Name the cliques of Boards.ie

steddyeddy

Not noticed it myself but I've seen posters mention that there are cliques of posters on Boards who thank each other irregardless of content. As I say I've not seen it and certainly don't do it but I wondered has anyone else noticed it. If you could name each group how would you do it (being civil). For example there's certainly a unionist and nationalist clique on Boards.

somefeen

I only thank one particular users posts so senpai will notice me

ELM327

As a member of the Judean People's front there's only one thing worse than the egyptians, and that's the Peoples front of Judea

Oops69

The runners forum is an echo chamber , don’t dare criticize the Dublin city Marathon , all the pacers are all over that forum .

pleas advice

The re-reg trolls

Husker Du

Soccer forum ---->

There's one group who report everyone they don't agree with politically.

ELM327

Deleted User wrote: »

There's one group who report everyone they don't agree with politically.

Reported.

AlphaOmega1

The Co. Clare sticky on nice lakes

steddyeddy

[Deleted User] wrote: »

There's one group who report everyone they don't agree with politically.

Also reported

Under His Eye

Cyclists!

Eggs For Dinner

There's one group who will swarm over any poster who says anything negative about their common profession

Pugzilla

Feminists

ELM327

Eggs For Dinner wrote: »

There's one group who will swarm over any poster who says anything negative about their common profession

Yeah those god damn librarians

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Mods.
Users.
Liberals.
Anti-liberals.
Cat lovers.
Sad insensity empathy-lacking losers.

That's about it.

Sky King

This thread is cliquebait, pure and simple.

_Dara_

Nobody ever thinks they’re in a clique, OP!

5rtytry56

The Drone clique in Models.

B0jangles

There's that infamous group 'The Mob' AKA all the posters on boards who disagree with me.

You can tell which posters are members of this group because I will endlessly accuse them of engaging in 'witch-hunts' and 'hysteria'.


Don't confuse them with 'The Silent Majority' who are all the posters I know secretly agree with me but who never post on the topic, or thank my posts.

johnpatrick81

Anti pirate association 2017

#pdf

#never4get

Infernum

steddyeddy wrote: »

For example there's certainly a unionist and nationalist clique on Boards.

BRA and BVF?

Gloomtastic!

I can find out who all my favourites are using this:

https://www.boards.ie/love.php

Zebra3

steddyeddy wrote: »

Not noticed it myself but I've seen posters mention that there are cliques of posters on Boards who thank each other irregardless of content. As I say I've not seen it and certainly don't do it but I wondered has anyone else noticed it. If you could name each group how would you do it (being civil). For example there's certainly a unionist and nationalist clique on Boards.

The Right.



Which is a very ironic term for them.

BBDBB

I'm a clique

jamesbere

I can clique my fingers

c68zapdsm5i1ru

I've never noticed Boards being particularly cliqueish. You can often see two people fighting to the death on one thread, and then thanking each other on another thread. It's happened to me as well.

Occasionally you will notice a few posters circulating like an angry Rottweiler around one poster, some just randomly popping into the thread to support the ringleader. Sock puppeting springs to mind on those occasions.

BabysCoffee

The LLS thread on the TV forum

Northern Monkey

Eggs For Dinner wrote: »

There's one group who will swarm over any poster who says anything negative about their common profession

Bee keepers?

bee06

Angela Damp Somersault wrote: »

I've never noticed Boards being particularly cliqueish. You can often see two people fighting to the death on one thread, and then thanking each other on another thread. It's happened to me as well.

Occasionally you will notice a few posters circulating like an angry Rottweiler around one poster, some just randomly popping into the thread to support the ringleader. Sock puppeting springs to mind on those occasions.

I never noticed either but I don’t spend much time in the forums which seem to generate a lot of controversy or the controversial threads like the abortion discussion etc.

Yer Da sells Avon

There are a few posters on the Louise O'Neill thread about whom I recently made an observation... Essentially, I'm unable to distinguish between them because they all sort of 'blend into one', such is their lack of originality or humour, their identical world-view, and the total absence of any distinguishing features in their posting styles. They aren't a clique though. If they were, they wouldn't have all responded to my observation separately, but with the same kind of inane, humourless comment. They're just a bunch of people who, to me, seem very similar.

