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Introducing your new candidate for Europe
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There's been a very mixed reaction to this announcement and it's been kinda fascinating to read. This is of course an April fool's joke and Tom is not nor has he currently any intention of ever running for any political office here in Ireland.
However, there are some important elements of truth in this that we don't want to gloss over or think we just poked fun at. Boards does believe in an open and free internet and net neutrality, but with that has to come personal responsibility for people's actions online. We would love to be able to let you say whatever you want here, but with the law being so completely incompatible with the internet, the service provider like your ISP and like us are the ones who get punished and not the person who made the statement. Tom has often touted the phrase "you own your own words" - this means you should be prepared to take responsibility for what you say and do on the internet and not hide behind a screen and to always remember that you are not shouting at the ether, there are other very real humans reading your words, reacting to your words, being affected by your words.
We do want Boards to be an independent third party platform where Irish people can talk to each other and to the companies they do business with and to their elected representatives. We'd love to have areas of government and civil service as well as individual TD's, Senators and Councillors officially represented on the site too. It's a slow process, but we've been around for 15 years and we're not planning on going anywhere
So to all of you who played along, thank you.
To all of you who got suckered in, sorry 
And to Tom for agreeing to be a political candidate, even if it was just for half a day, thank you too 
PS: did people honestly think we would actually want to integrate your details into a system that seems to be horribly abused by it's users like PULSE? All this Garda Commissioner/GSOC/whistleblowing stuff makes for disturbing reading and we think keeping your data safe is rather important 0 -
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There's been a very mixed reaction to this announcement and it's been kinda fascinating to read. This is of course an April fool's joke and Tom is not nor has he currently any intention of ever running for any political office here in Ireland.
However, there are some important elements of truth in this that we don't want to gloss over or think we just poked fun at. Boards does believe in an open and free internet and net neutrality, but with that has to come personal responsibility for people's actions online. We would love to be able to let you say whatever you want here, but with the law being so completely incompatible with the internet, the service provider like your ISP and like us are the ones who get punished and not the person who made the statement. Tom has often touted the phrase "you own your own words" - this means you should be prepared to take responsibility for what you say and do on the internet and not hide behind a screen and to always remember that you are not shouting at the ether, there are other very real humans reading your words, reacting to your words, being affected by your words.
We do want Boards to be an independent third party platform where Irish people can talk to each other and to the companies they do business with and to their elected representatives. We'd love to have areas of government and civil service as well as individual TD's, Senators and Councillors officially represented on the site too. It's a slow process, but we've been around for 15 years and we're not planning on going anywhere
So to all of you who played along, thank you. To all of you who got suckered in, sorry And to Tom for agreeing to be a political candidate, even if it was just for half a day, thank you too
PS: did people honestly think we would actually want to integrate your details into a system that seems to be horribly abused by it's users like PULSE? All this Garda Commissioner/GSOC/whistleblowing stuff makes for disturbing reading and we think keeping your data safe is rather important
Good one. Had me
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There's been a very mixed reaction to this announcement and it's been kinda fascinating to read. This is of course an April fool's joke and Tom is not nor has he currently any intention of ever running for any political office here in Ireland.
So to all of you who played along, thank you. To all of you who got suckered in, sorry And to Tom for agreeing to be a political candidate, even if it was just for half a day, thank you too
PS: did people honestly think we would actually want to integrate your details into a system that seems to be horribly abused by it's users like PULSE? All this Garda Commissioner/GSOC/whistleblowing stuff makes for disturbing reading and we think keeping your data safe is rather important
Hats off lads, lovely prank.
Tom is one of the least likely people I have ever met to run for office, and as such demonstrates perfectly the aphorism 'those most deserving of public office rarely seek it'. Tom would be a worthy representative for the Irish people if he chose to do so.
As such my offer stands.0 -
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PS: did people honestly think we would actually want to integrate your details into a system that seems to be horribly abused by it's users like PULSE? All this Garda Commissioner/GSOC/whistleblowing stuff makes for disturbing reading and we think keeping your data safe is rather important
Damn I took it that one of his policies was that all the details that were uploaded into Pulse would be there for all boardsies to read.0 -
Ah you got me. Good one.PS: did people honestly think we would actually want to integrate your details into a system that seems to be horribly abused by it's users like PULSE? All this Garda Commissioner/GSOC/whistleblowing stuff makes for disturbing reading and we think keeping your data safe is rather important
My eyes skipped over that one. Should probably be scrutinising candidates more!0 -
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Distribute them anyway. If he won't take the office under his own power, lets see if ten thousand boardsies can shove someone into office kicking and screamingPawwed Rig wrote: »What am I supposed to do with the 10,000 flyers I printed
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So these last 48 hours have been a bit mad-busy for me, so I haven't had a chance to have as much fun with this as possible!!
Firstly, yeah ... this was an April Fool (even though most of the agenda is really stuff we are serious about!).
Secondly... wow, I cant believe the response I got for this from Boards, twitter, facebook and even texts from mates of mine offering money and support and work. Honestly, as the day wore on I was kinda touched so many people said so many nice things (generally followed about 30 minutes later by "you are a D*CK!"
But thirdly, no... while I would really like to be part of the solution, our political system is constructed to resist change, deliberately so in my opinion. I don't feel right now that I could stay sane and tackle that problem from the inside. I will continue to be an activist from the outside as best I can.
I've watched a friend of mine, Stephen Donnelly, waste away in the Dail, while he has the experience and intelligence to lead this country. The inertia he has encountered is truly disheartening.
So, what a crazy Aprils Fool that turned out to be hahah... Many thanks to Dav for an awesome job on all the work to do this. It was an april fools for everyone else but kinda ended up being one on me 0 -
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