6 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

 

The articles are not right leaning. 

Try gaslighting someone else.

37 minutes ago, Felton Jarvis said:

Still no free speech.  Idiotic strictures on words that can be used:  (IE "no bad language"). Only adults on this forum. Why is anyone concerned with so-called "bad language" ? Sheer idiocy.

 

  What swear words do you want to be able to say ?

6 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  What swear words do you want to be able to say ?

S and F

Inflammatory posts and replies have been removed:

 

8. You will not post vulgarities, obscenities or profanities.

 

9. You will not post disruptive or inflammatory messages. You will respect other members and post in a civil manner. Personal attacks, insults or hate speech posted on the forum or sent by private message are not allowed.

 

10. You will not post troll messages. Trolling is the act of purposefully antagonizing forum members by posting controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages with the primary intent of provoking other members into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.

12 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  What swear words do you want to be able to say ?

Personally I'd like to be able to use <deleted>, <deleted>, <deleted>, <deleted>, <deleted> and <deleted>. Oh, and <deleted>.

5 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

And I want to take this opportunity to give a shout out and a big thanks to the administration team and moderators who make this helpful forum possible.

 

I agree.  I'm particularly thankful the admin and mods react quickly to purge antisemitic posts.  Very commendable!  

2 hours ago, Negita43 said:

Why so many ageist comments on this thread? 

Stop moaning you old fart. 555

2 minutes ago, Evil Penevil said:

 

I agree.  I'm particularly thankful the admin and mods react quickly to purge antisemitic posts.  Very commendable!  

And the anti Brit posts also.

Racism has no place on our forum.

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I thought that it were the members and their comments that made a forum possible?

Use your brains for once Lou.

There would be no place to comment on if admin didn’t set it up in the first place.

Gee some people are stupid.

 

48 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Try gaslighting someone else.

Your idea of balanced is MSNBC.

I must be one of the longest members on this forum (member #174).  I remember 22 years ago when the forum was a hive of useful and interesting posts.  Today, it is mostly a cesspit of trolls and AI posts, with the occasional useful/interesting post.

 

But TBH, that's simply a reflection of 'progress' (or lack of it).  I think many other forums also suffer from these problems.  IMHO, social media has done a lot of damage to society, (and I speak as someone who was a pioneer in developing SMS social media channels and AI chat).

 

Not forgetting that I am now 22 years older and certainly my own views have changed over the years (old man shouting at clouds etc!).

38 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

2 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I thought that it were the members and their comments that made a forum possible?

Use your brains for once Lou.

There would be no place to comment on if admin didn’t set it up in the first place.

Gee some people are stupid.

Use your brains...there would be nowhere to comment if there were no members/readers/posters because there would be no ads...no revenue...no forum.  Gee, some people are even more stupid

1 hour ago, MalcolmB said:

Use your brains for once Lou.

Mission impossible

1 hour ago, Keeps said:

Stop moaning you old fart. 555

Ageism works both ways

8 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

AN is the leading Thai forum by miles.

It had some lean years under Dan Cheeseman but has bounced back and improved by leaps and bounds since the Thaiger took over.

 

I have no figures but it seems to have a lot more members now and more news and information relevant to the expat community.

 

What is you favorite feature since the Thaiger takeover?

One suggestion I have would be to allow native languages to be allowed on the Philippines, Indo, Singapore, Maylasia etc like we have the popular Thai Language Forum.

 

Sarcasm is best left to experienced  comedians.

1 hour ago, simon43 said:

I must be one of the longest members on this forum (member #174).  I remember 22 years ago when the forum was a hive of useful and interesting posts.  Today, it is mostly a cesspit of trolls and AI posts, with the occasional useful/interesting post.

 

But TBH, that's simply a reflection of 'progress' (or lack of it).  I think many other forums also suffer from these problems.  IMHO, social media has done a lot of damage to society, (and I speak as someone who was a pioneer in developing SMS social media channels and AI chat).

 

Not forgetting that I am now 22 years older and certainly my own views have changed over the years (old man shouting at clouds etc!).

 

And some of us remember when you were on patrol keeping tourists safe. The local criminal element  scurried away as you marched by, clearing Bangla of the hooligans and touts who lay in wait of the unsuspecting farangs. And many a foreign lout awash in the devil's juice was set straight by your presence. A proper beacon of English propriety, you were. 

Sometimes your patrol took you into the  darkest recesses of human debauchery in the "Paradise" strip. Never judging the depraved hedonists who filled the area, you chose instead to assist all with your resolve, even when you were approached with urgent requests for directions to the nearest toilet. One night I saw you help a self described starving Australian woman when you told her where to find the Burger King. It was a remarkable intervention, and you pointed with authoritative gusto.  Your self discipline  must have been  great as she  was  a vision of beauty with her rose tattoo on her near exposed bosom, and  butterfly tattoo on her ham hock of a thigh. I doubt that many an Englishman could have resisted the exotic beguiling beauty  of the maiden of Oz. 

So many people have come and gone. And so many have vaporized as their money ran out and they were forced to return to the UK or Europe,  blaming everyone else for their poor financial planning and poor decisions in life. Yes it has been an exciting time and you were a part of it. You made it happen!!!

