Boards gone multinational

leche solara

I've noticed in recent days that boards has added a load of links to international versions of boards - UK, US, etc.
Why?
Your username is not valid in the other sites. You have to register to post.
I see the same oul same oul names appearing in the international sites. Ruu is already near the top of the posts charts in the US version, but at least he lives there, and maybe this is a great idea for an expat like himself.(although I don't know when he gets the time to sleep, and adding this isn't going to help!)) But what is the benefit or relevance to ordinary Irish resident boardsies. Having had a quick glance at the US home page, half the posts seem to be about guns. I know we have a bit of a gun problem in Ireland but I don't think its reached the stage where we need complete forums on gun control.
I would imagine that the international versions of boards will be a bit of a curiousity to be checked out now and again, but eventually they will be so irrelevant they will just be boring.
I also believe some of the post count fanatics will view the new variations as a chance to race to the top of the stats in the new territories, posting mindless stuff like lubnip etc.

I've no objection to transplanting a successful formula to other countries like a form of colonisation, but do these countries not have their own already successful discussion forums?
Or are these international boards intended to be like Irish clubs for expats living away from home? If so are there enough people out there to keep them vital?

Personally I find their presence on the boards.ie homepage an unwelcome and unnecessary distraction, and I think boards.ie is losing focus by going down this road.

Silverfish

leche solara wrote:

Personally I find their presence on the boards.ie homepage an unwelcome and unnecessary distraction, and I think boards.ie is losing focus by going down this road.

Too soon? I dunno!!

Rb

wtf?

Ruu_Old

You've only noticed it now? Boards.us has been going for at least 2-3 years. I used it when I was thinking of moving over there and since I got there, then I might as well get an Immigration forum setup to help others thinking the same. Let the post count fanatics at it, if they contribute of course, so what? What harm is it doing you?

Dub13

I think its great,have you seen some of the hot chicks in the US...?

marco murphy

I love the flags on the front page.

For the admin - Appoint an admin for each site, you wont be able to put in as much effort in to all of them.

Lafortezza

Silverfish

Beruthiel

Brilliant Silverfish!


You're so totally right leche solara
I'm sure the Admins will see the error of their ways and get right on that.
Hold your breath while you wait. mkay?

Cloud

leche solara wrote:

I would imagine that the international versions of boards will be a bit of a curiousity to be checked out now and again, but eventually they will be so irrelevant they will just be boring.
I also believe some of the post count fanatics will view the new variations as a chance to race to the top of the stats in the new territories, posting mindless stuff like lubnip etc.

I've no objection to transplanting a successful formula to other countries like a form of colonisation, but do these countries not have their own already successful discussion forums?
Or are these international boards intended to be like Irish clubs for expats living away from home? If so are there enough people out there to keep them vital?

I can't answer that - let's wait and see - but if you don't try etc. etc. I can say that I expect the UK version to grow slowly but steadily (given our large overspill of users there). boards.ie is a success but one that is nine years in the making. Let's give them other sites a chance.

Personally I find their presence on the boards.ie homepage an unwelcome and unnecessary distraction, and I think boards.ie is losing focus by going down this road.

Well, you can always use adblock to block the images, but frankly I find the distraction argument laughable. The flags have some prominence at the moment, they'll probably move later.

Talliesin

leche solara wrote:

But what is the benefit or relevance to ordinary Irish resident boardsies.

They don't have much relevance to me right now. I've dealt with this through a cunning plan of not bothering with them. Now you know my secret, you can too.

leche solara wrote:

Having had a quick glance at the US home page, half the posts seem to be about guns. I know we have a bit of a gun problem in Ireland but I don't think its reached the stage where we need complete forums on gun control.

What is the relevance of your point about Ireland to ordinary US resident boardsus users?

leche solara wrote:

I would imagine that the international versions of boards will be a bit of a curiousity to be checked out now and again, but eventually they will be so irrelevant they will just be boring.

Then don't go there.
Boards.us seems to be quite successful in the few years that its been going, but it isn't for everyone.
I've no idea why we've a Tuvalu board. Seems to be all about television too. I've even less interest in television than I do in Tuvalu, so I won't be going there much I imagine. Nobody's pointing a ****ing gun at my head (even the gun-nuts in boards.us).

leche solara wrote:

I also believe some of the post count fanatics will view the new variations as a chance to race to the top of the stats in the new territories, posting mindless stuff like lubnip etc.

You aren't in LUBNiP so aren't in much of a position to talk about what's posted there. Personally I think even the more throw-away posts there are less mindless than the post starting this thread.

leche solara wrote:

I've no objection to transplanting a successful formula to other countries like a form of colonisation, but do these countries not have their own already successful discussion forums?
Or are these international boards intended to be like Irish clubs for expats living away from home? If so are there enough people out there to keep them vital?

They will succeed of fail on their own merits. I reckon the most likely outcome would be some succeeding and some failing - you can't win them all.

leche solara wrote:

Personally I find their presence on the boards.ie homepage an unwelcome and unnecessary distraction,

Ad-block the images if you find yourself unable to mentally focus on what you are doing in the presence of flags. Personally, I don't even notice them.

leche solara wrote:

and I think boards.ie is losing focus by going down this road.

Please demonstrate a single case where the presence of these boards has negatively affected this one any more than the presence of thousands of boards on the web not owned by Boards Ltd.

popebenny16

Now now............

Lafortezza

Cloud

Cloud wrote:

The flags have some prominence at the moment, they'll probably move later.

I hope not, I for one quite like the flags.

popebenny16

Silverfish

mike65

Say NO to Rest of teh world!

and a cute pussycat pic



Mike.

Nick_oliveri

About not having shared usernames, couldn't someone just use another .ie username, spam the shiite out of the .us board. And "casually mention" that they also post on .ie!!! Therefore getting the original and clueless .ie guy bannzord?

Hmmmm. Someone post another cat image.

Lafortezza

Asok

Terry

Nick_oliveri wrote:

About not having shared usernames, couldn't someone just use another .ie username, spam the shiite out of the .us board. And "casually mention" that they also post on .ie!!! Therefore getting the original and clueless .ie guy bannzord?

Hmmmm. Someone post another cat image.

IP addresses take care of that problem.

D

Been waiting to post this.

Talliesin

Nick_oliveri wrote:

About not having shared usernames, couldn't someone just use another .ie username, spam the shiite out of the .us board. And "casually mention" that they also post on .ie!!! Therefore getting the original and clueless .ie guy bannzord?

No.

Lafortezza

Asok

You can call me KITTY CAT!

Lafortezza

You had to go and ruin it didn't you?

Silverfish

No wait, there's still time! I can save it!

Nevyn

Lafortezza

Damn furries

Dub13

mike65

Dub13 thats too much!

Mike.