Do some posters actually have a life outside of boards?

Earthhorse

Giovanna Green Linebacker wrote: »

There are definitely a few fantasists, the high post count is driven by the need to keep reiterating the details of their very interesting, very impressive, super real life.

Those posts have been deleted.

Taytoland

A lot of sad people on this forum, no doubt about that. I pity them to be honest.

Thoughtform

Taytoland wrote: »

A lot of sad people on this forum, no doubt about that. I pity them to be honest.

Sad as in...?

Can't be sadder than constantly posting hardline loyalist rhetoric to wind people up like.

Hitman3000

Taytoland wrote:

A lot of sad people on this forum, no doubt about that. I pity them to be honest.

Pot and kettle....

umop episdn

Thoughtform wrote: »

Sad as in...?

Can't be sadder than constantly posting hardline loyalist rhetoric to wind people up like.

Tbf, there's a hell of a lot more shinnerbots on here than loyalist flunkies

Thoughtform

umop episdn wrote: »

Tbf, there's a hell of a lot more shinnerbots on here than loyalist flunkies

I don't really know how that changes my point though.

"Shinnerbot" also gets thrown out at people for simply empathising with nationalists in the north - I am completely sympathetic to nationalists and moderate republicans, but I think the IRA were murdering scum, and I wouldn't vote Sinn Fein if you paid me. I'd still be referred to as a shinnerbot here though. It's tedious.

Taytoland

Thoughtform wrote: »

Taytoland wrote: »

A lot of sad people on this forum, no doubt about that. I pity them to be honest.

Sad as in...?

Can't be sadder than constantly posting hardline loyalist rhetoric to wind people up like.

Not my fault my views wind people up.

FrancieBrady

Thoughtform wrote: »

I don't really know how that changes my point though.

"Shinnerbot" also gets thrown out at people for simply empathising with nationalists in the north - I am completely sympathetic to nationalists and moderate republicans, but I think the IRA were murdering scum, and I wouldn't vote Sinn Fein if you paid me. I'd still be referred to as a shinnerbot here though. It's tedious.

From extensive personal experience it is generally trotted out when an argument is being lost.

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travist

I wonder who has the record for top amount of posts?

Beasty

travist wrote: »

I wonder who has the record for top amount of posts?

mike65

He averaged just over 14 a day

umop episdn

Thoughtform wrote: »

I don't really know how that changes my point though.

"Shinnerbot" also gets thrown out at people for simply empathising with nationalists in the north - I am completely sympathetic to nationalists and moderate republicans, but I think the IRA were murdering scum, and I wouldn't vote Sinn Fein if you paid me. I'd still be referred to as a shinnerbot here though. It's tedious.

Your point was...is there anything sadder than someone spouting hardline loyalist rethoric...and there is...the shinnerbots do it more frequently and in threads that have nothing to do with the topic... but thats my personal experience, I try to stay away from any topics that goes down that road as it's just tedious to read

freshpopcorn

You know you've a problem when you get a PM asking you to be a mod.

FrancieBrady

umop episdn wrote: »

Your point was...is there anything sadse than someone spouting hardline loyalist rethoric...and there is...the shinnerbots do it more frequently and in threads that have nothing to do with the topic

What topic? Shinnerbotism?

Lucyfur

Earthhorse wrote: »

Those posts have been deleted.

Every single one. Strange!

Thoughtform

umop episdn wrote: »

Your point was...is there anything sadse than someone spouting hardline loyalist rethoric

That's not what I said at all. I responded to someone who has the neck to say this place is full of sad people (of course not a word to support that assertion) when they post loyalist bigotry on a constant basis. Some of it downright bile. All you were doing was saying "But what about shinnerbots?" which had no relevance.

And "Shinnerbot" IS often an insult for someone who isn't in any way hardline provo - just acknowledging of the fact that the conflict wasn't all republican.

umop episdn

Thoughtform wrote: »

That's not what I said at all. I responded to someone who has the neck to say this place is full of sad people (of course not a word to support that assertion) when they post loyalist bigotry on a constant basis. Some of it downright bile. All you were doing was saying "But what about shinnerbots?" which had no relevance.

And "Shinnerbot" IS often an insult for someone who isn't in any way hardline provo - just acknowledging of the fact that the conflict wasn't all republican.

