A glitch on boards.ie that returns search results that include the private mod forum is causing havoc.
All the private discussions where they conspire to arbitrarily ban users and call them eejits/twats etc have been exposed.
It's causing mayhem over there and they're desperately deleting any mention of it.
People are searching their usernames and getting upset at the stuff they are seeing.
by Vaseline_Vagina
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TIL people still use boards
I used to have an account in 2006, but the moderating (especially in the Airsoft forum) became infuriating. That’s when I moved to the fairly new Reddit for the first time. Reddit moderating can be even worse that boards.ie, but only in some forums.
One poster MisterAnarchy mentioned there is a cunt of the highest order
I used Boards many years ago. At the time, they used to run a league table of the “Most Thanked Posters” on the website.
For a long time, the league leader was Dr.Bollocko, one of the mods.
Then, one day, I overtook him by a few hundred votes.
The next day, he permabanned my account for a post I made two years previously.. he must’ve spent the whole day searching through my post history looking for something he could ban me for.
Needless to say, I haven’t used Boards since.
Its interesting how they can clearly see how anti trans trolling is being orchastrated. I dont know how posters like that cant make better use of their lives.
I’m not a mod on Boards but I recognise several of those usernames and it’s not “arbitrary”, some of those users are the most consistently inflammatory trolls on the site.
I’ve no issue with mods commiserating with each other while they do an absolutely thankless job.
I’m sure the mods here have a groupchat of some kind also, it just wouldn’t appear in a search because the Reddit infrastructure is so much better.
God there’s a few names there I remember from my own boards.ie days. Don’t miss the place, don’t envy the mods when it comes to no-lifers who troll and nothing else.
I didn’t use Boards much but I left completely years ago when they moved the site overseas and it turned out they were no longer GDPR compliant. They are a data breach waiting to happen. I’m really surprised that the site is even still a thing.
Looked through a few and to me it pretty much looks like what I would expect mods discussing bans to look like.
This is bigger than Watergate!
Wait till you find out about /r/irelandgoneprivate
I was expecting to be outraged, but then I saw the names of the posters being talked about and yeah, its most of the biggest cunts around.
It’s actually good to know that the mods can see it too.
Anyone remember Mr. Fegelein? Good times.
Was looking at that ‘someone who you inexplicably can’t stand’ thread and saw that a victim of assault (Natasha O’Brien) and a victim of rape (Nikita Hand) were featured in it.
Whatever about Baz or Vogue or some mildly annoying TV persona, that’s a bit WTF.
Given they’re referencing AH, it’s likely the users have been twats and eejits
Is it causing havoc? Let’s be real, the perpetually enraged, narcissistic little Helen Lovejoys, of which there are many, will be shrieking about bias, slights and conspiracies come what may.
Some people really need to get a real hobby or two.
I feel let down. Was looking for something inflammatory. All the excitement of a Tuesday morning meeting.
So uh, where’s the conspiracy here? Like I’ve taken a look through all the screenshots and I’m not seeing any attempts or comments to arbitrarily ban people?
It’s mods discussing users causing issues, trolling, hassle and to keep an eye on them. Pretty normal stuff I’d say really.
edit: Which of the people mentioned are you OP?
They’re fairly accurate in the desciptions of some of the users, there’s two of them I’d put on mute for being utter head melts.
Boards is an absolute shithole. Used to be a great spot now it’s practically unusable.
Let me guess, the aforementioned nightmares in question are having a massive hissy fit in the Feedback Forum as we speak.
Conspire to arbitrarily ban users? That’s not what those screenshots show at all. If anything, it shows them being hesitant to do so, telling each other to “keep an eye on this one now”, or issuing private warnings instead of taking action.
The hostility towards forum mods is absurd. Everyone wants forums to be curated and friendly, yet God forbid people try to make such a space.
You don’t want an unmoderated forum.
Wow, this is such a serious matter. We better get the new government set up before Christmas so we can sort this humanitarian tragedy out.
*thinks about the private DMs with my colleagues which are bitching about the company and other colleagues*
O dear
I’ve not been on boards in years. I was there before it was boards.ie. But this all seems pretty reasonable for the same names popping up. If your just your average user you are t going to be showing up ok the mods boards.
Hell if you think this is bad. There used to be hidden boards on there for select members. Not just admins. I do miss boards beers though. Different times 
As a mod on twitch this doesn’t surprise me and sounds totally normal, if you’re a regular cunt people take notice. I can only imagine the kind of shite people would be spouting on a forum like that.
The best ever thread on boards was when some fella found a safe in his garden and was trying to get it open. It was attracting a lot of posts over a weekend and was a bit of craic. Some then muppet mod jumped in and closed the thread because they did not believe it was true.
That was typical boards mod behaviour. Over the top, self centred and controlling.
Much of a muchness really. Do you think the mods aren’t going to discuss posters they frequently have issues with? Not sure what the shock is tbh.
What search phrase is being used to bring up these posts?
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