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What has changed on AN since being acquired by The Tiger ?

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  • You've got something on the end of your nose. I'd give it a wipe if I were you.....

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    A lot more ‘new’ members posting daft subjects which appear deliberately placed to trigger a response…   Which is exactly what a forum is for, though I’m left cynical of the source poster, a

  • Not much at all  I think  apart from Bangkok Post being allowed now apart from that I can't comment  as it would break a forum rule and I might be sanctioned !

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Not much at all  I think  apart from Bangkok Post being allowed now

apart from that I can't comment  as it would break a forum rule and I might be sanctioned !

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Much better now and a big thanks to the moderator volunteers.

 

If I ever see you in real life I will buy you a beer.

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34 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Much better now and a big thanks to the moderator volunteers.

 

If I ever see you in real life I will buy you a beer.

You've got something on the end of your nose. I'd give it a wipe if I were you.....

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A lot more ‘new’ members posting daft subjects which appear deliberately placed to trigger a response…

 

Which is exactly what a forum is for, though I’m left cynical of the source poster, as are many others when I read the response, it seems…

 

i.e. Posted by JIM288 (2 posts to his name)

“I just moved here & met a girl in a bar in her first night, she note wants to move in with me…… “

 

3 minutes ago, Keeps said:

You've got something on the end of your nose. I'd give it a wipe if I were you.....


…. it’s called an empty scull….   💀
 

… or did you mean the other end of his nose ????  💩

 

 

3 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:


…. it’s called an empty scull….   💀
 

… or did you mean the other end of his nose ????  💩

 

 

The latter of the two....

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There was a burst of fake posters but I think they were surprised how easily identifiable they were and shunted away. Still a couple hanging in there I think. Hi Conan. The use of AI made for some pretty crappy weird articles but I feel that is better now.  The Soapbox section is fun and dominating in posts now - though  if not into politics may seem a pain. The quizzes are fun too. Seems like the Community Pub has a lot less posts and topics. Particularly since Bob left the building. Pity Owl went  as his post was a highlight but he does continue on the other site. 

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I must say i check it out  much less often ,just really skip through it in the morning ,it's like a security website I used to visit years ago ,used to be very busy ,and I got a lot of information from there ,called Wilders security forums ,now its dead as a doornail , 

 

There are a lot of lets say silly posts on here now ,which can be off putting,

 

regards woreordie  

 

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:


…. it’s called an empty scull….   💀
 

… or did you mean the other end of his nose ????  💩

 

 

Now now Little Dicky, dad always taught me if you don’t have anything nice to say then it is better to say nothing at all.

 

Obviosly you had a different style of parents. 
 

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Well one thing hasn't changed. Nobody agrees on anything. Some say it has become even more boring than before, others say the forum has been purged of its trolls,... Hmmm... Well. Thx for your thoughts, guys.

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The flurry of fake posts by 'newbies' was the first change, but that seems to have reduced after it was outed by members.

 

But I'm much less active now that the Trump vs Harris battle dominates the forum.

5 hours ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

There was a burst of fake posters but I think they were surprised how easily identifiable they were and shunted away. Still a couple hanging in there I think. Hi Conan. The use of AI made for some pretty crappy weird articles but I feel that is better now.  The Soapbox section is fun and dominating in posts now - though  if not into politics may seem a pain. The quizzes are fun too. Seems like the Community Pub has a lot less posts and topics. Particularly since Bob left the building. Pity Owl went  as his post was a highlight but he does continue on the other site. 

LOL 
So keep assuming brother if that makes you happy 

10 hours ago, johng said:

Not much at all  I think  apart from Bangkok Post being allowed now

apart from that I can't comment  as it would break a forum rule and I might be sanctioned !

I haven't seen anything from B P to know that.

 

If I hadn't read a while back that it happened I wouldn't know. Thought they might combine the forums, but apparently not.

 

The changes I hoped for didn't happen. Still the same place.

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6 hours ago, ModdaPunk said:

Some say it has become even more boring than before, others say the forum has been purged of its trolls,

IMO it's still exactly the same as before, and the trolls have not departed.

6 hours ago, ModdaPunk said:

Well one thing hasn't changed. Nobody agrees on anything. Some say it has become even more boring than before, others say the forum has been purged of its trolls,... Hmmm... Well. Thx for your thoughts, guys.

The problem with purging people is the forum becomes more boring, happened with another forum, so boring now, anyone interesting has left or been removed, but moderators have less work so a success for them 👍

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43 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

The problem with purging people is the forum becomes more boring, happened with another forum, so boring now, anyone interesting has left or been removed, but moderators have less work so a success for them 👍

That happened on the Thai section of Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree forum. Got sold, new load of woke mods chased all the interesting posters away and it became completely useless as a source of information for tourists going to LOS.

 

Got closed down years ago- well done mods.

10 hours ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

Seems like the Community Pub has a lot less posts and topics.

Plenty of posts, but too boring. Since all the interesting threads were the ones about P4P, bars and ladyboys, now they don't feature much, if at all, it's too boring to bother, though I will drop in now and then, just in case.

Seems to me they are far more attuned to potential defamatory content -- posts have been removed, topics locked, and entire topics removed if leaning in that direction.
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10 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

The problem with purging people is the forum becomes more boring

 

That's so true. I haven't been around for a couple of months and I feel like the forum is as lively as it used to. Before you had a lot of funny posts in the Pub. Can't find much of those anymore. And some popular posters are gone as well. Like the guy would was constantly posting how he was getting drunk all the time. Can't remember his name... Anyways. Thx

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9 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Got closed down years ago- well done mods.

 

Yeah I do remember that. A shame really.

I do miss you Bob................................you always gave us a laugh. 

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not really. the clear bias is still happening. 

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On 9/21/2024 at 6:57 AM, jerrymahoney said:

Seems to me they are far more attuned to potential defamatory content -- posts have been removed, topics locked, and entire topics removed if leaning in that direction.

Happened again -- entire topic removed. Some people on here don't realize that a private website does not accord "freedom of speech" and the powers-that-be seem far less willing than before to tolerate even possible defamatory content.

9 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

Happened again -- entire topic removed. Some people on here don't realize that a private website does not accord "freedom of speech" and the powers-that-be seem far less willing than before to tolerate even possible defamatory content.

Specifics ?

 

Please don't make assumptions, you don't see what we see, you have no idea what's been posted by others and caused those actions to be taken.

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2 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

Insurance.

The OP screwed up and it was intact NOTHING whatsoever to do with WRlife ! Therefore the title and content were totally misleading.

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AI articles, I mostly but not always skip them because they are all similar in some way. 

3 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

The OP screwed up and it was intact NOTHING whatsoever to do with WRlife ! Therefore the title and content were totally misleading.

That isn't rue. WrLife amended their policy document as of 27 September 2024

1 minute ago, jerrymahoney said:

That isn't rue. WrLife amended their policy document as of 27 September 2024

The OP made statement admitting his error and that's why it was closed and removed.

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