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History of Boards!

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  • 29-12-2014 9:50pm
    #1
    Cantremember
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭


    Just a thought that it might be nice to have a section summarising the development of boards. It may even exist already. Who were the people, what was the tech, how did it grow etc. For posterity.
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    #2
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,893 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Hashtag Bring Back the Biki.


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    #3
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    The wiki is probably stuck on one of the old boxes. :) Hobbes, Nerin, myself and some others had access. Can we have it? Can we? Can we? :D


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    #4
    Black Swan
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,251 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    Boards was created in 7 days. On the first day both DeV and Cloud...


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    #5
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Here's where it all began. Take your shoes off before going in, & don't touch anything - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=13


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    #6
    Cantremember
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭Cantremember


    Myrddin wrote: »
    Here's where it all began. Take your shoes off before going in, & don't touch anything - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=13

    It's like....it's like seeing the Big Bang ....it's great that that is still there! I thought of this thread after seeing "the man on the bridge" on rte. There's a lot of social history in this place. Be nice to know a little more.
    Thanks for turning back time!


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    #7
    Orim
    Registered Users Posts: 4,971 ✭✭✭Orim


    It's pretty out of date and not exactly a list but there's this visual of Boards development.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=75162293&postcount=1


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    #8
    Crumbs868
    Closed Accounts Posts: 438 ✭✭Crumbs868


    What's the history behind the forum classifications. Find it hard to make sense of some of them and haven't seen any change in this area in years. Eg

    What is "Sys"? to me it's is systems and makes sense that forums such as feedback and help desk are there but then I see odd ones like "ask me anything" / "events" where I can't see any relation to systems

    Same with "Rec", assume recreational but many recreational forums are in other places such as aircraft being in "Soc" which I assume is society


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    #9
    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    Has anyone seen where the Gathering cards got to?


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    Straylight
    Registered Users Posts: 338 ✭✭Straylight


    Crumbs868 wrote: »
    What's the history behind the forum classifications. Find it hard to make sense of some of them and haven't seen any change in this area in years. Eg

    What is "Sys"? to me it's is systems and makes sense that forums such as feedback and help desk are there but then I see odd ones like "ask me anything" / "events" where I can't see any relation to systems

    Same with "Rec", assume recreational but many recreational forums are in other places such as aircraft being in "Soc" which I assume is society

    I seem to remember someone once saying that they're derived from Usenet categories.


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    #11
    MadsL
    Registered Users Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    RopeDrink wrote: »
    http://myhome.iolfree.ie/~okeeffe/boards/gatheringcards/

    http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~cult/images/index.php?dir=./Gathering

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/album.php?albumid=790

    The boards link is dead, I must remember to archive these...I made this one!!

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    #12
    nesf
    Registered Users Posts: 27,645 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    RopeDrink wrote: »
    The Boards link goes to a gathering album on my profile. Maybe it's private or something.

    Ok, it was Private. Made it public. They're most of the latest ones, so if you have 'fond memories' of specific card, it's likely not any of the ones in the album... Except maybe the Admin Bribes :D

    No Tireless Rebutter? :(


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    #13
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Memories. ;_;

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