What happened to the forum?

[ThailandRyan]

Just now, Crossy said:

 

As noted earlier it's been removed.

 

Zooming Chrome to 125% helps a bit.

Yes back to what it was when they switched over, sad to see they just do not give a feces about a better viewing experience.

[Crossy]

2 minutes ago, poohy said:

Hmm same same really but china based that's concerning

 

Believe it or not ThaiVisa was registered in HK from day one (as Expat Network) however many years ago that was, the company changed to Tessanet when the forum was sold by George and has been ever since.

 

The only thing that's changed is that Tessanet is now on the forum copyright notice.

[ballpoint]

1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

 

  No I didnt fill it in , point is they tried to get peoples T.V usernames and may try again refuse people extensions 

Rubbish. There was a question asking what social media sites you used, which you could fill in or not, but they never asked for usernames.

[WineOh]

9 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

and Singapore is even more restrictive of speech than Thailand is.

Freedom House would suggest otherwise:

 

Singapore

Partly Free

48

100

	Thailand Not Free 30 100

Edited July 2, 2021 by WineOh

[Ralf001]

6 minutes ago, poohy said:

Hmm same same really but china based that's concerning

 

 

Been china registered for years.

[ArcticFox]

4 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I found it easier to read by changing theme bottom of screen next to Contact Us from theme AN-20210521 to Theme Copy of TV 20210323-4-5 

Some are more special than others. 

[tifino]

56 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

Dear Lord, please don't let the commie's buy Thai Friendly. 

well they can then Lend Lease the TF pretties, in a thai dubbed version of this:  chinese rap 

[KannikaP]

7 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

Believe it or not ThaiVisa was registered in HK from day one (as Expat Network) however many years ago that was, the company changed to Tessanet when the forum was sold by George and has been ever since.

 

The only thing that's changed is that Tessanet is now on the forum copyright notice.

That's the way Crossy....we all post in BOLD.   LOL

[Liverpool Lou]

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Edited July 2, 2021 by Liverpool Lou

[pkrv]

1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I can't see that option, where exactly do I find it?   This is what shows at the bottom of the page on my laptop....

It was there earlier and I was using it but has subsequently disappeared during the morning and now dropped me back into the new format.

[vinny41]

15 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Where exactly, which page?  Phone or laptop? 

This is all that is at the bottom of this page on my laptop...

• Contact Us

Copyright 2002 - 2021 ASEANNOW.com | Tessanet Limited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It would appear that someone is keen for everyone to use the new format as the option to revert back using the old theme has been removed

[ballpoint]

Just now, WineOh said:

Freedom House would suggest otherwise:

 

Singapore

Partly Free

48

100

Political Rights	19 40
Civil Liberties	29 60

The list of banned publications and jailed / bankrupted opposition leaders would suggest otherwise, as would its virtual monopoly media company, SPH, being controlled by the government.  Reporters without borders rates it 160th for press freedom, and Thailand 137th.

But off topic.

[NCC1701A]

I unfortunately just added a font changing extension to my Brave browser. 

 

now everything is in Arial. looks great. 

 

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/font-overwrite/efnhmidkajhnpdgfdpfnioiibmdjnkmn/related

 

Edited July 2, 2021 by NCC1701A

[ArcticFox]

1 hour ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

 

  Taking into consideration that the Thai authorities can block this website from access from within Thailand , I do feel that its in everyones interests to abide by Thai law

Let me introduce you to this three letter acronym:  V-P-N

[ivor bigun]

9 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

More to the point, does this mean all my previous bans have now reset to zero ? 

some  hope .signed _______

 

[poohy]

18 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

Believe it or not ThaiVisa was registered in HK from day one (as Expat Network) however many years ago that was, the company changed to Tessanet when the forum was sold by George and has been ever since.

 

The only thing that's changed is that Tessanet is now on the forum copyright notice.

But also Hong kong was 'relatively free" until very recently, anyway from other news of rampant covid i guess there are more important things to worry about

[ArcticFox]

1 hour ago, chalawaan said:

Setting up ANY company in Hong Kong, much less a media outlet for all of ASEAN, in 2021 is asking for a world of hurt, did we not just read about the fate of Hong Kong free-press newspaper Apple Daily?

 

I guess the upper management are cool with the cowed ASEAN way going forward?

 

What are they thinking?

 

Also, as the old TVN mods are based in Thailand, of course the government will arrest them under 112 for anything anyone says on here. 

 

One could probably go to the Phillippine site to complain about the unmentionable in LoS, but just don't expect the local users to be very happy at the incursion.

 

 

What's to worry about.  China will latch on to the information teats and milk it for what it's worth.  Then when the China-Taiwan reunification comes (along with a East-West regional war) the occupying forces will have a wealth of information regarding 'undesirables' within their midst.  Makes perfect sense.

