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  • #2522
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92,394 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123714407#Comment_123714407

    I also think mods, cmods and admin mods should also be paid member subscribers, lead by example



  • #2523
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭con747


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123714713#Comment_123714713

    If they were getting paid for doing the job I would agree but forcing anyone to subscribe would be the wrong direction unless members are benefiting financially from the site like some are by selling goods here.

    Don't expect anything from life, just be grateful to be alive.

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  • #2524
    SineadSpears
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,169 ✭✭✭SineadSpears


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123714376#Comment_123714376

    I can't say I interact enough on the site to know even half of the mod's are round here, although I do see some names mentioned more than others. But that was some turn around from you - and paying the full year too! That actually put a smile on my face :D

    ....…

    SNUGGLE SEASON



  • #2525
    Oíche Na Gaoithe Móire
    Site Banned Posts: 4,164 ✭✭✭Oíche Na Gaoithe Móire


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123714778#Comment_123714778

    Well you're dealing with a farmer. When a farmer is making a deal what he's saying, and what he's really thinking and intending to do can be very different! I'm not saying I was being disingenuous, but I was weighing it all up. Everything I said about the flicker on screen etc was true. But there aren't alternatives to boards for what I'm interested in.



  • #2526
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,173 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123714788#Comment_123714788

    Cross Eyed Jack !

    On the mind change Oíche , it is good to weigh a thing up and be strong enough to say "I have changed my mind " !

    Shows more than just digging the heels in for the sake of it .

    Could be the long cycle as well ;)

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  • #2527
    Avatar in the Post
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 976 ✭✭✭Avatar in the Post


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123714713#Comment_123714713

    So, not only working for free, pay to work? stop it! 🤣



  • #2528
    XT1200
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 178 ✭✭XT1200


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123714713#Comment_123714713

    And like Ryanair staff who get a bonus for identifying oversized bags the overzealous mods will get a bonus for warnings and bans issued. Win win situation and will ensure a quick demise of Boards

    Post edited by XT1200 on


  • #2529
    eightieschewbaccy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,804 ✭✭✭eightieschewbaccy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123714713#Comment_123714713

    Not everyone has the disposable income. Also plenty of moderators have contributed huge amounts to keeping the site alive IMHO. Also the ones who stuck around post migration have been lumped with inferior tools for moderation etc. So obliging them seems a bit silly TBH.



  • #2530
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123714567#Comment_123714567

    CA took over as the go to place for all the sort of stuff that used to live in AH.



  • #2531
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123714407#Comment_123714407

    But that would probably kill the site.

    The likes of CA is probably driving the majority of the traffic to this place.

    If make that invisible then the amount of traffic would just fall off a cliff.

    When the move to Vanilla was made the then restricted fourm "Soccer" had to be put in Groups (along with "Sex and Sexuality ". Threads for these fourms never appeared on the homepage, and it killed what was previously a very lively soccer fourm.

    I'm assuming that the same would be the case if you restricted CA.



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  • #2532
    The Rooster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭The Rooster


    Soccer forum still lively btw, even if not for you. A really good community there now for the most part. Adult conversation



  • #2533
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,072 ✭✭✭corkie


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123710420#Comment_123710420

    I am contradicting my own words on using scripts!

    Successfully just created a script for 'TamperMonkey' to remove the site notice. I was testing it and using it to bypass 'Xitter' age gating.

    If there is any paid member, that wants the script DM me or just ask your favourite AI to craft a bit of javascript!

    @Mars Bar Sent you a DM, because you where looking for it's removal for paid members!

    Post edited by corkie on

    #Aras25 | Have your say on the two linked polls? AH & CA
    "There will be a protest vote and absolutely people’s right to do that. There is no intention to take away that right or to stop it in any way." ~ Chair of the Electoral Commission Ms Justice Marie Baker
    "Níl mé toilteanach toil a thabhairt"! 24-09-2025 09:31PM



  • #2534
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 43,374 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123715183#Comment_123715183

    It's a bad faith suggestion, I think.

    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



  • #2535
    Dublin Calling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭Dublin Calling


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123715762#Comment_123715762

    Can you write a script to stop the Bouncing?



