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Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭
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There's a shadow hanging over me, yesterday came suddenly... There's a song in that.Tom Dunne wrote:Ross is only half the man he used to be.
This. Nothing wrong with making a profit. The days of the community server under the bed are well and truly passed. As is the old demographic that used such sites. At least with regard to large sites publishing rich content on many subjects like Boards. I would even go so far as to say the more profit the better in the majority of cases. It means more professionalism, less of the cliquey stuff, more content, more value added, a more stable platform or at least it should. With too many it doesnt sadly.Profit to me is not a dirty word.
In the case of Boards management from what I've seen that's their aim. The proof of the pudding is there for all to eat too. They could certainly have added more advertising, more tie ins with other companies that could have influenced the direction of the site. I'm pretty sure others have suggested that too, but time and time again they haven't. They could have avoided upgrading systems but they didnt, indeed ploughed more money and time and effort at that. Basically they could have done what the majority of Irish companies in their position would have done, but they didnt and that has surprised me. I make no apology for the Irish example either. For most of the history of this state in all arms of media that's precisely what has gone on and few have stood up and said "this isnt on". Even fewer have said "this isnt on and here's how it could be done"*. So Boards could have walked the same well trodden path and so long as they hit critical mass they would have gotten away with it.
Can there be further improvements? Of course. Stagnate or die, but again I've seen improvements, from the Management(tm) and from users/mods feedback to management from when I started on here and that's not that long ago.
*In feedback or wherever you see it. Actual issue arises. A few will complain, but with little by way of solution. Then it gets personal on both sides and lines are drawn and heels dug in. Very few will point out an issue and offer suggestions to improve matters. For me anyway those I'll read and think on it, even if I fundamentally disagree with them.Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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Feck off with your hippy music.There's a shadow hanging over me, yesterday came suddenly... There's a song in that.
Here's a great song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT1DdO3SISg&ob=av3n (embedding disabled, but not really needed anyway).This. Nothing wrong with making a profit. The days of the community server under the bed are well and truly passed. As is the old demographic that used such sites. At least with regard to large sites publishing rich content on many subjects like Boards. I would even go so far as to say the more profit the better in the majority of cases. It means more professionalism, less of the cliquey stuff, more content, more value added, a more stable platform or at least it should. With too many it doesnt sadly.
I have a gripe with a certain decision made by the Admins.
I spoke to them about it.
They gave me a very reasonable response as to why this decision was made.
I'm not happy with the decision, but I can see why they made it.
Because of this decision, I decided to take some time away from boards (with the exception of checking reported posts in my inbox and acting on them if action was needed).
I'm quite aware that I was at fault. However, I'm also quite aware that boards has changed, and that I can no longer act in the way I once did.
I don't like that I can no longer act in that manner, but I accept that boards is not the place it once was.
Despite my dislike of cliques, I was once a member of the mod clique. I did some things that should not have been done. Yeah, some were amusing, but some were degrading to those on the receiving end of my foolishness.
The professionalism of the new face of boards has all but put a stop to this type of foolishness and an end to mod cliques.
There is some lingering clique-like behaviour between some member and the Admin (no, I'm not going to say anything in public, but I am willing to discuss this via PM with any Admin, should they wish to question me), but this is very rare now.
I welcome the new professional aspect. Yes, I've been put out, but I can see that it is for the betterment of the site.
The site does not revolve around one single member, nor does it tilt towards what they want from boards.
In the 6 years that I've been a member here, I've seen massive changes as to how boards is run. It has gone from a site with a couple of hundred generalised forums to one with over 1,000 forums catering to a wide variety of interests.
It's a site started by two people who met through their love of a game, which has evolved into a place with 150,000 active members who all have something interesting to share with people who have similar interests.
What I'm basically getting at here is, Merc, if you dislike boards so much, why are you so sad as to keep coming back with account after account after account, just to complain about how crap boards is?
Yes, it does have its flaws, but, because of the constrictive nature of Irish law with regards to what can and cannot be published, it's far better than anything we will ever get from tv and print media in this country.
Nobody here likes the limitations set by the legislators of this country. All we can do is try to have a legislative change with regards the self serving libel laws of the land.
I've made an attempt. Have you?0 -
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Sorry, we have me for a 0.5 and Paul Kenny for 1.0. Paul is our liason with Daft and basically keeps the show on the road day to day and makes sure people get paid and accounts get done and what have you. He doesnt want to manage the community so that falls to me, I dont want to handle accounts and payroll so it works out well... he's in there full time and I work from home and kinda on my own time as the job kinda requires that. (its friday evening I'll point out
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But lol and the idea that I would be 1.5 worth of employee.... if it was up to me, I'd fire them all and spend it all on icecream. mmmmmicecream.
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