How did you hear about Boards?

BrianJD

I have no idea why or how I heard about Boards. I can only assume it was via the Mrs who may have had a user name before me.

What got you using it?

--LOS--

It was always thrown up in google searches and I had the thirst for knowledge!.....or cat pictures or something..

policarp

I think I heard about Boards on the radio.

Aoifey!

Good ole Google.

Snowie

--LOS-- wrote: »

It was always thrown up in google searches and I had the thirst for knowledge!.....or cat pictures or something..

On boards :eek:

its 4% fact 96 % opinion here :pac:

--LOS--

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

On boards :eek:

its 4% fact 96 % opinion here :pac:

well whenever I was looking for info, google would throw up boards, lets not question the quality of the info I was looking for >_>

robman60

I believe I was looking for Irish message boards, and I made my account when I wanted to see the members' list! :rolleyes:

krudler

No idea tbh, think I googled something, boards throws up a suprising amount of first google hits on really random topics

TheFullDuck

Please OP, boards found me :pac:

Senna

I was looking for Floor Boards, fecking misleading URL's

Superbus

It was always my destiny.

krudler

in Soviet Russia, boards posts on you!

Snowie

--LOS-- wrote: »

well whenever I was looking for info, google would throw up boards, lets not question the quality of the info I was looking for >_>

ooo it was that crdable you used it in a thesis didnt you :pac:

Seaneh

I found it through the Irish CS scene back in the day.

Caitlinn

I heard about Boards through Google. I believe I was looking for reviews of hairdressers in Galway, long time ago now.

Washington Irving

I was linked to it in an email

Kanoe

through my nephew, he was 14 at the time and was the only other family member who had the internets back in the day (2001) He's now all grown up discovered booze and women and no longer posts. (he's also become a total waster..wtg boards!)

deisedave

Whenever I google most things alot of the search results are boards, it took me two years before I even started posting properly I was lurking alot.

Savage Tyrant

I read about it... in After Hours.

partyndbs

leaving cert some lad in my class said u cud find the mocks on here

deisedave

partyndbs wrote: »

leaving cert some lad in my class said u cud find the mocks on here

lol no luck I take it:D

Hank_Jones

Kanoe wrote: »

through my nephew, he was 14 at the time and was the only other family member who had the internets back in the day (2001) He's now all grown up discovered booze and women and no longer posts. (he's also become a total waster..wtg boards!)

*sniff, sniff*

I've never been so proud. :pac:

I discovered it through my brothers, they were members years ago,
don't post any more though.

Chuck Stone

I was looking for a forum to yap on and boards was in my head. Think I heard real life humming beans talking about it.

jaykhunter

I think i was looking for a VCR and my gf said there might be some on irish sites, referred me to boards' free stuff

jd007

Looking for what questions were going to come up in the mocks I think.

suicide_circus

Cant for the life of me remember how I found it but I've been using and abusing boards under various handles since 2000/2001.

Run_to_da_hills

Thought it was just an IT related forum at first and then relised there was more to it. Took a few weeks before I discovered AH.

Run_to_da_hills

Thought it was just an IT related forum at first and then realised there was more to it. Took a few weeks before I discovered AH.

Buddinplant

was looking for an irish chatroom/message board. the level of sarcasm and devilment seems to be lacking in other chatrooms/messgae boards not irish based.

chillywilly

I think I googled something about Luke Kelly and Boards popped up. I then registered and gave my opinion! I wish I could see my first post.

Twee.

Leaving Cert, came on looking for study tips for the history paper. Ended up with a C1 and an addiction to Boards!

Seachmall

Can't remember, probably looking for something about Ireland in Google.

CardBordWindow

A friend emailed me a link to the Funny GIFs, and the You Laugh You Lose threads. Spend months checking daily. Only bothered registering last month and haven't looked back since!

Sanjuro

Whilst travelling an abandoned track one cold winter's morn, I happened upon a old man, clothes tattered and worn. 'OLD MAN,' I said, and he looked up at me, 'do not be afraid, tis knowledge I seek.' 'Knowledge?' he answered and he grinned toothlessly. 'Best keep the hell away from boards.ie'

So, yeah, um.... google.

CrazyRabbit

I was looking for a new forum where I could stalk the mods, since I had been banned from the other forums.

Orando Broom

Boards approached me.

wild_cat

Due to the array of topics here it probably came up when I was googling something.

As a teenager I would have hung around more archaic Irish message boards where the issue of heavy modding around here came up a lot so I waded into see what the story was and a good few people I know would have came here solely to troll and relay their experiences (this was long before trolling was a well known term). Had a much older user name that I can't remember now from 2006 or so.

At one point I recognised the top couple of user names in the "bastards" forum.


The modding isn't that bad after all. I'd still like to be able to call someone a c*** the odd time but hows never.

madmammy

well listening to biggins telling me about every post on here all the time it was bound to stick
just thought i'd come see for myself....still get told everything about it though

PseudoFamous

They were on the radio discussing how all of the passwords of this site were stolen. So the logical thing to do was wait a year, and then sign up.

partyndbs

boards found me

Mr Trade In

Bunch of catch you next thursdays posted dumbass comments about me and I decided to join to deprive them of all the retro games on adverts,one month in and I bought some guys collection of US machines which pissed a few of them off,ever since I have lurked in the shadows waiting to strike again.

arybvtcw0eolkf

A few of us used to chat through an old Irish Martial Arts discussion forum, then one by one the regulars dropped off and came over here.

The other forum closed soon after.

shofukan

Was jamming with a mate a few years ago and one day he walks in with a new bassist, asked him how he found the chap and he said through boards.
Signed up a while after that...
I like it here.

phasers

Junior cert forum. It provided great resources to help me cheat if I wanted to (of course I didn't, I swear garda)

gandalf

Was on here before it became Boards.ie

Sinfonia

Came on to read the poker forum, then branched out to the Prison Break forum I think. Eventually discovered the beautiful procrastination tool that is AH.

cml387

You mean this..

http://web.archive.org/web/20000510223244/http://www.boards.ie/

Sorry,you'll have to take my word for it.

sidneykidney

My brother told me about it. I dont think he posts here anymore. I dont even know his screen name

citizen_p

Google Search Results,
started viewing omne or two threads,
Left.

Same Again Until...
I SEEN SOMONE ON THE INTERNET WAS WRONG
and I had to voice my opinion

KeithAFC

Few other forums.

chloek

heard about it from a friend.