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Just now, poohy said:

Simple, use a VPN

Except for the fact that using a VPN to access blocked content is illegal. So your evil  plan has already been foiled. :)

I am afraid to give a like on this...

it is readily accessible sometimes if you do a google search and enter from the site from the search. Same principle as circumventing pay walls I guess.

Just now, Dazinoz said:

Was in Black Canyon the other day and relatively young husband and wife with her mum i think having coffee. Mum and daughter on mobiles, husband had 2 one above the other. I don't think I heard a word spoken the time they were there. 

Perhaps they were busy online posting something equally as fascinating as this? We are doing exactly the same thing online right now. 

3 minutes ago, mark01 said:

They've been pushing more and more for people to post only "happy Thai posts".

They really can't deal with anything seen as "negative" against them.

 

I would like to see the international and domestic response if they do stop FB.

I'm sure it won't be Happy press!!

That's simply not true. Find a farang with their feet up and post it. 

1 minute ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

FWIW, my Thai wife used to be big into Facebook as a means of connecting with her local friends and work colleagues, sharing photos and posts, etc etc.  All totally non-political and strictly social, girly kind of stuff.

 

But then in the past few months, for reasons I'm not clear on, she seems to have shifted pretty much entirely to Instagram. Maybe she went thru her FB phase and now is into her IG phase, dunno. But perhaps it's also because, I gather, Instagram is more of a visual, photo-centric platform whereas Facebook perhaps has more of a textual element along with its photos and videos. And Lord knows, looking at photos and video clips is probably a more popular pastime here than actually reading and writing.

 

FB is more for older people these days. The cool kids have all migrated to Snapchat. 

3 minutes ago, eggers said:

Yes, same in all countries....faces buried in phones, zero conversations.... posting selfies, food & other inane images. 

They most likely are having a conversation. Just with somebody else somewhere else and not you. I was laughing at a thread the other day about some guy complaining about massage boys staring at their phones.

Can you imagine? You have the shitty job of being a gay masseuse and now some old guy wants you to pay him attention and flirt. Sometimes they use FB out of self defense. 

2 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

I would give him two weeks to pay, tell him that if the moneys is not forth coming in that time, tell him he had better move to another part of Thailand as you will keep on making his life a misery,  there are plenty of ways to do this, just use your imagination.

Why not leave a horses head on his bed one night?

When people use a VPN to watch Pornhub doesn't it report them being outside of Thailand? 

Just now, lovelomsak said:

I was hopeful it would happen then maybe I could see more than just the top of my wife's head because she always has her head down checking facebook.

Wouldn't she just go back to ignoring you using Thai soap operas? 

Just now, jimster said:

So it's still pushing ahead with this single internet gateway thing?

 

What would this mean to accessibility of online content? So far, except for very, very limited banned content everything I search for is available in Thailand (fortunately) including content that is or may be restricted in some European countries, for example.

They thought up the single gateway awhile back. This was their first choice of options but there was a lot of opposition to the idea and it got shelved. This is what second prize looks like if they ban FB. The first choice was to control the entire net. If they could get away with it they would.

However as another poster mentioned Thailand has basically no tech resources of their own so people realized if Thailand was togo it alone there would be very little online of any worth. 

Just now, Stevemercer said:

I think the government wants access blocked to 100 pages, or about 0.001% of FB's content. It seems a bit heavy handed to threaten to penalise 99.999% of fair dinkum Thai users because the government can't control 0.0001% of the content.

The percentage of content blocked is of no consequence. The government wants to dictate to FB what they can and can not make available. It isn't about a few off color pages but the premise that the Thai government can enforce Thailand's laws on global corporations. This is why FB would rather close down in Thailand than bow down.

1 minute ago, jimster said:

Well I think the commenters were simply referring to the fact that too many Thai people are obsessed with FB and it's kinda getting ridiculous. Whatever one thinks about FB, there's certainly more to life than wasting time on that social media network. I have a FB account but have all but stopped using it, in fact I'm considering shutting down my account and I think my life will be better without it. A small number of Thai friends I have spoken to are the same - even one friend whose business website has more likes than many multinational companies (yes it was hard to believe at first, but it's true) rarely uses her personal FB account these days, preferring Instragram and LINE, while her boyfriend has, like me, essentially stopped using it.

