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Removed a post that intentionally misspelled a person's name.

View this quiz Emergencies! How well do you know how to deal with common emergencies? Submitter cdnvic Type One Right Answer Time 5 minutes Total Questions 10 Category General Knowledge Submitted 01/11/2025  

Actually, according to our data at the time it was mostly coming from Thai and other regional (Singapore, Cambodia, Burma, etc) IP addresses. There already existed many places to discuss world news, but not among other expats in the region. Many news stories had a different perspective for expats than it did for people back home. Pensions for instance. A minor change in the UK for instance might have an outsized effect to expats in Thailand because of exchange rates. Many people who lived in Thailand had homes and investments back home, as well as family who were affected by events there. There's also a considerable number of people who live in Thailand, but work on contracts abroad, particularly in the petroleum industry.

At one time, back in the Thaivisa days it was only Thai news, but overwhelming demand from members changed that. We couldn't take down what was "off topic" world news content as fast as people were posting it, so we gave in to what was a clear demand. It's sectioned off from the Thai news though, so nobody's forced to read through it if they aren't interested.

Removed a troll post and replies to it.

Removed a personal attack, and fixed misspellings in the topic title.

Removed several posts discussing a member's personal information.

Removed some off topic posts.

Removed some insults and other personal attacks. I understand this is a highly emotional issue but I'm asking everyone to refrain from attacking each other.

A racist post was removed.

Everyone is welcome here. It isn't your place to say who is and isn't. Kindly stop doing so.

Removed an off topic personal argument. The participants will be next.

Airline fatalities are around 10% of what they were in the 90s. https://asn.flightsafety.org/statistics/period/stats.php Compared to the 70s, fatalities are almost non-existent. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/aviation-fatalities-per-million-passengers

Getting tired of people using the report button for things that can be dealt with by presenting a counter-argument. As I've said a zillion time, moderators are not here to fight your battles. Saying things you disagree with or being "wrong" are not against the rules.

Removed posts that discussed non-medical/informational subject matter. This is not the place to discuss the political, or social aspects of abortion.

Removed a couple posts. Normally when someone insults another member, then reports that person for responding, we'll suspend the first one for causing the problem in the first place. But it's Christmas so I'll just warn them both to stop it.

All members are free to discuss all subjects, so long as they stay within the rules.

One insulting post was removed.

Removed a number of posts for: Commenting on moderation. Name calling. Posts that made otherwise valid information, but also ridiculed or laughed at others. This is an informational thread that's valuable to a great many readers. We won't hesitate to remove those who ruin that value with their petty childlike squabbles. If you can't participate without name calling and ridicule, your input is not welcome. UPDATE: Several people completely ignored this post and proceeded to do all of the above right after this warning and they have now been removed as promised. Zero tolerance for more of that behaviour.

Removed several inappropriate comments.

Removed some irrelevant posts.

Might I remind everyone that the rules still apply here and those incapable of having a conversation without insulting others can be excluded from the area? Some posts have been removed.

The forum rules still do apply here. The moderation is looser, the allowed subject matter is broader. For instance, you can post stuff here you can't in the health forum, but if you tell someone to inject a bleach solution, or call them an idiot for not doing it, your post is still getting removed at the very least. Think of this forum as being an after work pub. The formalities of the office are no longer there, but basic standards of decent behaviour are still expected. And yes, flat earth, hollow earth, alien overlords, and similar subjects are welcome here.

Removed a troll post.