Popular Post GinBoy2 Posted December 10, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/8/2018 at 11:23 PM, marko kok prong said: Agree,there was a time when anything i posted was attacked by mainly 3 posters who no longer post on here,this in turn led me to become as bad as i should have ignored them,so i stopped using tvf for about 6 months. I think now the forum is a lot calmer and friendlier than it was. There was a time back during the coup when there were a hard core, of what I still believe were shills, who basically attacked anything, and anyone they could conceive of as being anti junta. They seem to have vanished for the most part, probably because they were shills! The apologists still reside on mass, reacting with vitriol to anything that they perceive to be anti Thai. I actually feel sorry for them, since I personally think they are hiding rather deeper issues...a bit like the closet Gay who goes Gay Bashing! But what I lament however is the apparent loss of the more middle of the road posters. The long stayers who recognized Thailand for what it is, still liked living in Thailand though, who could actually have fairly reasoned comment, based on their having lived in Thailand a long time. I fear they are the ones who have either exited Thailand and never, for whatever reason, want to comment again, or have found another, perhaps more welcoming forum to frequent. For transparency, I did tire of they place, and went home, with my Thai wife. Now I enjoy my vacations at our house in Thailand, but I still retain an interest in the place and the fate of the people, through its various travails 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rc2702 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 It does look like a drop off but it could also be a lot of threads before restarted due to issues with long serving threads. You will not get notifications of new posts and your notifications will be less and that makes it look like a downturn. It does appear many have flew the coop though just from looking at a lot of previously popular threads such as POTY and the pub section has just been destroyed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinBoy2 Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Rc2702 said: It does look like a drop off but it could also be a lot of threads before restarted due to issues with long serving threads. You will not get notifications of new posts and your notifications will be less and that makes it look like a downturn. It does appear many have flew the coop though just from looking at a lot of previously popular threads such as POTY and the pub section has just been destroyed. Yeah, it just doesn't seem as much fun as it used to be with a lot of the old long ter posters, POTY etc type stuff There was always the bitchin and sniping, but that could be balanced against some of the other fun stuff. That's what seems to have gone, sadly! Edited December 11, 2018 by GinBoy2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmen Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 There was a time back during the coup when there were a hard core, of what I still believe were shills, who basically attacked anything, and anyone they could conceive of as being anti junta. They seem to have vanished for the most part, probably because they were shills! The apologists still reside on mass, reacting with vitriol to anything that they perceive to be anti Thai. I actually feel sorry for them, since I personally think they are hiding rather deeper issues...a bit like the closet Gay who goes Gay Bashing! But what I lament however is the apparent loss of the more middle of the road posters. The long stayers who recognized Thailand for what it is, still liked living in Thailand though, who could actually have fairly reasoned comment, based on their having lived in Thailand a long time. I fear they are the ones who have either exited Thailand and never, for whatever reason, want to comment again, or have found another, perhaps more welcoming forum to frequent. For transparency, I did tire of they place, and went home, with my Thai wife. Now I enjoy my vacations at our house in Thailand, but I still retain an interest in the place and the fate of the people, through its various travailsLike closet gays? What the.... F.... Are you talking about? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post alex8912 Posted December 13, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2018 New posters don’t feel welcomed or are just accused of tons of crap by certain posters who somehow can’t grasp they are legitimate newbies. How can any world survive without newbies? Yet many long timers are well...... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post alex8912 Posted December 13, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2018 3 minutes ago, madmen said: On 12/11/2018 at 5:48 AM, GinBoy2 said: There was a time back during the coup when there were a hard core, of what I still believe were shills, who basically attacked anything, and anyone they could conceive of as being anti junta. They seem to have vanished for the most part, probably because they were shills! The apologists still reside on mass, reacting with vitriol to anything that they perceive to be anti Thai. I actually feel sorry for them, since I personally think they are hiding rather deeper issues...a bit like the closet Gay who goes Gay Bashing! But what I lament however is the apparent loss of the more middle of the road posters. The long stayers who recognized Thailand for what it is, still liked living in Thailand though, who could actually have fairly reasoned comment, based on their having lived in Thailand a long time. I fear they are the ones who have either exited Thailand and never, for whatever reason, want to comment again, or have found another, perhaps more welcoming forum to frequent. For transparency, I did tire of they place, and went home, with my Thai wife. Now I enjoy my vacations at our house in Thailand, but I still retain an interest in the place and the fate of the people, through its various travails Like closet gays? What the.... F.... Are you talking about? His analogy was spot on. What don’t you get about it? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cornishcarlos Posted December 13, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2018 I log in maybe once or twice a week now, just to see if there has been an election yet !!! Actually I just got bored with the whole forum set up and content... It's still worth a browse but only an occasional comment. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinBoy2 Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 4 hours ago, cornishcarlos said: I log in maybe once or twice a week now, just to see if there has been an election yet !!! Actually I just got bored with the whole forum set up and content... It's still worth a browse but only an occasional comment. I think you are possibly part of the TVF demographic that I think has gone AWOL. It's sorta lost a lot of the fun, and your demographic along with what I think is an erosion of the overall expat community, it's death by a thousand cuts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 7 hours ago, madmen said: On 12/11/2018 at 5:48 AM, GinBoy2 said: There was a time back during the coup when there were a hard core, of what I still believe were shills, who basically attacked anything, and anyone they could conceive of as being anti junta. They seem to have vanished for the most part, probably because they were shills! The apologists still reside on mass, reacting with vitriol to anything that they perceive to be anti Thai. I actually feel sorry for them, since I personally think they are hiding rather deeper issues...a bit like the closet Gay who goes Gay Bashing! But what I lament however is the apparent loss of the more middle of the road posters. The long stayers who recognized Thailand for what it is, still liked living in Thailand though, who could actually have fairly reasoned comment, based on their having lived in Thailand a long time. I fear they are the ones who have either exited Thailand and never, for whatever reason, want to comment again, or have found another, perhaps more welcoming forum to frequent. For transparency, I did tire of they place, and went home, with my Thai wife. Now I enjoy my vacations at our house in Thailand, but I still retain an interest in the place and the fate of the people, through its various travails Like closet gays? What the.... F.... Are you talking about? I think he means the Thai apologists are in reality closet Thais ....... