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So Bing.com is used more in Ireland over Boards. How?!?!?!

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  • #32
    Pushtrak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,640 ✭✭✭Pushtrak


    withless wrote: »
    McQuaid needs to rise from his tomb and start cutting some cables. This country is a disgrace.
    Care to elaborate?


  • #33
    returnNull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭returnNull


    LordChessington wrote: »
    *this was typed with one hand
    while squinting:pac:


  • #34
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Bing is probably up there too because a lot of people's work computers would have no alternative other than IE for internet.


  • #35
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,478 ✭✭✭wexie


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Bing is probably up there too because a lot of people's work computers would have no alternative other than IE for internet.

    Can still use Google with IE, or, if you really wanted Yahoo :confused:


  • #36
    kwestfan08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭kwestfan08


    Can't over Escort Ireland being higher than Ryanair tbh.


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  • #37
    Howard Juneau
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭Howard Juneau


    AlanS181824 wrote: »
    Looking through other countries it's very interesting to see. Saudi Arabians seem to enjoy their porn and torrenting for example! Also interesting that Google.com.br is popular in Ireland too! Didn't know there were many Brasillians here.

    You'd be surprised! The population of Gort was estimated at one point to be almost 1/3 Brazilian


  • #38
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,227 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Howard Juneau wrote: »
    You'd be surprised! The population of Gort was estimated at one point to be almost 1/3 Brazilian

    So theres 7 brazilians in gort then?


  • #39
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,478 ✭✭✭wexie


    Howard Juneau wrote: »
    You'd be surprised! The population of Gort was estimated at one point to be almost 1/3 Brazilian

    genetically or mathematically?


  • #40
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,723 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


    This post has been deleted.


  • #41
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    newmug wrote: »
    Exactly. For some reason, a lot of Boardsies seem to think that Boards is the official "voice" of Ireland.
    While the demographics are going to be somewhat skewed(though less so as time goes on. There are far more women here than compared to a few years ago), in certain areas it's quite predictive of Irelands trends. Politics for example. Polls here tend to mirror election results remarkably well. And that's in spite of the demographic that would have more say Sinn Fein supporters than the general.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



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  • #42
    newmug
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,571 ✭✭✭newmug


    Wibbs wrote: »
    While the demographics are going to be somewhat skewed(though less so as time goes on. There are far more women here than compared to a few years ago), in certain areas it's quite predictive of Irelands trends. Politics for example. Polls here tend to mirror election results remarkably well. And that's in spite of the demographic that would have more say Sinn Fein supporters than the general.


    Coincidence my friend. Boards is as far removed from real Irish life as Friends is from real American life.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY54fnWQ-48

    Skip to the bit at 1:50. A Boardsie versus a real Irish person!


  • #43
    questionmark?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,090 ✭✭✭questionmark?


    How have I never even heard of XHamster :o Not that I would view such vile sites :cool:


  • #44
    Howard Juneau
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭Howard Juneau


    questionmark? wrote: »
    How have I never even heard of XHamster :o Not that I would view such vile sites :cool:

    You haven't lived until you've seen a 55yo Bulgarian granny asking for money to show you her droopy tattas.......er......so I've been told!


  • #45
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    returnNull wrote: »
    while squinting:pac:

    Turning Japenese ?


  • #46
    funt cucker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭funt cucker


    Howard Juneau wrote: »
    You haven't lived until you've seen a 55yo Bulgarian granny asking for money to show you her droopy tattas.......er......so I've been told!

    You're a sick fecker.


  • #47
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,723 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


    This post has been deleted.


  • #48
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 18,841 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.
    Fairly off the mark in 2011 for the generals as well.

    Boards.ie has slipped down the list in the past few years but it's bucking the trend for bulletin board sites. That said, I was talking to a friend of mine who's 23 or so and I mentioned this site to her and her reaction was to the effect that only grannies use this site. I had to correct her inasmuch as the gender description but couldn't argue the point any farther.

    Here's the result of the boards.ie poll for the 2011 general election that I posted on FB in advance of the elections:
    hullaballoo wrote:
    Election prediction:*

    FG: 63 seats;
    Lab: 46 seats;
    SF: 26 seats;
    Indep/Other**: 18 seats;
    Green: 5 seats;
    PbP: 3 seats;
    FF: 3 seats;
    SP: 2 seats.

    No overall majority. Fine Gael-led coalition. SF in lead opposition.

    *The quanitative statistical margin of error on raw data is only approx. +/- 0.69%. Qualitively, the demographic polled is unlikely to be representative of the voting population. There was no way to eliminate any disenfranchised persons from the poll.

    **Includes South Kerry Independent Alliance (1 seat) and Workers and Unemployed Action Group (1 seat).


  • #49
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    hfallada wrote: »
    I seriously question how accurate that ranking is. There is about 10,000 brazilians in Ireland. But yet google.br is number 84. But yet there is no sites listed for all the Czech , Romanians and Chinese and there is tons of them here

    There is not a lot of Czechs here. And when you say Romanian, do you mean Roma? Romanians are very internet savvy. The Roma are not. There are a lot of Roma here, there are not a lot of Romanians.


  • #50
    JustAddWater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭JustAddWater


    Ask.com? Really?