Boards isn't cliquish. If you see cliques everywhere, you're probably paranoid.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

Hapax Legomenon wrote: »

There are a few posters on the Louise O'Neill thread about whom I recently made an observation... Essentially, I'm unable to distinguish between them because they all sort of 'blend into one', such is their lack of originality or humour, their identical world-view, and the total absence of any distinguishing features in their posting styles. They aren't a clique though. If they were, they wouldn't have all responded to my observation separately, but with the same kind of inane, humourless comment. They're just a bunch of people who, to me, seem very similar.

Boards isn't cliquish. If you see cliques everywhere, you're probably paranoid.

For me, a giveaway is when a poster who has just arrived on the forum posts in a frothing at the mouth, angry way as if they're already in the middle of an argument with the targeted poster.
They seem a bit too invested and wound up to be just joining the argument. I suppose, with most people nowadays being able to access Boards through multiple devices you are going to have posters registering under several different names.

nullzero

Behold the cycling forum, logic and facts have no place there, beware all ye who enter.

How Soon Is Now

AH used to be full of it but lot of the main culprits don't seem to be around anymore.

There's one perticular group on here that I obviously can't name! Weather it's in there own forum or anywhere they happen to post they have to be treated differently to everyone else and need to be seen as right at all times.

It's got to the point there acting like a protected species on boards as well as real life!

5rtytry56

There are a good few cliques in the Regional forums. And I won't specify any more detail ;D

Billy86

Angela Damp Somersault wrote: »

I've never noticed Boards being particularly cliqueish. You can often see two people fighting to the death on one thread, and then thanking each other on another thread. It's happened to me as well.

Occasionally you will notice a few posters circulating like an angry Rottweiler around one poster, some just randomly popping into the thread to support the ringleader. Sock puppeting springs to mind on those occasions.

A mix of that and "red pill" brigading from 4Chan that we've seen the posts organising/calling in others for. I wonder which group that could be... :pac:

Though sockpuppeting is also true. A big chunk of one particular group of posters is a single person.

Still, the mods seem happy enough with it, I guess anything to keep the post count up. I even got a permanent ban from one of the forums when I pointed out someone (falsely) claiming I said something throughout 2016 did not "join" until well into 2017 and so they appeared to have been a rereg. Funny old policy, but there you have it.

retro:electro

The Bin Day Appreciation Society

retro:electro

Pirate Defence Force

c68zapdsm5i1ru

Billy86 wrote: »

A mix of that and "red pill" brigading from 4Chan that we've seen the posts organising/calling in others for. I wonder which group that could be... :pac:

Though sockpuppeting is also true. A big chunk of one particular group of posters is a single person.

Still, the mods seem happy enough with it, I guess anything to keep the post count up. I even got a permanent ban from one of the forums when I pointed out someone (falsely) claiming I said something throughout 2016 did not "join" until well into 2017 and so they appeared to have been a rereg. Funny old policy, but there you have it.

Yes, I was quite sure there was some funny business going on in a thread this morning, but was afraid to say so directly because of a possible ban.

5rtytry56

The Poo - Thread Gang

pleas advice

retro:electro wrote: »

The Bin Day Appreciation Society

I get up when I want...

Kolido

#BBILBBIL

StringerBell

Thanks bots are always thanking each other's accounts and affirming their posts

ELM327

pleas advice wrote: »

I get up when I want...

Except on wednesdays

ELM327

StringerBell wrote: »

Thanks bots are always thanking each other's accounts and affirming their posts

Yes I agree completely

emo72

ELM327 wrote: »

Except on wednesdays

The gawd damn binmen innit.

Eggs For Dinner

ELM327 wrote: »

Yeah those god damn librarians

Librarians, ssshhhh!

Eggs For Dinner

Northern Monkey wrote: »

Bee keepers?

I needed that the day I'm having. Played Sir,

DEFTLEFTHAND

Classic Liberals.
Regressive Leftists.
Conservatives.
Alt Rightists.
Cyclists.

The Backwards Man

There's two cliques here. Me, and every other cnut.

wonski

Motors forum.

BMW. Toyota.

French cars are ****e

Samuel T. Cogley

Consumer Issues Forum.