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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. 😂

No, I think most would agree that you and some others have had a long running grudge against a poster and are using this thread to target them. It's pretty childish and weird. I would go as far as saying that ye are a bit obsessed.

I'm finding this quite distressing. I don't post very much but I read boards every single day. Despite that, I only found out about this a few days ago when I saw the banner at the top of a thread I follow. I was shocked to see it's been ongoing for over a month. Where have the notifications been? I’ve literally been on here every day and not seen a thing. @Boards.ie: Mike a PM to all members wouldn’t be a bad idea (or even better, an email as well if that’s allowed?). Maybe lots of people don’t even know yet!

I think so many of us would be lost without boards. There's nothing else comparable. As someone who finds the world a bit difficult, boards has been like a sort of lifeline my whole adult life. It's so much more than just that, though. It feels like the end of the internet as we know it. Google have already stopped indexing so much information and it will only get worse. We're being fed what the big companies want us to see and soon that will be all we see. It's more important than ever to keep a place where ordinary Irish people can communicate.

I've read this whole thread and can see that there's a lack of trust there that's stopping people subscribing. However, I really think it's essential that we not let this go. I think it's more important than people realise and it's very worrying to see so many people ready to give up.

Even to those who don't like the management, would you really be happy for boards to be gone? Yes, the lack of reassurance from Odhran is worrying but he did keep the site going until now and we don’t know what goes on behind the scenes. And €50 (or €6!) is not very much to lose for the sake of not giving up hope. A year from now, would you miss €50 or would you miss boards?

I also think people should take what they read here with a pinch of salt. It seems like there are lots of posters with chips on their shoulders, returning from reddit or wherever else to post negativity like we’ll never reach 2000 subscribers etc. They want it to fail! 2000 subscribers is only unachievable if we let that sort of negative talk influence us. How many are not subscribing because they think the numbers won't be met? Every number counts. I think there would be easily 2000 people who would subscribe but lots will be swayed by the masses, so we can't let the naysayers be in the majority.

As for the people with genuine complaints about various issues, surely a boards with issues is better than no boards at all? I get the frustration and would love to see people's concerns about it being taken seriously by the management. However, maybe it's an issue that could be pushed more once the fundraising campaign is over. Maybe the focus should be on survival first. Think about what there is to lose here.

I'm hoping for something to be done to enable carrier billing as I have almost €200 of 3 credit that I would love to give to boards. It's been asked a lot already so, assuming they actually want our money, I'm hoping something will happen there. If not, it goes without saying I will be subscribing anyway but I'll wait a bit more in case that becomes an option.

I seriously think there are so many people who don't know about this. I've been telling everyone I know and it's the first they've heard of it. There must be enough of us here who care a lot, who can maybe get together and coordinate a plan and get the message out more. If we want boards to survive, I think as a community we could do a lot to support the management. There have also been a lot of ideas put forward already for fundraising etc. Maybe we could set up a volunteer group for those who want to help or would be good at coordinating those ideas and putting things in action?

@Boards.ie: Odhran I know you've said you won’t discuss a detailed plan until we pass this hurdle but would you at least be willing to commit to some sort of guaranteed timeframe that you’ll keep the site running for if you get enough subscribers? I think that might reassure some people who are on the fence.

Every moderator should be a subscriber IMO. That way they have more of a vested interest in moderating properly.

only for paid boards members subs

Us and them? You just lost any chance of boards getting a sub out of me.

No I didn't even want a copy of your extension and I've run Vanilla vanilla since it was forced on us.

In fairness, Corkie isn't an employee of boards.

But probably not the best way to help save boards.

so i have reflected on subscribing and decided not just yet as i think there are some mods out there very trigger happy for the most inane reasons, which i wont go into here.

maybe i will change my mind in a few weeks but not convinced yet.