Guburnor wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:54 pm Can everybody please remember not to be a dick? thanks.

Can everybody please remember not to be a dick? thanks.

Can everybody please remember not to be a dick? thanks.

jmayo thought he was being funny, kadman did not. They've both said their piece.

Can we all just leave it at that as kadman suggests?

I know that forums and message boards are very old fashioned in 2024 and nobody under 35 uses them but it's a pity that this place is such a ghost town, it seems a lot more friendly than the "other place" indeed it would probably be busier here if we were allowed mock the "other plac...

Hi John, welcome to GUBU, as you're new here you may not be aware that all discussion of boards.ie is banned, precisely to avoid this type of post/thread. Have a search for previous threads and you'll find the reasoning explained in detail.
Cheers

I do wonder if that decision would still have to be made if there was more active moderation, obviously that would also entail getting more help. It’s clear that gubunor puts a lot of work and time and probably money into the site but being active all the time is impossible. Sometimes those dispute...

You know when you claim you smell bullshyte, you really probably do. It is coming out of your own mouth. As another now departed poster said to your previously, try and find anywhere where someone could describe me as left wing. The more I see of your posts the more I reckon you haven't a bollocks ...

jmayo wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:33 pm So she was a troll because you didn't agree with her?

So I guess I should call you a troll ?

I understand you don't agree with the ban, and that's fine, but please don't get into a row with other posters over it.

I’ve reread it several times and I am genuinely at a loss to see how my posts in that thread warranted any kind of sanction at all, Yes sex trafficking is a vile sick “industry” and should be stopped or prevented. As I noted previous studies (from Ruhama themselves and others) have shown that these...

A deeply disturbing response I have to say. Reread the post in the thread lock you are complaining about, the hint I refer to is there: I'm locking this thread for the simple reason I find the direction it has taken to be pretty distasteful to say the least. If some posters can take a hint from tha...

I believe that the post discussing sex trafficking in Ireland was closed wrongly. The decision to close it on the grounds that “it went in a direction we didn’t like” is against free and open discussion. It smacks of “you’re not agreeing with the right point of view”. The one thing that puts this s...

I'm locking this thread for the simple reason I find the direction it has taken to be pretty distasteful to say the least.

If some posters can take a hint from that, and adjust accordingly, that would be very helpful.

Generalised stereotyping I will grant you serves no one GENERALLY but we must ask questions and not be afraid of baseless accusations of racism to point out where issues are developing. Some largely immigrant communities across Europe are the hotbed of terrorism and other heinous crimes, and ignori...

RogerMoore wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:25 am They are known for spinning some yarns those Africans.

MOD NOTE: This crosses a line that has been pushed to it's limits recently. Can everybody please rein it in a bit with the edgy posting styles?

PlaneSpeeking wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:58 am It's a vile story - but it starts with a lie and continues further on. I have genuinely never heard a so called refugee's story that has a complete ring of truth around it and this is no different.

What is the lie here in your opinion?

gugleguy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:03 am Oh they'll stay well behind the scenes.
The same cohort fund the angry dáil protesters too you'll find.

MOD NOTE: Please don't quote people and then edit their posts in quotes. It is very dickish to say the least.

RogerMoore wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 9:51 am What's the story with a 6 KB limit on the avatar ?
I mean seriously ? it's not 1994 ...

It was 6kb out of the box. I guess it is planning for thousands of members uploading avatars, not a problem we have yet.

Your avatar is looking smart though.

If using something as an example of ridiculous levels of pointless censorship then gets censored I do believe I’ve made my point. I would argue more users are happy to be able to mention it than not. Your post was just a whinge about boards modding. It had zero relevance to this thread. Can you ple...

Can we have a blanket one day ban on anyone using the hackneyed phrase “so what you’re saying is …” followed by what they think you’re saying, rather that what you actually did. It’s well used by people who troll and are incapable of understanding an argument. Sorry, but we're not going to go down ...

The "hate site" moniker I presume comes from all the anti foreigner stuff rather than anything to do with discussing boards. The hate site thing I suspect does come from the hate levelled at boards and it's posters to be honest. But if it is stem from allowing other opinions on immigratio...

I believe most people were looking for the ability to have conversations without censorship, while still being boardslike. Exactly the reason this site was formed. So posters could have good natured, reasonable and rational discussions on a wide range of subjects with differing points of view witho...

My only advice to the owner- this site would have been long gone or down to a few trainspotters if it wasn’t for that Boards thread. It’s the raison d'être (French) of the site. I'd rather cater to a handful of trainspotters than a plethora of people giving out about boards. It was locked precisely...

We are all big enough and ugly enough to know that outright abuse, doxxing, too much idle gossip isn’t ok. The accusations of doxxing were ridiculous, that never happened, but the problem was and the reason thread locked is that when it comes to the topic of boards there are just too many posters w...

I'm very sad to see that it appears the Guburnator is following down the same route as boards by censoring discussion. It started with editing posts and snipping any mention of users (including admins) from planks. It's a joke and not why most of us joined here. Why is this happening? Almost all th...

I'm very sad to see that it appears the Guburnator is following down the same route as boards by censoring discussion. It started with editing posts and snipping any mention of users (including admins) from planks. It's a joke and not why most of us joined here. Why is this happening? Almost all th...