[NCC1701A]

1 minute ago, ArcticFox said:

What's to worry about.  China will latch on to the information teats and milk it for what it's worth.  Then when the China-Taiwan reunification comes (along with a East-West regional war) the occupying forces will have a wealth of information regarding 'undesirables' within their midst.  Makes perfect sense.

yes you are totally correct. 

[faraday]

58 minutes ago, WineOh said:

and I will have another drink of (tea) shortly..

What biccies do you have with your tea?

[Liverpool Lou]

41 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

If all those opposed to it quit the forum, then something may be done.

Is it possible to quit, have all details, posts etc completely deleted?

No, it's not, they're not daft!

[ArcticFox]

58 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:

Definitely linked to Hong Kong now which is 100% overshadowed by the CCP.  Seems all part of the 100 year celebration yesterday. Going to contemplate staying on today, but logically it is almost time to bow out except for immigration info. I am not a computer expert by a long shot, but maybe logging in and using this site opens or will eventually open one up to a backdoor of an open CCP Pandora's box. Hopefully it doesn't secretly infect your computer. As we just read Taiwan recalled trade staff from Hong Kong as they were being forced to sign and swear allegiance to the Red monster. I didn't sign up for any part of the CCP and we should be allowed to now rescind our membership and have all info and posts deleted if we choose to go that route. It is one thing agreeing for a product, but it is another not being asked for our approval and switched to take another one. I don't use Alibaba anymore because I was sold off and hit hard by spam. Gonna be asking questions today and then next few days for the reality of what can happen now it has switched. Such a bummer!

Asean now may mean one road, one belt one Master, one set of rules.

What flavor of totalitarianism do you like?  Eastern or Western? My guess is the latter.  You haven't noticed that the West (a civilization in decline) is rolling out restrictions on "free speech" and "freedom of movement" and "freedom of expression" that in many ways more repressive than anything 2021 China is engaged in doing, or at least the same. China (a civilization on the rise) has gone through a highly repressive stage and has developed a system that is providing its citizens an increasingly better standard of life.  Very soon it will ellipse the West which is rapidly imploding.
If I had kids?  They'd be learning Manderin.
 

[Rampant Rabbit]

10 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Thai Quarantine

Asean  Now quarantine please, get with the program

[ArcticFox]

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

 

Believe it or not ThaiVisa was registered in HK from day one (as Expat Network) however many years ago that was, the company changed to Tessanet when the forum was sold by George and has been ever since.

 

The only thing that's changed is that Tessanet is now on the forum copyright notice.

Now, I can read that!  We should all write with "bold" switched on.

Edited July 2, 2021 by ArcticFox

[Rampant Rabbit]

3 minutes ago, ArcticFox said:

Very soon it will ellipse the West which is rapidly imploding.
If I had kids?  They'd be learning Manderin.
 

Just  hope their English is  better (insert hilariously  mocking emoticon here)

[Kerryd]

I wonder what George thinks about all of this........

[ArcticFox]

49 minutes ago, WineOh said:

Freedom House would suggest otherwise:

 

Singapore

Partly Free

48

100

	Thailand Not Free 30 100

Freedom House is a Western think-tank promoting a Western ideal that doesn't necessarily have its roots in reality (depending on the reality one ascribes to).
In its next edition of the most free countries in the world, they'll label Australia (a country which has locked its citizens within their border) a 100% "free" country.
Only countries which have been absorbed by the Western Borg-mind (Exceptional Hegamon Extraordinaire) will be labelled as "free" by Freedom House.  That reality is fungible.

Aldous Huxley had his fingers on the pulse of the kind of "freedom" that is being ushered onto the West, in this case in the name of "Covid-19" and later in the name of "man-made climate change" or whatever reality dejour is offered up as the causus belli of the day in the war to control the plebeians.

You'll own nothing and you'll be happy.
-coming soon compliments of your beatific task-masters at the World Economic Forum

That doesn't represent my vision of the future.  That looks like an Orwellian vision that will be rammed down our collective throats by force - but called "Freedom."

[chalawaan]

1 hour ago, NE1 said:

I have my browser set to dark mode, on a notebook, it helps a lot. The site viewed on my phone is a thematic mess.

 

[chalawaan]

2 minutes ago, chalawaan said:

I'm not sure how I just managed to post as NE1 who is another account! Maybe its Chinese Secret Police hackers have taken over my device already!

 

Edited July 2, 2021 by chalawaan

[ArcticFox]

40 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

yes you are totally correct. 

Scarily, probably so.  We beat Thais verbally for not being forward thinkers or seeing outside their own limited borders.
But in this case, my guess is that 99% of the expat members here can't see what is eventually coming. And it is coming!  If they could, most would probably leave. 
Me?  I have no problems with China.  Just the other side of the same coin.  (most can't see that either).

[EricTh]

I find the new fonts difficult to read.

 

Can the mod make the fonts darker and thicker so that it's easier to read.