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Why so little activity on this forum

  • 20-03-2019 3:25pm
    #1
    crusier
    Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭


    It amazes me how little interaction happens on this forum. Can anyone explain?


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  • #2
    sparrowcar
    Registered Users Posts: 2,815 ✭✭✭sparrowcar


    Shift work
    Job pressure
    Overtime
    Lack of resources
    Family life
    Personal life
    Not desk based

    I have friends that are office based who log into boards at 0905 every morning and leave it on for the day, not everyone has the freedom maybe to be on boards.ie.


  • #3
    crusier
    Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭crusier


    sparrowcar wrote:
    I have friends that are office based who log into boards at 0905 every morning and leave it on for the day, not everyone has the freedom maybe to be on boards.ie.

    sparrowcar wrote:
    Shift work Job pressure Overtime Lack of resources Family life Personal life Not desk based


    All of the above are reasons to post!!!


  • #4
    NASlad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭NASlad


    ES is a small world in Ireland.

    Everyone's watching. I get the feeling most aren't comfortable talking about operations openly on forums for a variety of reasons.


  • #5
    source
    Registered Users Posts: 5,266 ✭✭✭source


    The forum was very active 7 to 10 years ago, but eventuality most of the userbase moved to a dedicated es forum website run by some of the members.

    A lot of those members are still active on boards but the majority of the discussion happens on the other site.


  • #6
    Truckermal
    Registered Users Posts: 6,048 ✭✭✭Truckermal


    Where is Hooch? I miss Hoochie Woochie......:(


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  • #7
    NASlad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭NASlad


    source wrote: »
    The forum was very active 7 to 10 years ago, but eventuality most of the userbase moved to a dedicated es forum website run by some of the members.

    A lot of those members are still active on boards but the majority of the discussion happens on the other site.


    That other site was always very garda based only. Never wanted to join their private section either due to privacy issues.

    And since their redesign a couple years ago i havent gone back to it because it doesn't seem active at all and its confusing.

    Also, similar to my last comment I feel like there are certain cliques in ES, and you just dont know who is watching or reading things. It's off putting.


    Whatsapp and facebook groups seem to be thriving however. Again, mostly private for ES staff only.


  • #8
    source
    Registered Users Posts: 5,266 ✭✭✭source


    NASlad wrote: »
    That other site was always very garda based only. Never wanted to join their private section either due to privacy issues.

    And since their redesign a couple years ago i havent gone back to it because it doesn't seem active at all and its confusing.

    Also, similar to my last comment I feel like there are certain cliques in ES, and you just dont know who is watching or reading things. It's off putting.


    Whatsapp and facebook groups seem to be thriving however. Again, mostly private for ES staff only.

    I didn't know that, thought it was still going strong. I've been out of the loop since 2012 but that was the beginning of the decline of this forum.


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    A lot of topics have been done repeatedly. Not much new going on to post about either. Some things can't be discussed in an open forum either.

    If you think of something interesting then post it. The other forum suffers from the same problem. And the private section is verified by serving members of the relevant organisations.


  • #10
    CplMick
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭CplMick


    When you have known somebody to be called in and asked questions about a forum or social media post by the higher up's you kinda become more careful with anything you do online


  • #11
    mikeecho
    Registered Users Posts: 5,036 ✭✭✭mikeecho


    crusier wrote: »
    It amazes me how little interaction happens on this forum. Can anyone explain?

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