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Boards unmoderated for a day

  • 14-08-2013 05:31PM
    #1
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭


    I've always found Boards.ie to be well moderated and that most posters are genuine people. With all the talk of internet trolling in the news, I wonder are Boards.ie users just as bad as any social media site. Are Boards.ie users only well behaved because the site is heavily moderated.

    I wonder what the outcome of a unmoderated Boards.ie day experiment would tell us.


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Comments

  • #2
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Porn. Porn everywhere.


  • #3
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    Id imagine we'd all be in court the week after.


  • #4
    Mena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,178 ✭✭✭Mena


    The outcome would be around 6500 banned accounts on day 2!


  • #5
    Fluorescence
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,490 ✭✭✭Fluorescence


    It'd be like the satanic spawn of youtube comments and 4chan. *shudders*


  • #6
    LOSTfan57
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 682 ✭✭✭LOSTfan57


    Not too bad really people have a lot of common sense the idiots and trolls dont last long. Thats my experience anyway ha


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  • #7
    KeithM89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,557 ✭✭✭KeithM89


    There was no mod in AH last night and a bunch of ar*eholes completely ruined it for a few hours.


  • #8
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Keith wrote: »
    There was no mod in AH last night and a bunch of ar*eholes completely ruined it for a few hours.

    What happened?


  • #9
    pharmaton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭pharmaton


    depends on the time of day, I get on late if I'm working what with eating and breathing and stuff but there's definitely less genuine posts/posters on at that time and a lot more trolling and muppetry. (my guess is average age of posters at that time is 12-15 yr olds)


  • #10
    KeithM89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,557 ✭✭✭KeithM89


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    What happened?

    Some people thought starting 11 parody threads was a good idea. They were wrong.


  • #11
    LOSTfan57
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 682 ✭✭✭LOSTfan57


    Keith wrote: »
    There was no mod in AH last night and a bunch of ar*eholes completely ruined it for a few hours.

    Just dont give them time of day. Ignore them they go it is only attention seeking mixed with stupidity that leads to trolling. Dont give them attention and it shows that Trolls are pathetic little idiots.


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  • #12
    Vito Corleone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,753 ✭✭✭Vito Corleone


    Keith wrote: »
    There was no mod in AH last night and a bunch of ar*eholes completely ruined it for a few hours.

    It was hilarious, it only lasted about a half hour.


  • #13
    LOSTfan57
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 682 ✭✭✭LOSTfan57


    Keith wrote: »
    There was no mod in AH last night and a bunch of ar*eholes completely ruined it for a few hours.

    Just dont give them time of day. Ignore them they go it is only attention seeking mixed with stupidity that leads to trolling. Dont give them attention and it shows that Trolls are pathetic little idiots.


  • #14
    wil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,188 ✭✭✭wil


    the place would be torched


  • #15
    Lawrence1895
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,627 ✭✭✭Lawrence1895


    I would use some inproper language :D


  • #16
    Ace Attorney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭Ace Attorney


    the mayham of unmodded ah would lead to a clusterfcuk of dole threads, racism, religious and jam threads. *shudders*


  • #17
    wil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,188 ✭✭✭wil


    Keith wrote: »
    There was no mod in AH last night and a bunch of ar*eholes completely ruined it for a few hours.
    quite the opposite, it was well moderated, no abuse, no trees destroyed and the mods did exactly what they always do, moderate the immoderate.


  • #18
    shopaholic01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,916 ✭✭✭shopaholic01


    Keith wrote: »
    There was no mod in AH last night and a bunch of ar*eholes completely ruined it for a few hours.
    It was a group of posters with a similar sense of humour having a bit of craic. No one was abusive. It would have just run it's course.


  • #19
    KeithM89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,557 ✭✭✭KeithM89


    shopaholic01 wrote: »
    It was a group of posters with a similar sense of humour having a bit of craic. No one was abusive. It would have just run it's course.

    A small group ruining it for the rest.
    A bit like the mods :pac:


  • #20
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    It's was nonsense


  • #21
    shopaholic01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,916 ✭✭✭shopaholic01


    efb wrote: »
    It's was nonsense
    For you maybe, some of us found it hilarious.

    Nothing wrong with a bit of silliness now and again.


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  • #22
    pharmaton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭pharmaton


    it was a bit like walking into a room full of teenagers on amphetamines, cuckoonest tbh


  • #23
    IvaBigWun
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭IvaBigWun


    seamus wrote: »
    Porn. Porn everywhere.

    :pac:

    This.


  • #24
    wil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,188 ✭✭✭wil


    efb wrote: »
    It's was nonsense
    No less and no more


  • #25
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    In fairness, if it was that serious last night, how come there was only one ban handed out? I ban that has since been lifted, by the way. AFAIK, not even a slap on the wrist for a single other poster. One of the Mods in question was even in on the joke.

    Hardly 'ruining it for everybody' now, was it? If I see a thread I'm not interested in, I find the best course of action is to not open it.


  • #26
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    shopaholic01 wrote: »
    For you maybe, some of us found it hilarious.

    Nothing wrong with a bit of silliness now and again.

    The cuckoos nest- fill your boots. I think boards are trying to be a little more professional now, what happened last night was rubbish


  • #27
    Vito Corleone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,753 ✭✭✭Vito Corleone


    pharmaton wrote: »
    it was a bit like walking into a room full of teenagers on amphetamines

    It really really wasn't.


  • #28
    darced
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,056 ✭✭✭darced


    This post has been deleted.


  • #29
    Reamer Fanny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭Reamer Fanny


    They should unmoderate it for 5 days, it would be hard to keep watch and I'd reckon the place would be torched by the time they return.


  • #30
    pharmaton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭pharmaton


    Vito Corleone wrote: »
    It really really wasn't.
    cuckoo's nest/flirtar


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  • #31
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    efb wrote: »
    The cuckoos nest- fill your boots. I think boards are trying to be a little more professional now, what happened last night was rubbish
    I actually suggested moving the thread to the Nest. Twice. The AH Mod who was in on the joke disagreed. And left it where it was. And left it open.

    ;)


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