Boards is becoming a Ghost Town

K-9

2 individuals probably have about 3,000 accounts between them.

_Tombstone_

Eugene Norman wrote: »

There must be more banned posters than posters at this stage. Call for an amnesty.

Edit:

Better URL.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/banlist.php

A quick guesstimate is 50,000 plus banned accounts. No wonder there are issues with re-regs.

Your link is the same?

There use to be alot of chinese spammer Bots making accounts...like 40-50 a day at a guess.

The Moderation makes it very hard for anyone to last on this site. Every now and then an old Thread gets bumped and you see all these names you remember from years ago all Banned.

And their was a newish thing in prison there awhile back (maybe still at it) where they banned people based on their record. Their was a few posters who had seemingly done nothing to earn a ban/infraction...but they came to someones attention somehow and were banned based on having racked up 15 bans/12 infractions etc, I'm wasn't sure what to make of that carry on. Their was one person banned in that bunch for what seemed like an alright record to me...something like 3 bans/5 infractions over years on here (seems like near saintly to me after the ban I got). Their was talk one time I think* about expunging a posters rap sheet after a certain amount of time but it never came to anything like so much on here.

*It had to be here.

Boards should change it's tag line to "we'll get to it in 10years", climate change is happening quicker than changes on here.

Zaph

Eugene Norman wrote: »

A quick guesstimate is 50,000 plus banned accounts. No wonder there are issues with re-regs.

As _Tombstone_ mentioned, a few years ago we had a major issue with spambots. However it wasn't 40-50 a day signing up, it was literally hundreds. It was almost a full time job banning them all, and they're the reason why some admins have particularly high ban counts. Fortunately countermeasures were implemented to stop the spambots opening accounts. These have been very successful and now we only ever see the odd one.

Beasty

Eugene Norman wrote: »

I see. The list on the left didn't say re-reg at all, as a reason for banning.

Partly that's because "re-reg" is not, I think, a standard "dropdown" option and it looks like some of the Admins don't bother adding narrative, just choosing the likes of "ignored mod instruction". However there are still a couple where re-reg or the name of the prior account is mentioned

What that list/sample does suggest is total site bannings are currently running at around 5 a day.

Wibbs

K-9 wrote: »

2 individuals probably have about 3,000 accounts between them.

TBH I have grown a bit of affection for oul S***l*s. Hell, he made it into my spellcheck "learn spelling" bit. He's a persistent cove he is. I think it's a hobby for the chap at this stage. Like collecting stamps or somesuch. *waves, cos sure as the sky is blue, he's hanging out on Boards again and just might see this*

KERSPLAT!

I do have the odd chat with him myself before admin catch up and site ban him

The Moldy Gowl

I think ye should leave him alone and stop banning him ye pack of gowlbags. See what he does then.

K-9

Of course track record comes into it, how else would you deal with trolls and WUM's Tombstone?

Still if somebody had a clean period of a couple of years, old stuff could be ignored, or treated with less significance is probably more correct.

Sometimes you'll find somebody builds up a record, avoids a ban by re-reg(s) and then comes back to the old account to continue again.

Posters won't see that and neither should they, but it should be pointed out that other accounts are taken account of. Listing the accounts might be tmi, privacy beats nosiness, so just making a note of it would be transparent enough.

The Moldy Gowl

Reddit have a nice idea. Shadow banning people.

They think they are contributing but no one can see there posts.

tomwaterford

The Moldy Gowl wrote: »

I think ye should leave him alone and stop banning him ye pack of gowlbags. See what he does then.

For a week

K-9

The Moldy Gowl wrote: »

I think ye should leave him alone and stop banning him ye pack of gowlbags. See what he does then.

Tbh the guy said he'd re-registered just the few times on boards on another site talking about here, so if he can't even be honest about his main hobby as Wibbs puts it...

andekwarhola

The Moldy Gowl wrote: »

Reddit have a nice idea. Shadow banning people.

They think they are contributing but no one can see there posts.

Please tell me this is true.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

K-9 wrote: »

2 individuals probably have about 3,000 accounts between them.

Hardly?! Would you be bothered? Email addresses, usernames, passwords, for what? Posting about Liverpool winning a match? Lord save us

_Tombstone_

andekwarhola wrote: »

Please tell me this is true.

Reddit Replaces Its Confusing Shadowban System With Account Suspensions

Though Shadowban Forum is still running

?

