Daft invest in Boards.ie

OTK

Can a community be sold?

DeVore

OTK wrote: »

Can a community be sold?

Not really, no. The community can be fostered and nurtured but it exists as a mass of connections between users and a structure of moderation and self-regulation powered by good will , good will which arises ultimately from agreement between all parties that something worthwhile is being built and in itself that is a reward.

I have a feeling some (most?) people get that and some dont.

DeV.

Cool_CM

Congrats, hope it goes well for ye.
Does this mean we should prepare for an influx of those who refer to themselves as "Dafties" followed by a brutal power struggle?:eek:

DeVore

hahahha, we'd eat them alive.

DeV.

Toto Wolfcastle

Cool_CM wrote: »

Congrats, hope it goes well for ye.
Does this mean we should prepare for an influx of those who refer to themselves as "Dafties" followed by a brutal power struggle?:eek:

:eek:

DeVore wrote: »

hahahha, we'd eat them alive.

DeV.

Good, because that thought sounded quite scary!

Congratulations and all that.

Heathen

Rock on lads!!

result!

DublinWriter

Cool_CM wrote: »

Congrats, hope it goes well for ye.
Does this mean we should prepare for an influx of those who refer to themselves as "Dafties" followed by a brutal power struggle?:eek:

I, for one, welcome our new Daft overlords and would like to remind them that as a trusted boards.ie user, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.

Flamed Diving

Not bad for a bunch of Quake nerds, eh?

cormie

Congrats Hopefully you'll all earn some nice pocket change that would be expected for a website of such popularity.

AckwelFoley

There is no mention of The Snyper in that press release.

I wonder is my position still tenable

javaboy

Did somebody stand in front of the door to the Thunderdome while the lads from Daft were looking around so they couldn't see in or what?


Mr. DAFT: What's behind that door?
DeV: Nothing. Just an old storage area.
Mr. DAFT: Sounds kind of noisy.
DeV: Eh ...a noisy old storage area. Shall we move on?

taidghbaby

wheres the champagne, coke and hooker celebratory party going on???

or do ya have to be a mod/admin to get an invite

randylonghorn

snyper wrote: »

I wonder is my position still tenable

Do I detect a pun?

Interesting news ... !

Bob the Builder

snyper wrote: »

There is no mention of The Snyper in that press release.

I wonder is my position still tenable

i'd say your position is still elevenable, whatever about a bit younger...

Gordon

I must admit I like guaging interest more and more these days pertaining to stuff. More gauging interest is good.

Voodu Child

One of the lads that owns daft was in my class in college. One time he went from the back of the lecture hall to the front, by crawling under peoples desks, popping up every couple of rows for comedic effect.

That's about the only time I remember him actually turning up for a lecture :pac:

darkman2

Vexorg wrote: »

Daft.ie invests in Boards.ie...

Guys just to give you a heads up, I know the news will get out pretty fast today.

The are business sensitive issues that we will not discuss of course.

This is the formal press release..

Guys

Would like to let you guys know that the daft guys (Daft.ie) have invested and taken a minority shareholding in boards.ie.

What we do has not been decided, but we will find a good use for it to improve boards.ie.



Following is the press release:


Dublin, 15th August 2008 (Embargo 7am)


Daft Media, owner of leading property website Daft.ie, today announced the acquisition of a minority stake in Boards.ie for an undisclosed sum.


Boards.ie is Ireland’s largest community website and attracts an audience of approximately one million monthly unique visitors. The investment will help strengthen the position of Boards.ie as a top Irish brand and online destination. There will be continued investment in the Boards.ie in order to maintain growth and seek out new audiences. Over the longer term, both companies have committed to continue to provide an independent and neutral platform for Irish consumers to voice their opinions.


“We are very happy to welcome Daft on board as partners in Boards.ie“, said Gerry Shanahan, Managing Director, Boards.ie. “This investment will give us the ability to invest further in infrastructure, to add more features to the website and ultimately provide an improved service to our community of users.”


Commenting on the investment, Eamonn Fallon, CEO at Daft Media “We strongly believe the future of media is online and Boards.ie is well positioned to be a leading player in Irish online media. Our combined audience is over 2.1 million unique viewers every month which is larger than most TV stations in Ireland. We are very happy to be working with the Boards.ie guys and look forward to helping them grow their business”.


Ends


Notes to the Editor


About Daft Media
Daft Media is one of Ireland's largest online media groups. Its flagship title, Daft.ie, is Ireland's largest property website. In 2007, over €60 billion worth of Irish property was listed on the site. The latest audited report from ABCe (April 2008) shows traffic of 75 million page impressions and 974,595 unique users. Daft Media acquired Property.ie in March 2008.


