Is boards changing Ireland in a bad way?

[Deleted User] · 2011-10-11 08:16:00

I know the above sound a bit dramatic but hear me out! I have been on boards about five years and I like it a lot. Maybe I was living in a bubble or something, but I use to think the sort of people who were enraged by loan parents or who want to shoot everyone on social welfare, or were enraged by polish people here…

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#62 11-10-2011 01:16PM

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lastlaugh wrote: »

Whatsa WUM?

A wide bum.

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#63 11-10-2011 01:17PM

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boards isn't changing Ireland, Ireland is changing boards.

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#64 11-10-2011 01:19PM

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Batsy wrote: »

No, they don't.

The voices in my head and the silent majority agree with you!

The more extreme views tend to get posted on here more because nobody would take them seriously otherwise. The Politics board is an example were often the extreme views that aren't politically successful can nearly take over the forum.

As for AH, don't take it too seriously, there's a few keyboard warriors posting.

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#65 11-10-2011 01:30PM

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Liam Byrne wrote: »

I know what the OP is on about, though, and it's not JUST After Hours.

Even in a few of the forums where - shall we say - you'd expect at least some level of decency and etiquette there's an AMOUNT of nasty venom and deliberate twisting of words and all sorts of dirty tactics going on , and that's even before you examine the opinions being expressed, which would have left me floored if I read them 20 years ago when, in my naivety, I thought most people were reasoned, objective, honest individuals.

Maybe the issue is that boards provides a platform where you get to see those views and personalities first-hand, rather than being insulated from them ? In that case it's not boards fault, just the fact that the mindset and bigotry and venom isn't behind closed doors anymore ?

That's the thing you do notice a lot.

Some keep any prejudices or pre concieved ideas they may have to one side , some are good at hiding them while others don't care who they offend . As long as we dont swallow the bull and don't loose sight of our own realitys and interests IRL ,no matter how mundane they may seem to others ...that's more important than any Boards/AH keyboard warrior .

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#66 11-10-2011 01:33PM

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Some of the more worrying posts, I have heard before in other countries during other times (even pre-internet forum times).
There is nothing new that has been said on boards, you just replace certain words with others, the context sounds the same to me.
But as others have pointed out, nothing seems to go unchallanged really (at least from what I've seen) no matter how many 'thanks' you see on a post.

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#67 11-10-2011 01:37PM

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Dumb posters don't represent After Hours
After Hours doesn't represent boards

And boards definitly does not represent Ireland

Census forum OP, have a read
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=541
Vast majority are young, male, single and living around Dublin which I suppose has better internet access then most

Students and IT staff are way overrepresented also
Stroll over to work forum and a lad asked about banking and got about three replies. Start a thread on IT and you'll get twenty to thirty replies

Head over to http://www.weddingsonline.ie/ for another Irish site and it's nearly all women and the opinions are different
And realy, there is just as much rage and fury over there
It's not just weddings, they discuss lots

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#68 11-10-2011 01:39PM

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But as others have pointed out, nothing seems to go unchallanged really (at least from what I've seen) no matter how many 'thanks' you see on a post.

Maybe there should be a thumbs down button

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#69 11-10-2011 01:42PM

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Boards.ie is an online forum and how it could influence/change Ireland is beyond me. Very few people I know are even aware of Boards existence, never mind be influenced by it. It is however a useful online microcosm of opinions and viewpoints that exist on the street.

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#70 11-10-2011 01:46PM

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#71 11-10-2011 01:58PM

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mike65 wrote: »

boards isn't changing Ireland, Ireland is changing boards.

Spot on Mike65,it is not the messenger that should be shot!

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#72 11-10-2011 02:07PM

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TLDR, Thread title screams fail.

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#73 11-10-2011 04:03PM

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It has changed my opinion of Irish people in general, or at least a particular demographic of Irish people but I've also become less concerned and more apathetic toward the issues which affect them (and will possibly continue to affect them into the future.)

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