Boards.ie 2026...

I’m really happy to see this! Well done

Only seeing this now: delighted!

Mixed feelings here to be honest.

On the one hand, yes it's great that Boards will continue into another year anyway. The content from its users (despite the problems in certain parts of the site) remains valuable and thus far irreplaceable.

On the other though, it's a bit much to read all the outpouring of well dones when it's a lot of those same problems, in addition to the never ending technical issues, under the current management that led to this crisis in the first place.

Let's be clear here... From what's been said in the OP, all that's actually happened is that the subscription with Vanilla has been renewed.

That's it.

The only other ideas offered so far are how to extract more money from the users and other potential revenue opportunities. Again very very much focused on Boards as a business - nothing about the points raised repeatedly by its community.

As also mentioned by others above, despite the message a few months back from Mike and Odhran that without an immediate substantial cash injection from the users the site would close imminently, somehow it's going to continue on with only a third of the target being reached? That suggests that either that target was massively wrong, or Boards was massively overpaying for the Vanilla subscription.

So yes, it's great that we'll still have a site to debate these things on (and everything else), but let's not lose perspective of the bigger picture and still entirely valid issues and challenges either.

The site is surviving. That can only be a good thing.

One step at a time.

Excellent news. Another 20 year boards veteran here (christ we're getting old) who's only delighted the site survives for now.

For sure there's a conversation to be had about how things proceed for 2027 and transparency is key as that process unfolds. Beyond simply offering to give input and support to that conversation - the rest of it can happen on a different thread and in due course. This is a good news thread.

Now ye're talking!

Delighted with the good news for the site and those that support it.

Subscribe or don't - we don't need to hear feeble excuses for not subscribing

For less than a euro a week ....yes €1, based on annual subscription of €50 I get an awful lot of fun, advice, information from boards.ie, comparing it to DJ Carey is a fcking joke.

There is no push to go over to subscriber only afaik though.

Subscribe or not you can still post .

Just might not be a site to post in eventually without subscribers but that might change depending on what model of funding is decided upon next year ….

Would you be in favour of any particular type of funding as a matter of interest ?

Username checks out, hardly anyone pays for that either. :pac:

I think most people are happy that the immediate issues have been resolved.

However to say that any of us posting do not recognize the continuing issues is not only facile but insulting.

Sounds like you would have preferred the news was bad so you could continue to wag the finger at others for paying a subscription .

Obviously it is the subscribers that have helped to save the site …along with the owner renegotiating the contract with Vanilla . And non subscribers putting up with not having an adfree experience .

Whether that will be the situation after next year we will see . We all know the problems with Vanilla and would be looking for a better outcome .

But in the meantime we are happy that the door is not going to close imminently .

We enjoy using boards or we would not be here , and that must apply to you as you are here too .

Can you not acknowledge that ??