About Boards.ie Boards.ie is Ireland’s largest community website that connects hundreds of thousands of Irish people of similar interests and gives them a platform to talk to each other. It hosts online communities interested in a huge range of topics from GAA to fashion, from movies to DIY. In July 2008, Boards.ie delivered 17 million page impressions to over 950,000 unique users.

Can I ask if this in effect means there will be more censorship of topics on boards.ie and stricter rules? We have it pretty good with what we can discuss now without fear of being banned or whatever. The scope is very wide. My only concern would be that Boards will become, if you like, 'too mainstream'. Do you think this is a possibility? If it does there is a risk the site will automatically lose alot of its appeal IMO. I hope they dont try and make the site less open. Maybe im wrong but I would be wary of it personally.

fred funk }{

darkman2 wrote: »

Can I ask if this in effect means there will be more censorship of topics on boards.ie and stricter rules? We have it pretty good with what we can discuss now without fear of being banned or whatever. The scope is very wide. My only concern would be that Boards will become, if you like, 'too mainstream'. Do you think this is a possibility? If it does there is a risk the site will automatically lose alot of its appeal IMO. I hope they dont try and make the site less open. Maybe im wrong but I would be wary of it personally.

DeV

It wont be any different now. Firstly, the Daft guys are cool and copped on, they wouldnt do that. Secondly they'll get told a curt "I'm sorry, we dont do that". Its simply a non issue, but I'm publically telling you (and indirectly I guess Daft), that you arent to vary any decisions pro- or anti- Daft as a result of this announcement. Its just a non-issue anyway.

DeV.

mike65

http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/0815/daft.html

http://www.immobilienportale.com/2008894-daftie-investiert-in-community/

Intriguing prescience from Cloud

Just looking at the latest Alexa Web Search - Top 500 for Ireland, I see that Daft.ie, eircom net and boards.ie are sitting in places 14 to 16 respectively in the listings. However, I may choose to disregard the top 13 sites (multinationals like Google, eBay etc. with or without an Irish presence) for purposes of my ego…

Mike

darkman2

fred funk }{ wrote: »

DeV

Thanks. Missed that post. There I was thinking that Daft.ie might not want to be associated with a forum like the Thunderdrome for example. But if their cool im cool

One.Time

Gordon wrote: »

I must admit I like guaging interest more and more these days pertaining to stuff. More gauging interest is good.

Interesting

mike65 wrote: »

Boycot daft.ie!

WTF? Boards hitches its wagon to a leech of the declining property market?

Ah well, I guess it could have been eircom (or Northern Rock)!


Mike.

That and the rest of your posts.....? Your opinion is little thought off.

Stop being a little bitch.

I for one welcome this new move. I can't wait for the fickle

mike65

Are you are? :pac:

Mike.

One.Time

mike65 wrote: »

Are you are? :pac:

Mike.

Three words and you fuked up a simple question. Who am I? Glad not to be you

Same book. Different page tbh.

Overheal

DeVore wrote: »

Not really, no. The community can be fostered and nurtured but it exists as a mass of connections between users and a structure of moderation and self-regulation powered by good will , good will which arises ultimately from agreement between all parties that something worthwhile is being built and in itself that is a reward.

I have a feeling some (most?) people get that and some dont.

DeV.

thats a very unique insight isnt it

One.Time

Overheal wrote: »

thats a very unique insight isnt it [/quote

You can find plenty of books and material on the subject. Quite a few.

Steve

oooh you're my hero onetime...:pac:

javaboy

SteveC wrote: »

oooh you're my hero mantime...:pac:

FYP

Steve

javaboy wrote: »

FYP

hehehe

He 's me - really...

bug

Can I buy some shares?

Steve

bug wrote: »

Can I buy some shares?

No prob - just PM me yore credit card details and I'll sort it...

bug

SteveC wrote: »

No prob - just PM me yore credit card details and I'll sort it...

Next you'll be telling me I'm a trusted business compatriot and your country is at war, kind friend.

entropi

Well from when i first joined Boards all those years ago this was a much smaller place, yet watched over by and run as best the admins and mods could. But over the years it has only grown and got better, and this decision could only have been taken with consideration in mind.

I for one welcome it, and may Boards.ie continue to shine for a long time:)

TequilaMockingBird

I feel like we've been adopted or something. Are they nice, these Daft people? All I've heard is they want to buy me and they like to crawl under desks and rent bedsits bijou riverside apartments.

I'm concerned tbh.

Steve

bug wrote: »

Next you'll be telling me I'm a trusted business compatriot and your country is at war, kind friend.