Zaph

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Hardly?! Would you be bothered? Email addresses, usernames, passwords, for what? Posting about Liverpool winning a match? Lord save us

They are bothered. I'd say 3,000 could even be a conservative estimate. And they don't even post about football because there's a waiting period to get access to the Soccer forum.

tomwaterford

Zaph wrote: »

They are bothered. I'd say 3,000 could even be a conservative estimate. And they don't even post about football because there's a waiting period to get access to the Soccer forum.

Why....the effort of that like

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Now I just feel bad for them.

Zaph

tomwaterford wrote: »

Why....the effort of that like

Yeah, I can think of plenty of other ways to amuse myself.

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Now I just feel bad for them.

Tbh they don't bother trying to hide who they are. They just fire off a few posts pretty much in the knowledge that they'll be banned and their posts deleted shortly afterwards. What motivates them to keep doing it? Who knows, force of habit maybe?

_Tombstone_

Zaph wrote: »

Yeah, I can think of plenty of other ways to amuse myself.



Tbh they don't bother trying to hide who they are. They just fire off a few posts pretty much in the knowledge that they'll be banned and their posts deleted shortly afterwards. What motivates them to keep doing it? Who knows, force of habit maybe?

Are the posts ban worthy? Do you ever leave and see if they'll act the tool?

Zaph

_Tombstone_ wrote: »

Are the posts ban worthy? Do you ever leave and see if they'll act the tool?

In the past the posts that originally got them banned were definitely banworthy. One in particular still gravitates to the same sort of threads that he got banned over, so we'd rather not entertain him and his posts are deleted. It's a bit like a game of Whack-a-Mole really.

LynnGrace wrote: »

My contribution for what it's worth, I would like a bit more transparency about why one is, or is not 'allowed' to join a private forum. Being told that 'someone objected' is a bit...

I posted this feedback already upthread but I think it might get somewhat lost hence second post.

Private forums are simply hosted on Boards, we have no insight into the inner workings of them. Being told that someone objected is admittedly a bit blunt, but each makes their own rules and I suppose can be as nice or as blunt as they like.

kupus

Christ I'm stuck on the new site atm, and I can't find my way around. Why the **** did I go and clear the cache for. Not that I even know what cache is. I'm using old iPad and thought it might speed it up a bit. **** me this layout sucks donkey balls big time.

Pawwed Rig

How many private forums are there?
I only know of about 5 or 6.
I doubt you would have been refused entry to any of the ones I know so I guess there are a good few.

Zaph

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

How many private forums are there?
I only know of about 5 or 6.

That's on a need to know basis.

Actually I have no idea, there are a good few more than 5 or 6 I reckon, but I think a lot of them are pretty much dead at this stage and there's only a handful of active ones.

My name is URL

Nice of ye to ban me from AH for making people aware of viable threats against them

Reason for ban - "Promoting a site"

Are you even serious?

I PM'd both a mod and an Admin and was ignored by both before I posted in that thread, suggesting that others take care

Unreal

Good to see you're having a good time here, Zaph :rolleyes:

LynnGrace

Zaph wrote: »

That's on a need to know basis.

Actually I have no idea, there are a good few more than 5 or 6 I reckon, but I think a lot of them are pretty much dead at this stage and there's only a handful of active ones.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

The "in" jokes continue.

Tipperary Fairy

My name is URL wrote: »

Nice of ye to ban me from AH for making people aware of viable threats against them

Reason for ban - "Promoting a site"

Are you even serious?

I PM'd both a mod and an Admin and was ignored by both before I posted in that thread, suggesting that others take care

Unreal

Good to see you're having a good time here, Zaph :rolleyes:

Was it deleted? What site was it?

My name is URL

Tipperary Fairy wrote: »

Was it deleted? What site was it?

Yeah it was deleted!

Here's the PM I sent to mods and admins originally

Site name redacted, because that is the real danger /s

I dunno if you're aware of that **** site

They like to harass and post personal details of Boards users.

My own name and address has been posted there and I've been keeping an eye on it.

There's a thread there now, about this one. It sounds very sinister.

I'd post a warning myself on the thread but people have gotten into trouble for doing so in the past.

Anyway... it's something that needs to be taken into account right now by people posting on Boards, let alone organising a get together.

Here's a link to the thread on **** - https://****/v/Boards/comments/1066412

Boards really needs to pull the finger out of its ass and address this, before somebody actually gets hurt.

K-9

The Hunky Monster wrote: »

The "in" jokes continue.

We aren't joking about those 2 guys.

Tipperary Fairy

My name is URL wrote: »

Yeah it was deleted!

Here's the PM I sent to mods and admins originally

Site name redacted, because that is the real danger /s

Ah i see. I don't know if you have been reading this thread but this mystery site and its problems have been discussed quite a bit. Well discussed might be too strong a word