8 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

AN is the leading Thai forum by miles.

It had some lean years under Dan Cheeseman but has bounced back and improved by leaps and bounds since the Thaiger took over.

 

I have no figures but it seems to have a lot more members now and more news and information relevant to the expat community.

 

What is you favorite feature since the Thaiger takeover?

One suggestion I have would be to allow native languages to be allowed on the Philippines, Indo, Singapore, Maylasia etc like we have the popular Thai Language Forum.

How about offering some useful information, such as:

 

1. What or who is Thaiger?

2. When did they take over?

 

Some people might like to know.

 

I don't spend a lot of time on here these days, but have been here for nearly 20 years, and it's very quiet compared to how it used to be, but I can't put a date on the decline; it was many years ago. They started doing so poorly that they had to discontinue the Thaivisa app. That was a major sign of decline. Moderation was heavy in the old days.

 

I believe Internet forums are just going through a general decline, and one day in the not-so-distant future, apps will take over completely. 

10 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

And the anti Brit posts also.

Racism has no place on our forum.

Of course anti-American posts are ALWAYS welcome on AN .  

10 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  What swear words do you want to be able to say ?

ALL of them. There are no underage persons on this forum.

19 hours ago, JensenZ said:

I don't spend a lot of time on here these days, but have been here for nearly 20 years, and it's very quiet compared to how it used to be, but I can't put a date on the decline; it was many years ago.

 

Decline?

 

If it was flooded with too many topics, I wouldn't have time to read most of them.

 

It's busy enough and it already consumes a fair amount of time as it is to read the current thread volume. 

 

People are nostalgic ... everything seemed to be better in the old days. The beer was colder, the bar girls weren't as fat. 

 

8 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

 

And some of us remember when you were on patrol keeping tourists safe. The local criminal element  scurried away as you marched by, clearing Bangla of the hooligans and touts who lay in wait of the unsuspecting farangs. And many a foreign lout awash in the devil's juice was set straight by your presence. A proper beacon of English propriety, you were. 

Sometimes your patrol took you into the  darkest recesses of human debauchery in the "Paradise" strip. Never judging the depraved hedonists who filled the area, you chose instead to assist all with your resolve, even when you were approached with urgent requests for directions to the nearest toilet. One night I saw you help a self described starving Australian woman when you told her where to find the Burger King. It was a remarkable intervention, and you pointed with authoritative gusto.  Your self discipline  must have been  great as she  was  a vision of beauty with her rose tattoo on her near exposed bosom, and  butterfly tattoo on her ham hock of a thigh. I doubt that many an Englishman could have resisted the exotic beguiling beauty  of the maiden of Oz. 

So many people have come and gone. And so many have vaporized as their money ran out and they were forced to return to the UK or Europe,  blaming everyone else for their poor financial planning and poor decisions in life. Yes it has been an exciting time and you were a part of it. You made it happen!!!

Lol, I think you have me confused with someone else!  I lived by the airport and patrolled in the terminal building, helping tourists find the Burger King.... Very rarely did I venture down to Patong, and that was to install a 'booster' system for the VHF licenced radios used by myself and the Thai volunteers.

Who came up with the Broken Heart emoji? What does it mean?

1 minute ago, Felton Jarvis said:

The need to virtue signal is PROOF of limited intelligence.

You're wasting your time with woke phrases like 'virtual signalling'.  I'm not from that generation 🙂

20 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

AN is the leading Thai forum by miles.

It had some lean years under Dan Cheeseman but has bounced back and improved by leaps and bounds since the Thaiger took over.

 

I have no figures but it seems to have a lot more members now and more news and information relevant to the expat community.

 

What is you favorite feature since the Thaiger takeover?

One suggestion I have would be to allow native languages to be allowed on the Philippines, Indo, Singapore, Maylasia etc like we have the popular Thai Language Forum.

It certainly does have more ads and News posts at the expense of actual posters comment and discussions. Its gone down hill dramatically in my opinion 

1 minute ago, Dan O said:

It certainly does have more ads and News posts at the expense of actual posters comment and discussions. Its gone down hill dramatically in my opinion 

Is that you Cheesey?

2 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Who came up with the Broken Heart emoji? What does it mean?

It was a way to eliminate the confused emoji since several complained they were being trolled by emoji's they didn't like and are too thin skinned to accept the impression it conveyed. 

2 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Who came up with the Broken Heart emoji? What does it mean?

Yes. Better to replace it with the confused emoji, which was removed.

1 minute ago, MalcolmB said:

Is that you Cheesey?

Don't act stupid. I don't hid behind any avatar or play games like you. Don't like what I post then move yourself along. This forum has gone down hill at the expense of the subscribers to the forum 

9 minutes ago, merck said:

Yes. Better to replace it with the confused emoji, which was removed.

Or a DISAGREE one.

17 minutes ago, Dan O said:

It was a way to eliminate the confused emoji since several complained they were being trolled by emoji's they didn't like and are too thin skinned to accept the impression it conveyed. 

Get rid of all emojis so anyone with anything to reply must do it manually, and show who they are.

But put a minimum number of words, say 10, to discourage those who give one-word replies like some frequently do. 

Hello Orville1 555