Sometimes people cant see the wood for the trees I guess

Cork Soccer SixaSide

I was a fairly high-count poster. Our football/soccer group started here on boards over five years ago when twelve strangers met for a kick-about. There's approximately 40 of us now playing three nights every week. One of our players moved to South Dublin and set up his own 'franchise' there which is going strong.

I'd estimate that around 200 people have gone through the groups over the years. We've won a league, had good nights out, attended the funeral of one of our players who passed away tragically at a young age and everything.

So I guess the answer is yes.

Ush1

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

If boards translated to real life, everyone is rich, works from home, never breaks the law ect.

Really just a lot of liers on here.

2 out of 3 ain't bad.

Greentopia

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

If boards translated to real life, everyone is rich, works from home, never breaks the law ect.

Really just a lot of liers on here.

I love a nice lie in me. Especially Sunday mornings. Gives me a break from all the money I make in my law abiding home based business empire.



The only part of what you said that's true for me is that I do work from home.
I take lots of breaks from work and come on here to chat sometimes. Sometimes I take a break from boards and other websites I'm a member of for a few months at a time then I'll post again.

r93kaey5p2izun

I have about 5000 posts across 15 years. I didn't post at all for six years of that but I actually probably read the site just as much if not more during that period. My average posting per day is probably at its higest ever now and yet Im probably busier than ever the past 6 months than ever before in my life. Being able to post from my phone on public transport nowadays is the reason I post so much more now.

Shpud2

I have an average of about 20 posts per day on this account and almost 24000 posts in total. I usually use boards on my phone and it's just something i check when I look at my phone just like Snapchat and Instagram. Its easy to manage a high post count as I check chat threads when I'm on a bus somewhere or in a car etc but I definitely have a social life.

Yer Da sells Avon

Giovanna Green Linebacker wrote: »

There are definitely a few fantasists, the high post count is driven by the need to keep reiterating the details of their very interesting, very impressive, super real life.

I always picture such people pale and unshaven, wearing stained y-fronts, posting on an old Windows 98 PC with a flickering CRT monitor, in a windowless room full of empty pot noodle cartons, overflowing ashtrays and coke bottles full of their own piss.

No different to the rest of us.

oneilla

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

If boards translated to real life, everyone is rich, works from home, never breaks the law ect.

Really just a lot of liers on here.

And all the gay feminist traveller Muslims on welfare would be getting a free house every week running the country into the ground with their agenda!! :eek:

freshpopcorn

I actually thought I was slightly obsessed with Boards.ie before but I have gone periods without doing much.
However what really made me see I wasn't obsessed with it was when I saw people who obsessed with things actually behave. There lives are actually nearly all about it.

freshpopcorn

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I actually thought I was slightly obsessed with Boards.ie before but I have gone periods without doing much.
However what really made me see I wasn't obsessed with it was when I saw people who obsessed with things actually behave. There lives are actually nearly all about it.

Do you mean the Shinnerbots?

freshpopcorn

Deleted User wrote: »

Do you mean the Shinnerbots?

Well good example but no!

arybvtcw0eolkf

Depends really. If someone only posted in AH I'd say 'get a life. But I'm also busy posting in the forum's which cover my interests, ie motorbikes, martial arts, running & cycling.

I post in Ah out of boredom, plus I find some posters pretty interesting here (depending on the topic of course).

So yea, I've a pretty busy life away from boards.ie

There is an interesting trend of trying to justify ones post counts running through this thread

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

It's yes and no. Posters, of course, have a real life away from boards and hold down jobs, have a family and social life and post across a range of topics that interest them and enjoy some harmless banter. Others obviously reply on Boards for their only 'contact' with people, post the same old things day in and day out, paste in links and video as though nobody else has access to news, and seem to crave being part of the virtual community.


That said there are all kinds of situations or places that some people seem to prefer to 'real life'. There are people who have no lives outside work. Others have no life outside a particular sport. Some don't seem to have a life away from a games console.

Joe is Woke

Joe is Woke wrote: »

It's quite obvious there some extremely lonely people on Boards.

You left out angry, bitter, and deluded there, Joe.

Dakota Dan

[Deleted User] wrote: »

thats ten posts a day

The op fell asleep during maths class.

r93kaey5p2izun

Lucyfur wrote: »

Every single one. Strange!

Wow! Checked there and it's mad to see. Still quoted posts visible though. Mad to see all that "history" gone. Also that despite visiting the site daily I completely missed this massive change to T&Cs and the whole big feedback thread going on months! Where have I been?!

