Off Topic Thread 5.0

molloyjh · 15-07-2021 07:36PM

What's happened to our ignore lists!? For the love of God (and my sanity) this better not be it boards.

*waves fist.

15-07-2021 08:13PM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117616503#Comment_117616503

Well Hellooooo ! 😂

dregin · 15-07-2021 08:41PM

This is awful.

hold my beer · 15-07-2021 08:42PM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117616310#Comment_117616310

3 button presses now instead of the old 1. And the show all bookmarks button not working more times than it is. Hopefully they iron these things out.

b.gud · 15-07-2021 08:47PM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117615560#Comment_117615560

After using Bazzos suggestions, thanks for that. I found this link which seems to give me all my threads on mobile. Though it's not obvious which ones are unread

https://boards.ie/discussions/bookmarked

b.gud · 15-07-2021 08:49PM

I have all the same gripes about the new site as you guys, plus more, but feature I accidentally found which is nice is drafts that persist across devices. Hopefully they can work out the other kinks and this new platform can actually be better than the old one

b.gud · 15-07-2021 08:56PM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117616899#Comment_117616899

So the reason I couldn't figure out which ones are unread is I was expecting the links for unread ones to be bold like the old site but instead it has a little notification box under it which tells you how many new messages there are which I actually really like.

On the more negative side of things clicking the link to the rugby form at the top of a thread gives a 404

hold my beer · 15-07-2021 09:19PM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117616955#Comment_117616955

Isn't it telling you how many new posts are in the relevant forum (in this case Rugby). Which is useless info.

Also, if you quote a post, then expand the quoted post in the text box you're typing in, then start typing, the text isn't appearing. Can't for the life of me figure out how to delete a post either.

Think if they iron out all the small issues,it could be better going forward.

b.gud · 15-07-2021 09:28PM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117617099#Comment_117617099

For me it's showing the new items per thread, however many of the threads show several thousand new posts but once you read the last one it goes back to new ones. I assume this is a migration issue.

Also it's f*cking fantastic that you can now post screenshots directly from the clipboard into a message, boards has finally made it to the 2010s 😂

OldRio · 16-07-2021 11:52AM

I've give up on this for the time being. Using a mobile and it's completely user unfriendly. Hopefully things will improve but for the moment it's utter crap.

16-07-2021 12:10PM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117619208#Comment_117619208

Yeah I'm on my laptop right now but I'm just not using this site on mobile, it's one of the worst implementations I've seen tbh. Just getting to the forum you want is a hassle.

dregin · 16-07-2021 04:11PM

Significantly better on desktop.

mfceiling · 16-07-2021 06:05PM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117619208#Comment_117619208

Yeah...I'm out. It was nice knowing you lads but this new site on mobile is useless. Bye bye now 👋👋

swiwi_ · 16-07-2021 07:30PM

Fck this new fandangled but not better website.

im going back to watching the IT crowd which I discovered during the down period and is great tv.

Richie_Rich89 · 16-07-2021 07:39PM

Bye, girls.

Dave_The_Sheep · 16-07-2021 09:18PM

I see they still haven't fixed the ignore list options.

Neil3030 · 16-07-2021 11:20PM

Anyone up for a boards rugby Discord?

This new site is dreadful.

Dave_The_Sheep · 16-07-2021 11:26PM

One already exists, though it's rather quiet.

The subreddit also has a discord, if anyone's interested. Far more civilised than the actual sub itself. Bit cliquey though at this stage, fair warning, even if I'm part of that clique.

Neil3030 · 16-07-2021 11:27PM

There's a discord?

There's a subreddit?

There's a subreddit Discord??

Clegg · 17-07-2021 12:19AM

Boards has been doing downhill for a few years now. The dedicated subforums like this one is are good and there's plenty of engaging discussion about. But the main forums like the After Hours and Politics are an utter **** show.

I hope that the Rugby forum remains active, but being down for a week and coming back in an awful new format is a sure fire way to lose posters.

Teferi · 17-07-2021 12:21AM

The subreddit has dropped in quality over the last while. Loads of the Irish contingent indulging in new & old conspiracy theories/their preferred provincial axe grinding - and the lack of moderation & the voting system enables the absolute worst nonsense.

Discords move to quickly for my liking. Impossible to keep up with conversations.

17-07-2021 09:11AM

Things have gotten so bad that I've gone back to twitter....on the plus side....I have had some fun times with National Party members.

You can navigate around this site on mobile, but it takes 2-3 times as long...and that's not going to encourage new people to jump on-board, and it will lose boards current users....

This could end very badly if the upcoming "tweaks" don't massively improve the place

17-07-2021 10:05AM

They do need to resolve this quickly. The rugby community has quite a few long term members but once the Lions tour wraps up (which doesn't garner universal interest) there is a lull there and if the site is as bad as this then the community will almost certainly suffer / deteriorate.

This is a remarkable f**k up. The site is free and much of the work done here is voluntary, but someone has badly dropped the ball all the same.

I'll keep checking in either way - but I do hope this gets resolved or they just own the mistake and do a roll back.

17-07-2021 01:54PM

Just tried to close my account there but you actually can't right now. They lost that feature in the switch over. I don't mind new site, I'm sure they'll get it fully up to speed eventually but after a week off, I've realised now is a great opportunity to leave this arguably toxic aspect of my life behind. I can see the covid forum again (previously requested a ban) and it's become glaringly obvious how I easily slip into pointless arguments that infuriate me. Then I spend half my day arguing in my head with randomers on the internet even when I'm away from it. I wonder how much of my life I've spent arguing pointless nonsense. It's an addiction. I think I'll be happier with just the ability to browse.

CatFromHue · 17-07-2021 02:04PM

Some people love arguing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDB5gbtaEQ

17-07-2021 02:11PM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117623945#Comment_117623945

I definitely feel that one thing I've improved on over the last couple of years is limiting the degree of engagement and emotional investment in what I see and read online. I remember as a child gradually learning to talk less and listen more and I think on social media there is a similar curve people need to go through in terms of filtering out the noise and engaging when there is merit and more importantly knowing when not to engage at all.

I only read the rugby forum on boards for the most part, I occasionally might look at a technical forum or what's going on in athletics but otherwise most of the content on those political forums are poorly informed, antagonistic and not in anyway going to change anyone's mind.

Must make a reddit account for the rugby sub, I do look at it from time to time but should start posting.

Michael Zozimus Moran · 17-07-2021 05:08PM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117622625#Comment_117622625

Link to subreddit forum please?

the last time I investigated Reddit forums I saw a lot of articles and pictures but little in the way of what looked like a forum. I think that’s just the format of Reddit.

are you saying the Irish anti vaxxers are on it? Should make for good reading

17-07-2021 08:16PM

Lit up the BBQ for the first time and for some reason the flow from the propane tank is tiny. Tank is new so must be an issue somewhere with the BBQ.

Might pick up a new regulator tomorrow and see if that fixes it.

Richie_Rich89 · 17-07-2021 09:25PM

Throw some petrol on it.

dregin · 18-07-2021 03:17PM

Link to discord, please.

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