Considering the recent re-vamp will you continue to use boards?

Every now and again, just to see if its been fixed really

I wouldn't consider it much of an alternative to Boards, even in its present unfortunate state. I've just taken a look at it and noticed that some of its most prolific posters are people who were deservedly banned from here. The internet equivalent of that pub that serves all the people who are barred from all the other pubs. Useful insofar as it keeps some of the dirt out.

Yes, it started well but attracted what feels like every re-reg troll and banned Boards poster. The moderation is 'light' to non-existent as the Admin is afraid to offend anybody and trying to be all embracing. It's already filling with a lot of less than desirable types who are testing how far they can push things. Others are opening threads just for the sake of it in the hope of getting the site noticed but the threads contain nothing of interest. The busiest threads are the ones complaining not just about the Boards update but the moderation of the site - you'd wonder why some of them were so anxious to be on boards or so upset by the upgrade when they thought didn't jump ship years ago.

I'll struggle ln here for a while more, in the hope of improvement

I never said there was any rule against it.

But the lack of moderation there is unreal at the moment. I think I have as much right to an opinion on it as anybody else and I certainly didn't suggest anybody was not intelligent enough to make up their own minds. However, I thought discussion allowed points be made and my point was some posters are going to ruin it if they're not reined in soon. The one's posting the garbage are not current Boards members as they were banned long ago. The guy who tried to sign up as Devnull is a prime example- at least the Mod changed the name to notthatdevnull

Repeated attempts to blacken the name of any other discussion site (new or otherwise!) smacks of either insecurity or begrudgery tbh.

I've seen no evidence of hands off moderation there, but I will concede that the admin is pursuing a soft line, in fact, the community there are at pains not to indulge in negativity-in reality there are many posts on Gubu in support of the likes of Niamh, as well as many of the volunteer mods, which is quite the opposite of what is being alluded to here.

It's not just that people are spouting rubbish. It's the fact that some of its most prolific users are people who were banned from here. And for good reason too. When/if the mods there "find their feet" there'll be a lot of dirt to clean up.

And I am a No is so far as my usage will probably decline unless it's fixed soon. There wasn't an option to vote : Will see how it fares.

No

Its just too hard to navigate and find my threads etc. I hate it - what was wrong with the way it was. I pop in maybe once a day just to check on about 4 threads, that’s it.

I seem to have lost private messages since the revamp, I can receive them still, however, older messages are nowhere to be found! Now this could have been me deleting them, but, I don't remember doing so! So at the risk of questioning my memory I'm going to say the revamp took mah messages :P

I had said yes but….

I’ve still been logging in and posting a little but I no longer go beyond the front page and this last week it’s really only been the feedback forum I’ve read and I’m livid about the issues with PMs.

I feel boards is finally reaching the end of a road for me. This is my third account over many many years. I’ve been here since 2008. Been a moderator in the past too. Without my threads and my forums it’s just too awkward to work with and I’m super unimpressed with the current set up at the top.

I also signed up with the other site today and it’s like stepping back in time to the early days of my time on boards. Will see how it goes

Yes is turning into a no