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Once upon a time it was great, now it's moderated to death and God help you if you dissent from the moderators opinions at all. Posts will be deleted, threads erased, users sanctioned and banned with no recourse It's ceased to be a discussion site and just group think for a very small minority of society which is effective apartheid. The irony seemingly lost on the self identified liberal moderators who are anything but when you try to raise the point about disliking an opinion doesn't mean it holds no value. The other great irony being I value conservative opinions as balance to liberal ones despite disagreeing with them but find myself defending them against the not so free or fair moderators Technically the site was weakened massively when it migrated to Canada, personal email addresses were visible for a long time and you could identify people via LinkedIn then. A super GDPR no no
If you keep away from the vile posters in After Hours it's a decent site for advice and opinions on subjects as diverse as satellite TV, farming, DIY, motoring, consumer issues and nature. You'll see see plenty of negative reviews from people who think they should be allowed say what ever they wish, in as racist and xenophobic a manner as they wish, without censure from moderators but that's because the site tries to eliminate that behaviour.
The site's main problem is highly-visible user-moderators, who interfere in discussions and steer them in their preferred direction. They randomly delete posts, close threads, ban people. It's therefore less a discussion site and more the propaganda machine of these moderators. If the "moderator" feels one way about an issue, they simply censor all contrary viewpoints until it seems that a consensus is reached.On a technical level the site is a mess and the running of it has been farmed off to the lowest bidder in Canada. I highly doubt they are GDPR compliant.
This is a forum I have been a member of for over 10 years. It has been completely destroyed by over the top, heavy handed moderation. There is one moderator, Beasty, and his style of modding is very aggressive. He is not objective and is unable to see beyond his own viewpoint. Post regularly get deleted and you get threadbanned without warning. He allows trolls goad and bait posters relentlessly without sanction (namely Boggles and DaCor). His style of modding is very unpleasant and needs to be called out , perhaps he was a school teacher back in the day because I have felt like I am a primary school kid at times. His last private message to me felt like bullying. I felt victimized and censored. I am a well educated mature woman who never trolls, never goads, is respectful and considered yet I was threadbanned and posts deleted because he didn't agree with them. The item I wrote about that got threadbanned was discussed on Irish media the very same day and the very same points were made! Publicly! I was banned for posting an anecdote yet the radio interview was littered with anecdotes from texters that same day on the same subject. Boards is dying and people are migrating to forums that allow free speech. I ended up in tears for the evening after my last message from Beasty. This should be allowed and is completely unacceptable in these times. I have deleted my account. Avoid Boards is you want open and honest discussion. I used to love the site, there are some great threads but constantly looking over your shoulder waiting for a nasty bullying message or threadban has ruined it for me, its like an abusive relationship.
Dreadful. I racked up many Thousands of posts over 12 years but over the past year it's become infested with Trolls & very nasty individuals who opporate with impunity because they push a particular political narrative.Woke Moderators have destroyed the site, aggressive, rude and disturbingly unintelligent, I also exposed concerns over access to private messages.Not for me anymore.
A very active user since the early 00s who used love the community but I've once again deleted my planks account but this time I'm never going back. I got a warning for telling others not to feed the troll. The trolls win, it is no place for discussion. I can't bare what the place has become. Every political or woke thread gets shoehorned down a blind alley where you cannot question anything or you get trolled by the mobs (known as the swarms of fire ants) and once identified the thread is reported then you get warned and banned by the evil overlord Beasty for not keeping to the very woke or government agenda. The Ukrainian thread, don't anyone dare go in there! It's full of the usual trolls who tag team posters and refuse to accept anything that doesn't suit their own agenda. You're not allowed ask questions I've seen new users cluelessly ask questions and get set upon. Every comment gets the usual demand for sources and when they're presented they are dismissed as being from April and clearly out of date! Of course Beasty is in every few days to ban these non agenda keeping posters!The Current affairs forum is overrun with several government defending bots who get away constant gaslighting by jumping in to try to steer conversations off down an off topic rabbit hole to try deflect and avoid dealing with the topic at hand. Anyone who's not in agreement with the government or asks questions is then labelled a shinnerbot! There's pathetically biased modding, letting, and even helping the trolls and wums dictate and drag the topic down blind alleys, every single time!There is good news though, there's another site folks. There's a new kid on the block called GUBU.ie where the only rule is don't be a dick. You can have decent conversation there without getting shut down by the overlord. A site where you can speak your mind and where at times the users can agree to disagree. See you all there!!
Used to be a good site... fair, open & transparent. Nowdays, the " mods" have gone 'native' & just use it as their own egotistical power trip..../ any opinion that doesn't bow down to the 'leader' & that's it.... you're banned. It's farcical really..... there's 2 mods there ( 'beasty' & 'Hannibal Smith') in competition to see who can ban more than each other. There used to be good 'mods' there but they've all bailed out under the new regime.
The site is so badly designed. My discussions closed by admin . No visible option to close them myself. The moderators on some little power trip sending me warning messages. The site is just terrible and the people behind it seem to love handing out warnings for little or no reason
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