what happened to this forum??

[cmtg1]

It's dull as dishwater now. The old posters seem to have fled to face book leaving boring same same people  to argue over why is 3BB so bad and equally boring topics. Face book seems to offer more precise areas to find answers to your questions with a minimal of cute answers. Too bad really. I think this entire Thai Visa shot itself in the foot

[Shoeless Joe]

Well if you don't like it, you know the answer...

 

Regards,

 

Joe

[colinneil]

OP you are not happy why?

Have you had a post deleted?

Has another member been critical of 1 of your posts?

Or maybe your wife is not keeping you happy

Stop being negative, your motto needs changing to ...Onwards and upwards.

[simoh1490]

The topics are all repetitive and somewhat stale, newer younger posters ask their question and then leave, older posters aren't interested in the staleness so they don't come in the first place. There was a decent discussion about pollution that was interesting but the imposed boundaries of that debate were too narrow so it died. There's also a seemingly unfettered level of trollism taking place currently that applies across the board, posters openly declaring how much they like trolling others and people with seriously bad attitudes that go unchecked, those things are a huge turn off, case in point, post number 2 above this one which serves no purpose other than to annoy people! I never thought I'd say it but I think I'm actually in favour of heavier moderation, we may have gone too far the other way now and that's why the activity volume is so low.   

Edited May 5, 2018 by simoh1490

[Thailand]

Maybe it's also because many people are now Internet/ forums savvy and can search for an answer to their questions from the hundreds of threads on the forums as a whole without having to make a post or even joining the forum and subsequently get derided by the many trolls?

 

[ezzra]

It's a FORUM for god sake, postres comes and go, no obligation here,

topics comes and go, all up the current mood of the economy and politics

politics situation, the requirement are to just behave yourself, and the

essence of a forum is that you get a mix of all kinds of people on it,

some we like some we don't, as for morerations, i think it's good enough

the way it is, you should see other  forums where where almost

any posting is allowed.....

[brewsterbudgen]

Maybe it's just something about Chiang Mai? The other local forums are great fun, especially the Pattaya one!

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[worgeordie]

I think the whole of ThaiVisa is a shadow of its former self.

regards worgeordie

[cmtg1]

3 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

I think the whole of ThaiVisa is a shadow of its former self.

regards worgeordie

I agree 100% even the idiotic and repetitive postings used to be mildly amusing or even infuriating but it added a certain flavour which is non existent now

[simoh1490]

5 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Maybe it's just something about Chiang Mai? The other local forums are great fun, especially the Pattaya one!

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Ten or fifteen years ago the forum seemed to comprise much larger numbers of expats, today there's a lot of transients and wannabees who know absolutely everything about Thailand. The expats had more interest in keeping the forum alive and interesting, many from the current mix seem to regard it as a place to ridicule residents and bash Thai's, God but that gets old fast.   

[meatboy]

I too have found big changes on here,toooooooooooo many interventions [adverts] have been putting me off.

it does seem the concerns of every day life we used to discus are very few if not any.

also I have found that some of the mods.have been letting newbies get away with most,that shouldn't be allowed.

[naboo]

When the mod tywais left (reason never given), ThaiVisa lost both an excellent mod and poster. 

 

That, combined with issues with ads, a changing demographic in the Chiang Mai community and the rise of Facebook groups, has left this place dry.

[cmtg1]

30 minutes ago, transam said:

You have insider info on the low turnout thingy...?

 

Tell me who has been treated like an imbecile by staff and I will give you my second opinion....

It has been such a long time that I was active that giving examples will be difficult, however I thought they they were flippant, way too cavalier in how they perceived a certain situation and often times abused their positions 

 

[BEVUP]

Well I still use the Forum as it does supply some good knowledge & keeps people up to date

 

BUT

 

* People come & ask for info & provide it, but from what I see you only need to get involved with the first 2 pages as it then turns into an argument fest 

* Or if their not arguing, they turn it into a private conversation, so as mentioned no real need to go any further then the 2 pages. That's if unless they have become Rocket Scientists, in the planning of some basic build information that was asked about

* Alot of Newbies (maybe Trolls ) with first post that never come back to their post after it ends up 10 pgs long

 

* OH! I just read a post that mentioned wannabees & ect - of course your going to get all that as it is a international Forum. But the bit mentioned about ONLY fulltime Expats being of any help/ect is another reason it turns out like the above

 

Edited May 6, 2018 by BEVUP

[BEVUP]

17 minutes ago, cmtg1 said:

I agree 100% even the idiotic and repetitive postings used to be mildly amusing or even infuriating but it added a certain flavour which is non existent now

I haven't seen that much change in the 2 yrs your been a member 

[transam]

26 minutes ago, naboo said:

When the mod tywais left (reason never given), ThaiVisa lost both an excellent mod and poster. 

 

That, combined with issues with ads, a changing demographic in the Chiang Mai community and the rise of Facebook groups, has left this place dry.

None of our business why a mod/member moves on, they have a life beyond TVF the same as all of us..

For sure on line media has moved on over the last decade, same as television now having a zillion channels, just progress where some may feel the pinch.

 

TVF is a commercial business, not a tin pot forum using third parties, in business to make money and provide chat space that costs you nothing....

[cmtg1]

15 minutes ago, BEVUP said:

I haven't seen that much change in the 2 yrs your been a member 

but I've been an observer far longer so don't jump to conclusions

[KittenKong]

Alot of Newbies (maybe Trolls ) with first post that never come back to their post after it ends up 10 pgs long

Some might suspect that those topics are started by admin rather than trolls.

[simoh1490]

1 minute ago, KittenKong said:

Some might suspect that those topics are started by admin rather than trolls.

[meatboy]

28 minutes ago, BEVUP said:

Well I still use the Forum as it does supply some good knowledge & keeps people up to date

 

BUT

 

* People come & ask for info & provide it, but from what I see you only need to get involved with the first 2 pages as it then turns into an argument fest 

* Or if their not arguing, they turn it into a private conversation, so as mentioned no real need to go any further then the 2 pages. That's if unless they have become Rocket Scientists, in the planning of some basic build information that was asked about

* Alot of Newbies (maybe Trolls ) with first post that never come back to their post after it ends up 10 pgs long

 

 

got to agree with BEV.i used to spend a lot of time in the pets section,now there is not the interest that we used to inform each other about,taking care and keeping our beloved's safe.

for yrs.there was always someone asking about bank interest rate's,most posts from EX CM.the past yr.if there's been a dozen posts,thats it.

some of the posting is SO obvious they have got to be TROLLERS.

I also found that facebook has taken over,apart from our resident health nurse,arjen,wildwilli89,and a few others who are willing to inform us with vital info I am afraid the forum has become a DAMP SQUIB

 

[metisdead]

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interesting take but i believe the the moderators treated us like imbeciles and children and that is the reason for such a low turnout.

 

This certainly is not a mature method in which to make a complaint about how things have transpired in the Chiang Mai forum.  

 

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