Some days you could confuse it for r/Palestine tbh.



  • #2108
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,950 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123700956#Comment_123700956

    It does when you can't be bothered to provide any proof.

    Anyway, this is well off topic. Let's leave it there.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #2109
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,491 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Reddit does lean left in comparison with boards in fairness, but I think that's as much to do with the demographics - which is younger than boards - and the way that Reddit works that tends to amplify the popular opinions. That's not to say there isn't "conservative" or right wing opinions to be found there, there is - more so lately too - but a casual read of CA here and r/Ireland there makes it obvious that there's a bit of a generational difference between the two places IMO.

    Though I don't think it's a conspiracy, just a reflection of the cohort who use it. Tbh I think boards could do with a bit less conservative and Reddit could do with being a bit less "right-on".



  • #2110
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,950 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123701058#Comment_123701058

    I live in the UK and I've had to unsub from r/unitedkingdom, r/europe and r/ukpolitics because they're full of snarling racists typing the same dreck over and over again.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #2111
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,491 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123701065#Comment_123701065

    Fair enough, I can only base my opinion on r/Ireland, as I don't know anything about those other subs.



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  • #2112
    CantGetNoSleep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,380 ✭✭✭CantGetNoSleep


    Not sure if it's just me but I'm getting full page ads that I need to close when clicking between pages since this morning. If this is a way of trying to get people to subscribe for an ad-free version, you will have a subscriber only site as it is really **** annoying and if it continues for another day or so, that will be that for boards for me



  • #2113
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,950 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123701095#Comment_123701095

    Most Irish people are sympathetic towards Palestine and in my experience, the Irish public are a bit further left than people in countries like the UK and the US. Maybe r/Ireland is only left wing if you're guzzling a lot of US and UK media.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #2114
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123701065#Comment_123701065

    To be fair, you would consider anyone who isn't extremely left wing, and utterly unquestioning in regard to immigration, to be a "snarling racist" - the fact that you are considered an extreme outlier on Reddit of all places says it all.
    Sometimes, it is actually you, and not everyone else.



  • #2115
    Esse85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭Esse85


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123700984#Comment_123700984

    And you couldn't be bothered to reply to my point in a polite manner earlier on, an XL bully dog would be more friendly.

    I've never come across you before but sounds like others have, and you've the same demeanor with them.

    As a mod, I'd expect you to lead from the front, set a positive example and not carry that aggressive tone across.



  • #2116
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 26,320 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    89 days left to go on this site and this thread forever going around in circles arguing on points that aren’t relevant to the topic at hand.



  • #2117
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123701153#Comment_123701153

    Despite what mods and some posters are saying, these points ARE relevant. The site is dying, and is unlikely to be rescued, just because the site management and mods don't want to admit their actions are a major cause of that, doesn't make it so (as a poster above might say). The reason I and many others won't sub is because of these issues, whether you like it or not. Have a look at the Reddit thread on Boards - a huge number of posters, many of whom are very long term Boards members, quite a few ex-mods, saying the same thing. This ship will go down with the absentee captain and his loyal crew blaming everything except the fact they ran it into an iceberg.



  • #2118
    Rocket_GD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,421 ✭✭✭Rocket_GD


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123701183#Comment_123701183

    You have stated that you want your account closed so I wouldn't be worrying about it too much.



  • #2119
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123701192#Comment_123701192

    Exactly the kind of answer I would have expected, unfortunately.

    Your own will be closed shortly whether you like it or not.



  • #2120
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,950 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123701153#Comment_123701153

    I think there's some relevance if Boards is indeed not long for this world while other sites continue to grow but I think it's been a staple of the place for a long time that minds are very rarely changed here.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #2121
    dabbler2004
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,820 ✭✭✭dabbler2004


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123701102#Comment_123701102

    On the plus side the bouncing pages are less frequent but I do agree with your thinking about pushing people away.



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  • #2122
    Fr Tod Umptious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,649 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    I've completely forgotten the password of my original account from 2002 to 2009 and the email address for it is also long gone.

    How do I get it reset I wonder, I'd like to login as it again and see what I was saying way back then, and the search function is not great here.



  • #2123
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,455 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    I asked this last week.

    Is there an amnesty on forum bans for those who subscribe? I'm banned from one forum and it's a block to me subscribing.

    The situation can't be that desperate if a would-be annual subscriber can be ignored.



  • #2124
    ECookie13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 868 ✭✭✭ECookie13


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123700984#Comment_123700984

    I've noticed you cleverly avoid posts that question your stances and do the whole snarky "I'm better than you" post without actually engaging with facts. Embarrassing.



  • #2125
    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/123701248#Comment_123701248

    Presumably subscribers will be expected to follow the rules the same as everyone else. They are hardly going to allow people to pay to be unbanned and do what they like?



  • #2126
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,950 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123701256#Comment_123701256

    I literally just asked you a question and you decided to post snarky comment for some reason. I'm genuinely at a loss as to what you think "facts" are.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #2127
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,455 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123701269#Comment_123701269

    You're missing the point. Why would I subscribe when I have been been wrongly banned from a forum?

    How many others will not subscribe for the same reason?

    Either we're serious here or we're not. I'm defacto blocked from subscribing.



  • #2128
    Neowise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,186 ✭✭✭Neowise


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123700911#Comment_123700911

    If they are being civil, and not breaking any rules, why should they not be allowed to debate?



  • #2129
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,950 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123700911#Comment_123700911

    How far do you go with this though? I've seen posters defend violent white nationalism and blame women for getting raped. Should those be allowed? If so, where do you draw the line?

    I'm not saying do or don't, just that it can get quite messy when deciding what opinions to platform. It helps immensely that in your specific example, the people supporting the Kremlin tend to just dump crap here which makes the bad faith obvious.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #2130
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,491 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123701194#Comment_123701194

    I guess I'm being nosey and it isn't my business really, so you can say nothing in response if you want - but why exactly are you closing your account?

    If it's about data protection/ anonymity concerns going forward or if/when the site 404's permanently, then, yeah, I get that to an extent. Do I trust boards with my data... I'm not too sure about that, but I can accept the risk, for now, but I completely understand if others don't.

    But if you're shutting your account because of the style of debate/ bias - isn't, for all of its faults - and boy does it have faults - isn't boards still the best of a bad bunch? Maybe I'm being naive here.



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  • #2131
    eightieschewbaccy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,297 ✭✭✭eightieschewbaccy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123701307#Comment_123701307

    In your opinion, you're wrongly banned. I honestly don't think it's putting off a huge amount from subscribing and I'd equally say unbanning such posters is as likely to put people subscribing.



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