Nothing of the sort my reverend friend. I do however have the sekrit access codes to the vault under teh boards servers containing all of the Smods unpaid overtime wages and if you send me your bank account details then maybe we can free the vast fortune from the new evil oppresors.

nobodythere

You know property is ****ed when the property companies start investing in internet forums

SimpleSam06

Ladies and gentlemen, uh, we've just lost the picture, but what we've seen speaks for itself. The forum has apparently been taken over -- 'conquered' if you will -- by a master race of giant space property aggregators. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive admins or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain: there is no stopping them; the web moguls will soon be here. And I for one welcome our new property overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted boards poster, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground server rooms.

OTK

DeVore wrote: »

Not really, no. The community can be fostered and nurtured but it exists as a mass of connections between users and a structure of moderation and self-regulation powered by good will , good will which arises ultimately from agreement between all parties that something worthwhile is being built and in itself that is a reward.

I have a feeling some (most?) people get that and some dont.

DeV.

I understand. As boards has very little in terms of assets or income all you could sell is a portion of goodwill. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwill_%28accounting%29

Well done!

Tigger

i like the daft website

i like their name; at a time when the property and rental markets were going crazy they were the ones that decided that they would call a thing what it is

i like their product i rember the beginning of the rise i rember cycling round ratmines with an evening herald going from flat to flat stopping only at payphines to call more landlords with rat infested basement flats their product shows you where and lets you see a flat before you tear round to it only to find that a new tenant has already joined in the roaches five-a-side league

i for one welcome our new daft overlords

well done lads i hope ye are finally getting to reap what ye have sown

Bob the Builder

SteveC wrote: »

No prob - just PM me yore credit card details and I'll sort it...

Pm sent.
I haven't got a limit on the card so there shouldn't be a problem...

Steve

nevf wrote: »

Pm sent.
I haven't got a limit on the card so there shouldn't be a problem...

Here you go:



:D

MartMax

congrats to boards management and shareholders on recent development.

best of luck with the future.

p/s: since everyone now wants a piece of boards, i'll be selling boards gold plated share certificate on adverts soon.

Kintarō Hattori

Congrats guys, glad you've found someone agreeable to invest in boards.

homerjay2005

new kit and equipment for the soccer team so ya?:D

mike65

Sunday Business Post coverage

http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=IRELAND-qqqm=news-qqqid=35210-qqqx=1.asp

Users of Boards.ie, the popular online discussion forum, will find themselves targeted by increased advertising after Daft Media, owner of the Daft.ie property website, took a minority stake in the business.

Gerry Shanahan, managing director of Boards.ie, said that, with approximately one million unique visitors every month, the site was now the sixth most popular site in Ireland.

However, despite its position, the site has relatively low advertising revenues.

He said that the vast bulk of advertising on Boards.ie came from Google Ads, which did not provide large revenues.

With almost 17 million pages on the site at present, there was an opportunity to present more sophisticated advertising without being overly intrusive, he said.

However, the immediate priority for investment would be in new equipment and hardware which would allow the site to deliver a better service to its users.

Boards.ie will also consider hiring more staff. At present, the only employees are Shanahan and a full-time developer. Shanahan said the deal was the result of almost six months of negotiations. He said that Boards.ie had several approaches from potential investors, but the approach by Daft ‘‘struck the right note’’.

Odhran Ginnity, chief operations officer at Daft, said that the large amount of traffic to Boards.ie was one of the key motivating factors for pursuing the investment.

‘‘There are major advertising opportunities on the site, but we are very mindful of the fact that it is a community and we don’t want to damage that,” he said.

Mike.

cormie

Just to give one users opinion:

I personally don't care at all if there is more advertising on the site. There's virtually none at the moment and there is plenty of room for more without it becoming intrusive. Just as long as nothing pops up in a new window or they don't have them rollover ads which expand to half the page when you roll over them by accident :P From a business perspective I've always said you guys could make so much more with the site than you are. Glad to see that's going to happen

kowloon

I for one welcome our new.......

Trinity

I hope things dont change that much, I like it here just the way it is

I dont mind ads at all, as long as the commercial industry dont take over and start telling you how to run things around here. I realise you guys have put a lot of time, love, sweat and money into building this site and making this site what it is today and congratulations on that. But it would be a shame to see someone come in and take over.


6th most popular? I would have thought it was NO 1

cormie

Trinity1 wrote: »

6th most popular? I would have thought it was NO 1

It is number one, it's 6th's most popular site in Ireland.

Trinity

cormie wrote: »

It is number one, it's 6th's most popular site in Ireland.

Oh

6th

cormie wrote: »

It is number one, it's 6th's most popular site in Ireland.

FACT.