  • #2536
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,072 ✭✭✭corkie


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123715927#Comment_123715927

    My scripting knowledge is poor because of neglect of not using it for years. That's why I get help from AI on how to write stuff. If the site owners and mike can't remove the bouncing, I doubt a script could do it!?

    #Aras25 | Have your say on the two linked polls? AH & CA
    "There will be a protest vote and absolutely people’s right to do that. There is no intention to take away that right or to stop it in any way." ~ Chair of the Electoral Commission Ms Justice Marie Baker
    "Níl mé toilteanach toil a thabhairt"! 24-09-2025 09:31PM



  • #2537
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,072 ✭✭✭corkie


    @Dublin Calling But there is methods that boards could use and surprised they haven't already @Boards.ie: Mike

    Is there method to pause a webpage until all conte.docx

    1. Hide Content Until Fully Loaded
    2. Reserve Space for Late-Loading Content
    3. Skeleton Loaders / Placeholders
    4. Scroll Anchoring
    5. Overlay Spinner with Prevent Scroll

    But this is all redundant now with the planned roll back to a minimal vanilla platform?

    #Aras25 | Have your say on the two linked polls? AH & CA
    "There will be a protest vote and absolutely people’s right to do that. There is no intention to take away that right or to stop it in any way." ~ Chair of the Electoral Commission Ms Justice Marie Baker
    "Níl mé toilteanach toil a thabhairt"! 24-09-2025 09:31PM



  • #2538
    Glaceon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,202 ✭✭✭Glaceon


    From what I can gather, the bouncing is down to the way that quotes, embedded tweets, YouTube embeds and ads are not present when the page first loads. So when these do load, it messes up the page anchors. The only way I could think to stop them on the client side via scripting would be to block all of these, but blocking quotes wouldn't be ideal.



  • #2539
    Dublin Calling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭Dublin Calling


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123715947#Comment_123715947

    The bouncing has been fixed before. I would imagine is it something simple, if you had the know-how! However, is appears both the current owners of Vanilla and SaaS provider Higher Logic don't. From reading online, it appears the original developers have left and Vanilla is no longer being developed.

    https://open.vanillaforums.com/discussion/39620/higher-logic-has-terminated-open-source-vanilla#Comment_265330



  • #2540
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,072 ✭✭✭corkie


    @Dublin Calling Just tried creating an extensive that puts an overlay over the pages until fully loaded. It maybe be preventing the bouncing, but replaces it with a delay and overlay display. So I don't know which is worse!

    <q>If you want a step-by-step guide to imple.docx
    page-overlay.zip

    ^^ Folder provided above!

    Load the Extension:

    Go to chrome://extensions/ in your browser.

    Enable “Developer mode”.

    Click “Load unpacked”, and select your folder.

    If anyone else wants to test it?

    I'm looking into combine both features (bouncing & message removal) into one extension!

    #Aras25 | Have your say on the two linked polls? AH & CA
    "There will be a protest vote and absolutely people’s right to do that. There is no intention to take away that right or to stop it in any way." ~ Chair of the Electoral Commission Ms Justice Marie Baker
    "Níl mé toilteanach toil a thabhairt"! 24-09-2025 09:31PM



  • #2541
    gipi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,490 ✭✭✭gipi


    I know that the banner re subscription isn't showing on desktop (until one clicks into a thread).

    I just noticed that the 2 sticky threads (this one and the subscription thread) don't show up on the "latest posts" tab on desktop either.

    If I were exclusively a desktop user, I wouldn't see much of what's going on with the forum.

    Edit: Solved my own query! I clicked on "posts" at the top of the desktop page and can now see both the banner and the sticky threads. Never used the "posts" button before!

    Carry on, nothing to see here.....😊



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  • #2542
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,072 ✭✭✭corkie


    I managed to combine the two in one extension! Although it doesn't completely remove the bouncing it does reduce the amount of it you see.

    If anyone is using Quetta Android mobile browser you can also load extensions from zip files.

    Handy because I didn't want to be manually configuring the other extensions on mobile.

    If any paid member is looking for the extension, PM me and I will upload to github and provide a link.