 

However, of course I don't think FB should be banned, except if it was proven to be subversive in nature or a threat to national security, which obviously it isn't.

 

I believe there was massive opposition to the single gateway you describe, I thought this proposal has been abandoned?

The thing is that it isn't just Thais. The fact people are online on social media talking about Thais and their internet obsession, seems to be an irony lost on many.

The single gateway was abandoned as far as I know. However if they do ban FB (which I highly doubt) it is a slippery slope leaning towards putting the gateway in place. this proposal won't work because Thailand can not enforce it's laws on the global community at large. In this sense it would be easier for the junta to make a single gateway.

2 minutes ago, nikmar said:

So now I have to post pics of my dinner here!!!

There is a food porn thread on this site where you can do exactly that. I know it is hard to believe but food is a subject many people are interested in. If you hadn't noticed there are many books, TV shows  and publications and websites dedicated to food.

It's not like people would ever look on tripadvisor to see what people had for dinner when looking for a restaurant.

1 minute ago, Prbkk said:

Isn't there a saying along the lines of: never say anything on the net or in an email that you wouldn't want on the front page of the paper. Same applies to Facebook and also to how one presents in public at the risk of being caught on camera. These fights on airplanes are just one example.

It is a little different when you aren't saying anything wrong or immoral yet could be prosecuted for it. Many people say things in real life they are afraid to put online. So it can be actually backwards of what you are saying. 

Love the posters who are gleeful that this might irritate Thais. i hope those same people will eat their words when they are "protected" by the single gateway and they lose google, wikipedia, youtube and some of their favorites. 

Be careful what you wish for you might find yourself lacking a place online to post smug comments if they implement any of this ever. I would also bet more posters here use FB than would like to admit it. Because slagging off FB is so original and edgy these days.

Just now, petedk said:

They don't want a revolution on their hands.

What on earth would Thai people do without Facebook?

Talk together???
 

Funny how people say Thai people. Have you been to other countries lately? It is the same everywhere. 

The junta finally bumped into somebody with more power and influence in Thailand than they have. 100% certain FB doesn't back down and the junta never mentions this again afterwards.

5 minutes ago, newnative said:

117 pages of scare-mongering, useless speculation, totally incorrect information posted, wild guesses, etc., etc. and at the end of it nothing has changed for retirees.

Yeah but this thread was good fun for a week before most people realized this.

22 hours ago, Rc2702 said:

I think someone used your meal as an ashtray. Dogs dinner that shocking but after a few vinos(gallons) I'm sure it goes down well. Enjoy thanks for sharing!!

It wasn't my best picture for sure. It still beats anything you ate in the past month.

Just now, RonniePickering22 said:

 

No I don't want to turn you into a pauper.

 

Some of us here have integrity.

That's why you are th good looking one. The rest will fall into place.

After 48 pages if JT hasn't found his retirement haven he isn't likely to. The value of this thread now is for people with more options to choose from or are less fussy. What do people think of somewhere like Nashville? 

I spent some time there and it was actually over all pretty nice. The weather can be a little cold for a place that far south. 

1 hour ago, RonniePickering22 said:

 

Well its not my restaurant so I don't really care.

 

Enjoy your inferior breakfasts! 

You know breakfasts, I have unlimited money. Would you go into business with me? You look like a fairly level headed honest lad. You can be the looks and i will be the brains of the outfit.

33 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

That's very brave of you !
Or maybe you don't know who Ronnie F****n Pickering is ?

After  a quick look on google and reading a bit about Ronnie Pickering I am a bit confused? What distinguishes him from the average Brit living over here? 

4 minutes ago, RonniePickering22 said:

 

I dunno why people are eating here for 390 Baht when I already told you where the best breakfast in Bangkok is served for 350 Baht.

 

I guess you all don't think I know what I'm talking about.

 

Amusing really keep posting about the poor food places.

 

Queen Vic's food in general is good but the one I posted is a truly bang on breakfast. 

Well we can end this thread now that we have your opinion on the matter.