Is there anyone under 40 left on boards?

Hippodrome Song Owl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122148859#Comment_122148859

Exactly the same here on all counts.

Apart from one prominent poster, I'd be surprised if there were many or any others under 30. Plenty in their 30s I'd say though based on demographics from back in the day - many of the LC posters from the mid-2000s when it was a massive forum.

dublinman1990

I'm under 40 myself. I'm 34 years old at the moment. I have been here on Boards for about 13 years. My 35th birthday won't be until January of next year. I first joined here when reading the Commuting & Transport and Television Forums in my early 20's. I still read those forums every now & then. But reading various threads in the Infrastructure and Broadcasting forums have kept me interested in Boards for as long as I can remember.

However; I admit that I do browse Reddit from time to time. But I have not signed up to Reddit to date.

Boards is still my go to site when I login on my laptop every day.

Hellrazer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122150056#Comment_122150056

22 years here now and the big Five OH next March - Where do the years go.

Nigel Fairservice

Just turned 40 a few weeks ago.

Unearthly

38. Had my 20 year anniversary last month.

I’ve been on boards for over half of my life

Rawr

Just into 40s here, but I joined in my 20s just before I emegrated. Boards has sort helped me maintain a sense of connection back with Ireland, which keeps me coming back after all of these many years.

Cluedo Monopoly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122144032#Comment_122144032

I guess your not too good with the old English grammar.

extra-ordinary_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122143851#Comment_122143851

Does anyone actually ever give their real DOB when signing up to websites like these?

For the last couple of years I've always been entering 01/01/2000.

miamee

Boards doesn't ask for your date of birth. You used to be able to add your birthday and get a birthday email but that was it

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122156792#Comment_122156792

Grammer Nazi lol

Quantum Erasure

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122156824#Comment_122156824

I doubt it but as far as I can remember it was just a questionnaire with age brackets, like under 18, 18-25, 25-35, etc. (or maybe it was 5 year intervals) it was opt in, not sure how many responses they got but I'd presume it was fairly representative

Brian CivilEng

I am 42. Joined Boards 22 years ago to report that I saw RTE install a new dish for uplinking to satellite in Donnybrook, while passing on the 46A. This indicated that their proposed addition to Sky TV was on schedule, so digital TV in Ireland was happening.

Esel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122157999#Comment_122157999

I really, really, hope you did that on porpoise.

ancapailldorcha

I'm 36 and I live abroad so it's nice to have that connection. I do use Reddit for some niche things but it's a horrible place to have a conversation, even ignoring most of the userbase.

megaten

Yes but it because I used boards as a teen

Mo Ghile Mear

It’s a long time since I was 40 😬 but that’s the thing I love about boards. You get opinions and info and perspectives and you have no idea the age or personal situation of the posters. I joined around 2005 I think … 🤔. Left for a while and then came back a few years ago under a new identity, cos I genuinely missed it. IMO it’s the best discussion forum around. Never a dull day 😄.

Sleeper12

I think a lot of people first discover boards when they buy their own homes. They "Google" whatever issues they have with the house.

The amount of people buying a home under the age of 40 has dropped dramatically in the last 15 years or so. I'd imagine they amount of people under the age of 40 using boards has dropped too

Burt Renaults

I turned 35 recently. And even more recently, I turned 40. On an average day, I rarely spend more than a few minutes on Boards. It seems to have entered a "managed decline" phase over the last few years. If the appetite had been there a few years ago, they might have saved it (a Boards App would've helped - and also something (i.e. anything) less shite than the disastrous migration to Vanilla). Probably too late for it to bounce back now though. I just hope, whenever it does close down, that the two-and-a-half decades of content will somehow be archived and preserved.

Hyperbollix

41 here. Been on Boards in one form or another since the early 2000's back when I was in college……ah, memories!

I still find it good for topical Irish debate but whenever I stick the words "reddit Ireland" after a search, I invariably find more info and something akin to the old school Boards chat of days gone by though I don't think the humour is the same.

Cyrus

i was about to reply in indignation until i realised i am no longer in my 30s :( have been on here a good 20 years plus aswell.

MayoSalmon

I check the roads forum when I'm here.…after the boards reskin or whatever I went over to Reddit and never came back.

This is probably my 1st login in the last 2 years and it was just spontaneous as I can't sleep rite now

Dante

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122148824#Comment_122148824

The sh*tty upgrade of the website a couple of years ago put an end to that sadly, that was the final nail in the coffin for me.

I am under 40 but rarely, if ever, use this website anymore.

It is very outdated and the new upgrade has resulted in a terrible user experience.

victor8600

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122148707#Comment_122148707

I think the Boards mostly represents the Irish internet-savvy society as it was in the 2000s and it has nothing to do with being "Irish born and raised". Personally, I wasn't born in Ireland, though I was later fattened here on spuds and Guinness. There were just less foreigners in Ireland in 2004 when I joined the site. If somehow Boards were to achieve some fame now, its new members would represent a more diverse population.

ilovesmybrick

38 this year. Shortly before I set my current account I think a large proportion of people I knew were on boards, not so much anymore. The app was great and used to be the main way I used the site, the Vanilla upgrade meant I moved more to reddit as a lot of the forums here got far quieter.

dazed+confused

Yep, like most posters, I'm 39!

BaywatchHQ

Yes I am in early 30s but I am not the typical person my age. I don't have an Instagram or Tik Tok account and I always have preferred forums over Reddit. It isn't possible for me to use Reddit as I get heavily downvoted and shadow banned.

Sleeper12

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122170467#Comment_122170467

I loved the app. I only found out that it wasn't an official app when it stopped working with the new website

wandererz

All nonsense.

The average age is 6-8.

Mo Ghile Mear

To be honest I don’t see much difference in the site pre the upgrade and now. Granted I’m a small time user but what are the big issues that people have with it now, as opposed to before? I see small differences but can’t see why people are calling it “disastrous” 🤔.

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