Central Bank seeks firms to monitor Boards.ie and other social media sites.

Thrill · 15-11-2013 07:00PM #1

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/wanted-firm-to-eavesdrop-for-the-central-bank-29756404.html

WANTED: companies to tell the Central Bank what people are saying about it on social media. Analysis of "unfavourable or hostile" conversations required.

The Central Bank is seeking firms to monitor social media sites and track conversations about finance matters on sites including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, boards.ie and askaboutmoney.ie.

Irrelevant chatter must be filtered out so AH will probably be avoided.

chopper6 · 15-11-2013 07:02PM

Let them monitor askaboutmoney...the advice that was being given out on there about investments,buying property abroad and bank shares might open thier eyes to the stupidity of some people in this country.

Nodin · 15-11-2013 07:04PM

.....would they not be better off monitoring the fucking banks for a change?

diomed · 15-11-2013 07:28PM

That Matthew Elderfield fella is gone and they haven't a clue how to continue.

Hande hoche! · 15-11-2013 07:29PM

Well hello there Adriana Lima.

Hannibal Smith · 15-11-2013 07:32PM

Nodin wrote: »

.....would they not be better off monitoring the fucking banks for a change?

They're watching you now

Gatling · 15-11-2013 07:34PM

Just because the NSA does it ,doesn't mean they have too join the spy list

P_1 · 15-11-2013 07:36PM

Right so, bank monitor sees something written about them on Boards they don't like and then a letter/email gets fired off to Dav and the lads saying 'take this down' and the lads decide if it should be taken down or the bank monitor gets told to take a hike. Doesn't this already happen with most organisations/business already?

Borderfox · 15-11-2013 07:37PM

Squeakers wanted, check Dail Eireann

SCOOP 64 · 15-11-2013 07:41PM

Wouldn't it be good if the government monitored boards for opinions.

Gatling · 15-11-2013 07:44PM

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

Wouldn't it be good if the government monitored boards for opinions.

Some government departments regularly monitor boards.ie already and have done for years

SCOOP 64 · 15-11-2013 07:48PM

Gatling wrote: »

Some government departments regularly monitor boards.ie already and have done for years

Does that mean we dont get our points across very well.:pac:

kneemos · 15-11-2013 07:49PM

They want to monitor unfavorable conversations about financial services providers,products and services.

Seems fair.Don't about the benefit though.
Certainly wouldn't fancy the job.

mikom · 15-11-2013 07:49PM

Central wank.

Take note of that, lads.

zenno · 15-11-2013 07:49PM

Looks like the head of the central bank has been having a few weeks heavy smoking cannabis if you ask me. Partially paranoid.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 15-11-2013 07:54PM

I WORK AND CLAIM THE DOLE. I SELL COCAINE FROM MY FRONT DOOR. I MAKE FALSE CLAIMS FROM MY INSURANCE COMPANY SAYING MY PHONE HAS BEEN STOLEN. I STEAL MY NEIGHBOURS LETTERS. I SHOPLIFT MOST WEEKENDS IN TESCO. I HAVE HELPED THE IRA FUND AND SOURCE WEAPONS AND BOMBS FROM EASTERN EUROPE. I HAVE SET UP VIOLENT ANTI JEW AND ANTI MUSLIM WEBSITES. I ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN TAX EVASION. I HAVE BEATEN HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH THEIR SHOES. I ACTIVELY TRY TO SUBVERT ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS. I HATE THE CENTRAL BANK. I AM A BAD MAN.

Will I be 'lifted' before the Ireland match kicks off?

Thrill · 15-11-2013 07:58PM

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

Will I be 'lifted' before the Ireland match kicks off?

I doubt it, but your credit rating may take an unexpected dive.