    Alternatively just tag me and I will add you to chat, which has the zip

    • Edit: Tested and works on chrome & quetta, also got it as a temp ext for firefox.
    Post edited by corkie on

    #Aras25 | Have your say on the two linked polls? AH & CA
    "There will be a protest vote and absolutely people’s right to do that. There is no intention to take away that right or to stop it in any way." ~ Chair of the Electoral Commission Ms Justice Marie Baker
    "Níl mé toilteanach toil a thabhairt"! 24-09-2025 09:31PM



  • #2543
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 16,099 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123715489#Comment_123715489

    At a guess, it would also greatly reduce the need for legal costs as well as server traffic costs. If the site becomes unsustainable using the current model, the alternative to trying to prop up a failing revenue stream would be to drastically cut costs by downsizing the site. By archiving older content and reducing traffic generated by non-subscribers, hosting costs could be slashed. Taking just this thread as a microcosm for boards more generally, we're seeing a huge volume of moaning and whingeing from a very small number of posters about why they won't pay, why boards is crap, why the mods are crap etc… Personally, I don't believe those of us who genuinely do care about this community should be putting up with this nonsense, let alone funding that cohort of posters.

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  • #2544
    nullzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,166 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123713609#Comment_123713609

    Moderate in a fair manner across the board and there's no room for complaint.

    Mods on this site allow their own biases to influence their actions, while that might be understandable on one level it creates a situation where someone with opinion X is free to flout the basic rules around civil behaviour while someone with opinion Y gets the sharp end of the stick from mods for the smallest infractions.

    Anyone being an aggressive prick shouldn't be tolerated. Take it to that basic a level and all the other crap never gets a chance to be an issue. It's been repeated to you for years but you choose not to do it. Some people are immune to good advice it would seem.

    Post edited by nullzero on


  • #2545
    SharpCoder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 422 ✭✭SharpCoder


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123716870#Comment_123716870

    So you don't want to fund their existence here and they don't want to fund your existence here, bit of as stalemate there.

    I don't think moving things behind subscriber walls would fix things.

    The amount of posts from 20+ years ago are pretty useless nowadays, not to mention the stagnant talk to forums.

    However the issue is a lot more than that, the database is a disaster, it has to be heavily fixed before they ever try to migrate or even step down to self hosted.

    people are rightfully annoyed with aspects of boards from the lackluster approach to fixing anything not related to revenue.

    Like where did most ex boards staff go to, some at least some tried to fix some forums and if these ex employees are all gone, why are their accounts all still active with full employee access, talk about security issues and people worry about their payment info on here 😂.

    On a lighter note, there must be prunes, adjustments, re-factoring, database changes going forward and i just don't see any evidence of that from the few threads that have gone up recently related to this topic.

    Post edited by SharpCoder on


  • #2546
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭con747


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123717239#Comment_123717239

    I'm fairly sure he passed away.

    Edit

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058204481/some-sad-news-rip-boards-ie-mark-aka-sabre0001/p1

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  • #2547
    SharpCoder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 422 ✭✭SharpCoder


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123717243#Comment_123717243

    Ah, sorry, wasn't aware of that, didn't know him, just noticed he was active in fixing forums a few years back in boards site helpdesk.



  • #2548
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 16,099 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123717239#Comment_123717239

    Nope, paid member here and also long time subscriber to boards. Not looking for anyone to fund me thanks.

    Boards.ie need your help to survive, subscribe here



  • #2549
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92,394 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123715772#Comment_123715772

    May I ask for curiosity, are you going to subscribe?



  • #2550
    eightieschewbaccy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,804 ✭✭✭eightieschewbaccy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123717353#Comment_123717353

    It's a bit weird that you and a handful of others have specifically fixated on whether capaill is gonna subscribe or not. It's sort of none of your business. 😂



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  • #2551
    nullzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,166 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123717399#Comment_123717399

    It's Germane in light of comments made about this platform on at least one other platform.

    One of the biggest problems with boards is the seeming inability for people to be civil to one another.

    When people in senior mod positions can't rise above it what's the hope for anyone else?

    If you spend years winding people up and things get to the point where they are on boards currently you can expect people to ask you such a question in a polite manner.



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