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Whatsa Thai apologist.....?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Can't seem to find the 2018 POTY, has it started yet...? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post starky Posted December 16, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2018 Let's be honest since it changed hands the whole forum has dropped off substantially. Much stricter rules on what you can and can't post makes for a very vanilla forum. Pretty boring ...Not sure what's going on with bringing up old posts surely people aren't commenting on them. Just on the first page of pub today I see 3 OPS that are more than 2 years old and one from back in 2007. 5 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starky Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 On 12/14/2018 at 3:06 AM, cornishcarlos said: I log in maybe once or twice a week now, just to see if there has been an election yet !!! Actually I just got bored with the whole forum set up and content... It's still worth a browse but only an occasional comment. That's the truth. Well said 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post metisdead Posted December 16, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, starky said: Let's be honest since it changed hands the whole forum has dropped off substantially. Much stricter rules on what you can and can't post makes for a very vanilla forum. Pretty boring ...Not sure what's going on with bringing up old posts surely people aren't commenting on them. Just on the first page of pub today I see 3 OPS that are more than 2 years old and one from back in 2007. Quote Not sure what's going on with bringing up old posts surely people aren't commenting on them. Just on the first page of pub today I see 3 OPS that are more than 2 years old and one from back in 2007. It is not the Thai Visa forum doing that, you can thank for regurgitating old topics, hover your mouse over that i in the circle and the will show up in the upper right hand corner: I've been clicking on some of those, some as old as 2005, why the old topics are not archived is not known, I've been closing the old topics as I find them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 11 minutes ago, starky said: Let's be honest since it changed hands the whole forum has dropped off substantially. Much stricter rules on what you can and can't post makes for a very vanilla forum. Pretty boring The rules about what you can and cannot say have not become stricter recently , infact they have become more lenient . You say say anything you like , just don't call people names , don't go off topic and dont have a long running argument . You say anything you like (No need to mention the one subject that is off-limits) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Just remember, everybody agreed to abide by the Forum Rules when they signed on to this forum, if any member does not abide by the forum rules, the offending member will be warned. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talahtnut Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 On 12/7/2018 at 5:45 PM, transam said: Indeed it has...Perhaps because I will not be precipitating this year so no fun or mud slinging at myself to chew over...???? And where's the Old hippy? I haven't seen him precipitating for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew Dwyer Posted December 16, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2018 And where's the Old hippy? I haven't seen him precipitating for ages.I think the ongoing connecting issues have caused quite a few members to call it a day !! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Troll comment removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 On 12/7/2018 at 12:39 AM, GinBoy2 said: That being said, there seems to have been, at least anecdotally a tail off in member posts, especially the dearth of long time posters. Could be that many of the old time posters have died ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 1 minute ago, sanemax said: Could be that many of the old time posters have died ? And many in true christian fashion are "resurrected" into a new forum life ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 On 12/7/2018 at 5:30 AM, faraday said: In my opinion, it's to do with the 'subject we can't discuss'. The Thai Royal Family and TV Moderation are the only subjects that cannot be discussed And you can understand the reasoning , the first one for legal reasons and the second one is because it would just be endless " He called me a tvvat two years ago and it didnt get deleted , I called him a tvvat yesterday and its still there , its not fair" posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 On 12/14/2018 at 6:11 AM, GinBoy2 said: I think you are possibly part of the TVF demographic that I think has gone AWOL. It's sorta lost a lot of the fun, and your demographic along with what I think is an erosion of the overall expat community, it's death by a thousand cuts! TV forums are a reflection of Thailand these days . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadilo Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 38 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said: I think the ongoing connecting issues have caused quite a few members to call it a day !! Agree. It’s so laborious and time consuming trying to look at different threads. Kills off any interest after a while 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 8 minutes ago, Kadilo said: Agree. It’s so laborious and time consuming trying to look at different threads. Kills off any interest after a while I find that its just a bit slow on the hour and half past the hour , other than that , its quick enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 1 hour ago, sanemax said: The rules about what you can and cannot say have not become stricter recently , infact they have become more lenient . You say say anything you like , just don't call people names , don't go off topic and dont have a long running argument . You say anything you like (No need to mention the one subject that is off-limits) Definitely not my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Spidey Posted December 16, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2018 Just now, sanemax said: I find that its just a bit slow on the hour and half past the hour , other than that , its quick enough Definitely not my experience. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kadilo Posted December 16, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2018 Just now, Spidey said: Definitely not my experience. Nor mine. Seems irrelevant to what time it is. Just generally crap 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumak Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 9:43 PM, CharlieH said: This is the second time this has to be posted, you know the rules, you have said as much in your posts, please do not persist or it will result in closure. Wouldn't it be great if every guy who was getting the BS from his gf said that ? And even better, walked the walk ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partington Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 2 hours ago, faraday said: The first reason I agree with. The second...hmm. Some people post extremely seditious things, at times personal. I retaliated, & well I don't think I'm permitted to explain. Try looking up the word "seditious" mate. It means the exact opposite of what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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