    I'd like to ask them how they pulled that one off tbh. Brutal site. Don't know anyone who uses it. Usually installed as part of the ask.com toolbar when installing shyteware (auto ticked) ... Hey, I just answered my own question!


  • #51
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Howard Juneau wrote: »
    You haven't lived until you've seen a 55yo Bulgarian granny asking for money to show you her droopy tattas.......er......so I've been told!

    You're hanging out in the wrong section. X-Hamster is great!


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  • #52
    oppenheimer1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭oppenheimer1


    Wibbs wrote: »
    While the demographics are going to be somewhat skewed(though less so as time goes on. There are far more women here than compared to a few years ago), in certain areas it's quite predictive of Irelands trends. Politics for example. Polls here tend to mirror election results remarkably well. And that's in spite of the demographic that would have more say Sinn Fein supporters than the general.

    What? No they don't. If boards polls were correct, we'd have a government formed by Shinners. Sinn Fein have nowhere near the support among the general population than they do here.

    Case-in-point
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056564016#

    Anyway, its hardly a surprise this place is slipping in relative popularity. With quality posters leaving and the site admins treating the users like children (Dav's post on blasphemy is an excellent example, note to mention Safe-gate) and almost monthly new rules and forbidden topics its not an unexpected result.


  • #53
    funt cucker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭funt cucker


    oppenheimer1 wrote: »
    . Sinn Fein have nowhere near the support among the general population than they do here.

    Case-in-point
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056564016#

    Bollox.


  • #54
    Howard Juneau
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭Howard Juneau


    syklops wrote: »
    You're hanging out in the wrong section. X-Hamster is great!

    Ah, I'll let the ladyboys to you, not really my scene ;)


  • #55
    oppenheimer1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭oppenheimer1


    funt cucker wrote: »
    Bollox.

    Well you're a bundle of sugar and spice and all things nice aren't you? :rolleyes:


  • #56
    Sunglasses Ron
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,180 ✭✭✭Sunglasses Ron


    I'm surprised by the popularity of Facebook in several European countries. Between work and travel I have amassed a few friends in my time from all corners of Europe, and to a man the pages of most of the French and Italians are barely used. Very few photos (foreigners don't really go for photos of them and their friends out on the beer for whatever reason), no status updates, nada. So it is quite surprising to see that FB is the number one site in these countries.


  • #57
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,701 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Piston heads is adult lol


  • #58
    WeHaveToGoBack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 355 ✭✭WeHaveToGoBack


    Delta Search us number 31, a lot of people must not be aware you can unclick that box while installing software.


  • #59
    Tzar Chasm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,069 ✭✭✭Tzar Chasm


    Nimrod 7 wrote: »
    IE default and maybe Windows Phones.

    I actually find that list hard to believe. Surely there are more Pornhub viewers than XHamster?

    PH mucked about with the sites format a few years ago, they lost a lot of traffic and never really got it back, Xhamster had been consistent for many years, they add new us ability features but generally don't muck about with the layout, so mute and full screen are always in the same place.

    done deal is the highest ranked Native site, and cars.donedeal gets its own entry, still ahead of adverts


  • #60
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    hullaballoo wrote: »
    Fairly off the mark in 2011 for the generals as well.
    I stand corrected. :o:) TBH the last time I looked at a Boards political poll was a fair few years back. Though it's clear even when the polls were more reflective that SF got substantially more votes here than in the real world.
    Boards.ie has slipped down the list in the past few years but it's bucking the trend for bulletin board sites.
    I suppose FB and Reddit are biting away at them?
    That said, I was talking to a friend of mine who's 23 or so and I mentioned this site to her and her reaction was to the effect that only grannies use this site. I had to correct her inasmuch as the gender description but couldn't argue the point any farther.
    Funny enough I've heard similar from a similar age group about FB of all things, but I think in that case they were trying to be cool. :) I dunno about only "grannies" using Boards. My middle aged peers would be even more dismissive of the place, usually citing that old story of "overmoderation"*.

    The old comparison of comparing the place to the growth of a city is part of it I reckon. First it's a hamlet where everyone knows everyone else, then it's a village, where it's still easygoing and personal, but with more chance of stuff kicking off, then it becomes a town, a bigger village in personality, then it becomes a city, where it's less freewheeling, less personal, made up of loads of smaller communities, but with a larger spread of ideas. It's in that stage now, has been for a few years. Just so long as it doesn't turn into Detroit. :D

    I'd also compare it to a life trajectory and put the site in it's middle age. It has it's shít together, but tends towards the monolithic in approach, novel ideas are deemed suspicious, order must be maintained, safety first kinda thing. Maybe that's where the "grannie" idea comes from?


    *IMH it's not overmoderation as such, this place in general is very well moderated which filters out a lot of noise it would otherwise get. For me it's the over visibility of mods here that stands out. The "ohhh it's a mod" culture. At times it can feel more a site for mods than users, in the sense that in some forums at least it's the mods that seem to drive the forum and community, not the other way around.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



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  • #61
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    Tzar Chasm wrote: »
    PH mucked about with the sites format a few years ago, they lost a lot of traffic and never really got it back, Xhamster had been consistent for many years, they add new us ability features but generally don't muck about with the layout, so mute and full screen are always in the same place.
    Just what you need when one hand is out of commission.




    I would imagine:cool:


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