Ajarnforum, Not What It Used To Be?

[americana]

Don't get me wrong I still browse through ajarnforum now and again and find amusing and useful but i just don't think it's as good as it used to be for the following reasons:

* It used to have a really non-corporate feel to it, now it is a money making enterprise with an agenda.

* There are several posters (DD for example) who are just complete trolls that who never contribute anything, but who are tolerated because they have high post counts.

* Bangkok Phil, fair play to him, knows a lot about Thailand but most of the posters treat him like some kind of deity. Even his most rambling, irrelevant posts are met with sycophantic praise and adoration.

*It's a pretty incompressible place for a newbie. E.g. smeg flamed the troll CS and he has an agenda with Kun Kru from ECC. A lot of treads descend into indecipherable gibberish after half a dozen posts.

*It's an unfriendly place for a newbie. A hardcore of users treat the place like their own private boys club and flame newbies for feeck know what reason.

/Edited by Moderator to remove links.

[Ajarn]

Is this newbie really here with a not-so-hidden agenda to Troll?

I think it stupid and pointless to trade insults between forums, suitable only to the Neanderthalish among us as another excuse to stir up shit for their own amusement

[watchman]

Would this be by any chance a tit-for-tat attack on Ajarn Forum since Thai Visa came under some criticism on there last week?

Who can blame them for wanting to make some money...they are teachers after all.

I really don't think there's any agenda there at all, apart from ones that tinfoil hatted types like Americana want to invent. Take a look at the top of this forum....yes they have adverts too. Are you an anti-capitalist hippy or something?

I created a forum called thaischoolwatchdotcom which dealt with the gap in the market demand for slagging schools off, but aside from that I don't see the problem, they give good info about teaching, have a special room for newbies to introduce themselves without the fear of being flamed.

It's a pretty incompressible place for a newbie. E.g. smeg flamed the troll CS and he has an agenda with Kun Kru from ECC. A lot of treads descend into indecipherable gibberish after half a dozen posts.

Want to provide a link to this quote...otherwise I think you're just making it up.

Also Dirty Dog, he might be crude, but he's also contributed some of the forums funniest moments. BKK Phil might not be a deity, but many do consider him a veteran of the teaching scene and IS arguably one of Thailand's foremost armchair authorities on it.

If you ask me it's the troll Americana who has the agenda here.

[britmaveric]

I don't think TV even cares if Ajarn criticizes them. Why should they???

[Ajarn]

I don't think TV even cares if Ajarn criticizes them. Why should they???

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Ajarn.com here, Please

I criticize everyone, though. And many don't care.

[watchman]

I doubt Ajarn.com cares if it's criticised on here either.

It doesn't look like either forum is suffering from a lack of growth.

Neither is mine for that matter

[chuchok]

Hang on watchman,

this is what you posted on TV.

Got to agree with the Ajarners...Ajarn, pound for pound is far more entertaining than Thai Visa. Too many petty rules and doddery know it alls here, plus Ajarn lets Dirty Dog post his unique brand of swearing, Harry Palmers just been allowed back for more sock colour threads, and we get to see LDMA's scabby feet...what more can you ask for?

It's easy to point a finger at people if you really want to.

[watchman]

Er...yes, your point is? I'm definitely an Ajarn.com supporter.

Just defending my favourite forum that's all.

[chuchok]

Er...yes, your point is?  I'm definitely an Ajarn.com supporter. 

Just defending my favourite forum that's all.

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Ok,lets put it this way.You defend your favorite forum by calling people doddery know it alls and you defend Dirty Dog who says TV "run and posted on by old men that have married whores "

Each to his own I suppose

[thai_norman]

Er...yes, your point is?  I'm definitely an Ajarn.com supporter. 

Just defending my favourite forum that's all.

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Ok,lets put it this way.You defend your favorite forum by calling people doddery know it alls and you defend Dirty Dog who says TV "run and posted on by old men that have married whores "

Each to his own I suppose

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I have just seen that post by Dirty Dog, it is an absolute disgrace, I personally would like to get my hands on him....

[george]

Thread closed, this ranting does not lead to anything positive.