BuddhistVirus Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 AFAIK nobody. But for what it's worth. "I am SPARTACUS" 'Well, surely you must be the son of GOD!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true blue Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 i suppose if you meet the the face to the avatar,it would spoil in some way the fantasy people have about the guy/gal.just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteeleJoe Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 I well recall the first time I announced to three blokes that I was a member. They all looked at each other then looked at me and started laughing. They then explained that they think everyone on here is a nutter, so I replied 'well, i am in good company then' ! Since then I don't bother telling anyone unless they happen to tell me first, which is rare...three so far. I don't know that I agree with your friends (though I can understand shy they'd think that) as I think there are at least SOME very sensible folks here...but what your anecdote reminds of is how odd and kind of funny it is that it seems like not a few members of TV tend think all expats are here when surely it must be a minority; I was in this country for decades before I ever visited... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whybother Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 I could imagine regular posters in some of the Community or Local forums becoming friends, but not so much in the more general forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellodolly Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 I wonder if this hidden identity thing is Thailand-specific. Or maybe even from a past era, as on more modern online communities (Twitter, Facebook) people tend to be themselves. I can see it all now. 10:55 From Winnie. Joe Blow I am going out for coffee now' 11:01 From Winnie. Joe blow I am out now but can't decide where to go 11:03 From Joe blow Go to Starbucks 11:05 From Winnie Whixh one I am close to Wat Chedi Luang 11:07 From Jane Doe I am just going into the one at Thai Pah gate 11:08 From Sally me to 11:10 From Winnie Why don't we all meet at Starbucks at Thai Pah Gate 11:11 from Jane Doe sounds like a plan 11;12 from Sally good idea 11:12 from uptheos count me in 11:15 Mass resignation of moderators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Members of the farming forum meet regularly. I once sent a posting to say that I could, if necessary, live on Baht10 000.- a month. Both my wife and her daughter were interrogated separately in the market the next day by 'ladies' demanding much larger sums from their in absentia Farang husbands. Dunno how they worked out who I was and don't really care. Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolgeoff Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 just be careful winnie knows who we all are,he may want some tea money to keep quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rene123 Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 I'm not paranoid. I don't mind people knowing who I am, but then I'm not posting from an office when I should be working. I also don't take nasty potshots at people I don't know, either. And, if I do know them then they know I'm just friendly teasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 not sure whether my count is correct but over the years i had 29 TV-members as guests in my home, most of them also knowing my real name. In other forums I was a part of and in this one, I am almost always reluctant to meet with fellow members, I never attend forum gatherings, and I prefer to keep my real life quite separate from Internet relationships.... But for some reason that is not clear to me, it strikes me as rather nice that you've had all those forum people as your guest. (Not something I will ever emulate though!) i wouldn't call it "rather nice" but consider it quite normal that people meet to discuss or exchange views on mutual interests. 17 years ago i was one of the founding members of a financial discussion forum. it took about five years till the "hardcore", a dozen or so bankers, traders and investors met in a country convenient to travel for all of us. since then we meet each and every day in a forum (no specific threads because there's only one main topic) where people are discussing 24/7 finances. moreover, the whole group (now more than three dozen members) meets at least twice a year, once in South America or the Caribic and once in Asia. strong friendships have developed, some of the "attached" ladies meet once a year (always in a different country) and members have and are still receiving valuable advice and quite often tangible assistance, e.g. getting admission to universities and accomodation for offsprings who want to study a few semesters in a different country... the list is endless. so why not meeting with people from the vicinity who share mutual interests and who don't need 12-20 (or more) travelling hours to meet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteeleJoe Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 not sure whether my count is correct but over the years i had 29 TV-members as guests in my home, most of them also knowing my real name.In other forums I was a part of and in this one, I am almost always reluctant to meet with fellow members, I never attend forum gatherings, and I prefer to keep my real life quite separate from Internet relationships....But for some reason that is not clear to me, it strikes me as rather nice that you've had all those forum people as your guest. (Not something I will ever emulate though!) i wouldn't call it "rather nice" but consider it quite normal that people meet to discuss or exchange views on mutual interests. 17 years ago i was one of the founding members of a financial discussion forum. it took about five years till the "hardcore", a dozen or so bankers, traders and investors met in a country convenient to travel for all of us. since then we meet each and every day in a forum (no specific threads because there's only one main topic) where people are discussing 24/7 finances.moreover, the whole group (now more than three dozen members) meets at least twice a year, once in South America or the Caribic and once in Asia. strong friendships have developed, some of the "attached" ladies meet once a year (always in a different country) and members have and are still receiving valuable advice and quite often tangible assistance, e.g. getting admission to universities and accomodation for offsprings who want to study a few semesters in a different country... the list is endless. so why not meeting with people from the vicinity who share mutual interests and who don't need 12-20 (or more) travelling hours to meet? Uhmmm...OK. Thanks for telling me about your other group, I guess? "Normal" or not, I thought it was rather nice. Hope that's alright - the two descriptions are hardly mutually exclusive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Morakot Posted May 19, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2013 Has any one any knowledge of semper I don't see him any more? Banned. Word has it he's been reincarnated here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Has any one any knowledge of semper I don't see him any more? Banned. Word has it he's been reincarnated here. Hey, nooooooooooo grassing up. ............................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orang37 Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Identity is a coin-toss: heads you lose; tails you lose. Don't think about it: you win. Those who know me know they don't know me. Happiness ~o:37; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thakkar Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 -snip- Those who know me know they don't know me. -snip- ~o:37; ...and the rest presume to know you. A source of hilarity for those who do know you! T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ta22 Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 I am who i am and is happy of who i am -had been a while since i am on TVNowadays i just don;t watch TV anymore . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishjohn Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 -snip- Those who know me know they don't know me. -snip- ~o:37; ...and the rest presume to know you. A source of hilarity for those who do know you! T If it is him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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