Arghus

It's easy to build up a huge post count in a short space of time if your job allows you to time to look at the site while you "work". It's also easy if you contribute to the likes of soccer match threads or the commentary threads for the late late or or liveline, where pretty much every comment is purposely a throw away remark.

Obviously, there's one or two Walter Mitty types - well, I can think of one in particular - who'll use boards as a soapbox to wax lyrical about their fictional lifestyle; to such an extent that they undermine the credibility of the tall tales they spin and come across as profoundly sad individuals.

You'd wonder, of course, about the actual life lived by some on here - a smallish enough minority to be fair - who can argue to essay length several times a day, every day. You'd wonder do they ever get outside?

twignme

Five years and only 196 posts. I must have a really interesting life.

Damn, that’s one more.
Five years and only 197 posts .....

ZX7R

I think the thing about boards is it ambiguity, you can post a lot of crap because no one really knows who you are , some people post a heck or a lot of crap so get big counts.
I have only ever met two boards members in real life.
Figured out who two people are from public Facebook posts and cut and paste posts on boards

honeybear

I’ve 2000 posts in 9 years-should I be worried?

Mountainsandh

I don't usually judge posters by the number of posts, since I know that you can pile up a lot of posts with participation in specific forums, like say, if you post a photo in the photography forum, then post once or twice in a discussion, then post a quick guess in that "guess where this is " thread (can't remember the actual title !), or an update on a sports thread, etc...

People might go through phases too. I would imagine if you are ill and stuck at home or in hospital, boards is some help to relieve loneliness or boredom.
Mr M travels a lot, and I find I post a lot more when he's away, as I'm living rural and when I'm at home with the children, I do like a bit of adult discussion in the evenings.

I wonder how often the statistic things are refreshed, or are they ?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

honeybear wrote: »

I’ve 2000 posts in 9 years-should I be worried?

Yes. You need to get out less.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Earthhorse wrote: »

Those posts have been deleted.

Well that's fcukin weird.

There are others though I'm sure

Beasty

Sorry but only just getting chance to post in this thread after a bit of housekeeping on the site as well as dealing with some user Feedback

Yes I have a life outside Boards. I even visited Dublin city centre once.

FrancieBrady

Beasty wrote: »

I even visited Dublin city centre once.

I have been there a few times too.





*On Google Street View.

PlaneSpeeking

Beasty wrote: »

Sorry but only just getting chance to post in this thread after a bit of housekeeping on the site as well as dealing with some user Feedback

Yes I have a life outside Boards. I even visited Dublin city centre once.

I have to walk through twice a day on the way to Heuston - purely to get the f**k out of Dodge and home!!

Raging_Ninja

I'm sitting here in my underwear at my taxpayer-funded computer in my taxpayer-funded flat drinking from my taxpayer-funded cans just waiting, waiting for the moment to unleash my rage and discontent at the rich people holding me back from reaching my true potential and hoping for the chance to show my smug sense of intellectual superiority.

Beasty

Raging_Ninja wrote: »

I'm sitting here in my underwear at my taxpayer-funded computer in my taxpayer-funded flat drinking from my taxpayer-funded cans just waiting, waiting for the moment to unleash my rage and discontent at the rich people holding me back from reaching my true potential and hoping for the chance to show my smug sense of intellectual superiority.

But do you have a life outside of Boards???

pleas advice

Boards is life

Debtocracy

I suppose there is something hypocritical with people debating genocide for dole scroungers at 2pm on a Monday.

PlaneSpeeking

Debtocracy wrote: »

I suppose there is something hypocritical with people debating genocide for dole scroungers at 2pm on a Monday.

It's called a lunchbreak. Workers occasionally have those.

It’s easy enough to rack up a good few posts if you have more or less constant internet access. I’d have boards open in a browser at work all day and would regularly dip in and out of it. Id be on boards for the duration of my time in the jacks which is about 40 mins mid morning everyday for me and I’d have it open on the phone or laptop while watching tv all evening so would be dipping in and out of threads etc. I actually tend not to be on it much during lunch as I’m gone getting food and then talking to people etc while eating.

Mountainsandh

[QUOTE=Athena Melodic Ignoramus;10765726 Id be on boards for the duration of my time in the jacks which is about 40 mins mid morning everyday for me [/QUOTE]

Fourty minutes every day ???
Maaannn I'm in the wrong job, is that how the other half lives ?