Corvo · 15-11-2013 08:08PM

Monitor me bollocks

Son Of A Vidic · 15-11-2013 08:34PM

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

I WORK AND CLAIM THE DOLE. I SELL COCAINE FROM MY FRONT DOOR. I MAKE FALSE CLAIMS FROM MY INSURANCE COMPANY SAYING MY PHONE HAS BEEN STOLEN. I STEAL MY NEIGHBOURS LETTERS. I SHOPLIFT MOST WEEKENDS IN TESCO. I HAVE HELPED THE IRA FUND AND SOURCE WEAPONS AND BOMBS FROM EASTERN EUROPE. I HAVE SET UP VIOLENT ANTI JEW AND ANTI MUSLIM WEBSITES. I ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN TAX EVASION. I HAVE BEATEN HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH THEIR SHOES. I ACTIVELY TRY TO SUBVERT ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS. I HATE THE CENTRAL BANK. I AM A BAD MAN.

And I trained you well my young padawan. Now destroy the Central Bank and all **** contained within.

Sh1tbag OToole · 15-11-2013 08:37PM

Its funny how so many companies are hiring people just to sit on facebook and boards all day. It must be an absolute dream job to have for some. Though it wouldnt be my cupan tae at all

zenno · 15-11-2013 08:44PM

I'm sure all news media monitor boards as well as RTE. Remember the woman that was selling her knickers online and claiming JSA

that got on the news fairly quickly, so they sure as hell have their nose stuck to the boards monitor all day i'm sure.

shruikan2553 · 15-11-2013 09:12PM

ASSASSINATE OBAMA DRONE STRIKE 9/11 WAS TO CLAIM OFF INSURANCE SO THEY COULD PAY BACK MORTGAGE BEFORE PROPERTY CRASH

So who will get me first?

wexie · 15-11-2013 09:16PM

shruikan2553 wrote: »

ASSASSINATE OBAMA DRONE STRIKE 9/11 WAS TO CLAIM OFF INSURANCE SO THEY COULD PAY BACK MORTGAGE BEFORE PROPERTY CRASH

So who will get me first?

I'm guessing the guys in the white coats.

KyussBishop · 15-11-2013 09:40PM

Hey, central bank, why did you refuse to give Jonathan Sugarman immunity when he went to you, to report a massive breach of regulations (it seems that, unless you're a top bank executive, it can be quite hard to get immunity...) - instead telling him that if he revealed any wrongdoing, he would be reported to the police?

What Sugarman’s story reveals above all is how no one in power, whether that be financial, political or media power, wants any questions asked or truths exposed. Sugarman has been ignored by everyone in the Irish establishment: his bank, the banks regulator, all the Irish political parties, all the newspapers and I was there when he told his story to one of Ireland’s top TV journalists only to never hear from him again.

Sugarman was the risk manager who resigned from Unicredit when his warnings to senior management, that the bank was routinely failing to hold enough capital to protect depositors from a bank run, were being ignored.

Irish law says clearly a breach of the minimum holdings of even 1% must be notified to the regulator immediately. He was finding UniCredit being routinely 19% short. When he asked an independent company to check his figures they told him the breaches were as high as 40%. This means the bank was short billions. Such a shortfall means if there was run on the bank it would not have a hope of surviving.

Sugarman was ignored and told to stop complaining. He resigned.

A month later Northern Rock collapsed when a run on the bank exhausted its cash reserves. A year later the Irish banks collapsed.

You might have thought the Irish Bank regulator would want to know what Sugarman had to say. You’d be wrong. The Irish regulator has gone out of his way to ignore him. I have been privy to all the emails and correspondence and it is a shameful and tawdry story of obfuscation, lying and threats. Meetings where he was told he could come and tell the regulator what he knew, but that if he revealed any wrong doing by the bank that occurred during the time he was there, the regulator would have to report him to the police. Despite the fact he had been the one trying to raise the alarm

http://www.golemxiv.co.uk/2013/03/unpleasantness-in-belgium-silence-in-ireland/

Ya though, I'm sure there are interested groups that do a lot more than merely monitor boards - if they're willing to pay people to read, why not to post?

Stinicker · 15-11-2013 09:45PM

Handy job for some lad he gets paid to go on boards all day and it is official unlike the rest of us who just pretend to work and go on boards all day anyway