It seems that Asean Now is nowhere near as busy as Thaivisa was? Was this rebranding a huge mistake? It seems there are very few contributors these days.

3,2,1

Moved to the Pub so everyone can relax and discuss this with a cool beverage. Or a cup of tea.

still better than mud slinging weak door or the limping Tiger ????

Everything changes, moves on, evolves.

Computers , the internet, social media all changed in the last 20 years, some for the better, others not so much.

 

If memory serves, this month will be the 20th anniversary of this forum.

 

 

 

21 minutes ago, CrossBones said:

It seems that Asean Now is nowhere near as busy as Thaivisa was?

I don't think that its much to do with the name or format .

Internet forums are quite dated and old fashioned now and on the decline , have been for about ten years now .

  Like  E-mails and things , technology moves on 

22 minutes ago, CrossBones said:

Was this rebranding a huge mistake?

IMHO the rebranding didn't cause the relative [wanted] exodus,  it just came with it. The next step would be to take the Elon Musk approach.

1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

I don't think that its much to do with the name or format .

Internet forums are quite dated and old fashioned now and on the decline , have been for about ten years now .

  Like  E-mails and things , technology moves on 

Not always for the better- look at Tik Tok????

7 minutes ago, proton said:

Not always for the better- look at Tik Tok????

Yeah, fastest growing platform, out performed Facebook, which is now dying, and Tiktok has over 1 billion users and growing.

Things change, new players emerge.

Natural attrition?

 

Given the average age of posters here - 70+ ? - likelihood some have passed away, apart from the obvious age-related reason we've had two years of Covid impact.

 

Also aware of long-term expats who returned to their home countries at the beginning of Covid and did not return. 

 

 

29 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Everything changes, moves on, evolves.

Computers , the internet, social media all changed in the last 20 years, some for the better, others not so much.

 

If memory serves, this month will be the 20th anniversary of this forum.

 

 

 

Good Heavens!  I joined this forum only about 1 month after it started!  (Suddenly I feel rather old...)

Just now, simon43 said:

Good Heavens!  I joined this forum only about 1 month after it started!  (Suddenly I feel rather old...)

Likewise ! 12 years a Mod here, theres a core Mod/Admins have been here since those early days too.

34 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Everything changes, moves on, evolves.

Computers , the internet, social media all changed in the last 20 years, some for the better, others not so much.

 

If memory serves, this month will be the 20th anniversary of this forum.

 

Hey Chaz the motorbike forum use to be screaming with abuse and was let go, shame because bikers do lay into one another it was only good fun banta over the top Yeah but meeting up or on keyboard OK. 

 

The do's and don't a bit rigid in my opinion but still, plenty of good posts and helpful information from the members...

 

Without Ubon Joe - close it down.......

50 minutes ago, proton said:

Not always for the better- look at Tik Tok????

Spot on. One of the worst things to happen to civilization and popular culture in a very long time. Along with Twitter and Instagram, these (fame seeking) platforms are dumbing down society, and helping form a netizen victim culture. Also, when you give ignorant people like Kyrie and Kanye a platform, they will misbehave and say dumb stuff. Social media is not a step forward for mankind.

 

(This forum excepted, lol).

8 minutes ago, Pmbkk said:

 

Without Ubon Joe - close it down.......

You forgot Sheryl and Crossy.

I think it's because of some of the newish poster's on here... argumentative, pedantic, and bickering put people off replying... I see an interesting topic but I don't bother scrolling through 30 rubbish posts by the same person to see one post that is , entertaining,informative or amusing...

The whole internet has also changed since smart phones came into existence .

   Previously you would get home in the evening and go on the internet on a home computer , its was a thing to do .

   These days ,many people are online all the time on their smart phones and not much effort goes into their posts .

2 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

The whole internet has also changed since smart phones came into existence .

   Previously you would get home in the evening and go on the internet on a home computer , its was a thing to do .

   These days ,many people are online all the time on their smart phones and not much effort goes into their posts .

True, mobile users have long since surpassed the pc user of the net.

 

"92.1% of internet users access the internet using a mobile phone. There are approximately 4.32 billion active mobile internet users "

 

Source

46 minutes ago, ezzra said:

helpful information from the member

thank you ezzra ....  your so kind.

The generation moves with whatever is in trend ....  and that means LINE & what app & Facebook & Tik Toc 

The young generation won't use forums like TV/AN that's for sure ....   they like LINE.  

1 hour ago, proton said:

still better than mud slinging weak door or the limping Tiger ????

Ffff door. Non stop swearing.

9 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

True, mobile users have long since surpassed the pc user of the net.

 

"92.1% of internet users access the internet using a mobile phone. There are approximately 4.32 billion active mobile internet users "

 

Source

Monks on train today playing with smart phones. Sms to Buddha.

15 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

The whole internet has also changed since smart phones came into existence .

   Previously you would get home in the evening and go on the internet on a home computer , its was a thing to do .

   These days ,many people are online all the time on their smart phones and not much effort goes into their posts .

That begpacker one used to be busy.

29 minutes ago, Martin71 said:

I think it's because of some of the newish poster's on here... argumentative, pedantic, and bickering put people off replying... I see an interesting topic but I don't bother scrolling through 30 rubbish posts by the same person to see one post that is , entertaining,informative or amusing...

Speak for yourself .

I feel rather disappointed when I see that a trolling comment has been removed , like, I missed it ???? 

6 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Speak for yourself .

I feel rather disappointed when I see that a trolling comment has been removed , like, I missed it ???? 

Depends if witty or just rubbish.

I think its down to members expectations some people post a question on here and expect instant answers

Its like they assume that forum members have nothing else to do other than answer their questions which some of the questions are so vague its impossible to answer or the question is a general question where the answer can easily be found by doing a search on the internet

25 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Depends if witty or just rubbish.

But if it gets deleted before you see it, you never know.  I'm always disappointed to follow a mod in 5 minutes after a clean up.

 

2 hours ago, proton said:

still better than mud slinging weak door or the limping Tiger ????

YES!!!!!!!!!!! 

 

Yes. 

 

 

No comparison. 

 

We got class. 

 

Also, Tigger, at Tiger, the Old Baldy, is not smart enough to appreciate the IRONY he is always harping about. 

 

He loves house cats. 

House cats are not tigers. 

 

And, satire, irony, and truly intellectually biting humor is just beyond Old Baldy.