55Jay Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Used to go away from home for a few hours, return, and find all sorts of new posts and threads in different sub-forums. Maybe it's just my imagination but sure does seem quiet in here. Quite a few said they were going to abandon ship after the tie up between TV and The Nation. Anybody here? Hello, Hello! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfarang Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Nobody here but us chickens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipi Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdietz Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Sorry, can't hear you through the ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxo1947 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 1 hour ago, 55Jay said: Maybe it's just my imagination but sure does seem quiet in here. Quite a few said they were going to abandon ship after the tie up between TV and The Nation. It is defiantly quieter here ---I just put it down to the lunatic move they made with the block out screen & the ?? second wait, people who Goggled just went around it.....people who didn't just left. But what do you see as the draw back to being attached to the Nation newspaper...? Why would that upset people ?.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berybert Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 I don't send as much time here as I used to. Fed up with the new screen every time I change forums. Also the ads are out of control, at least the video ads didn't last long, that would have got rid of me for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Maybe because it is the middle of the night in Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Think it went quiet before the Nation came along. Personally i believe it was after the last upgrade to TV, which in my experience made things worse. I used to read and post via my smartphone everyday but haven't used that in many months because of problems with TV app and its still not fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 OP shush.!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55Jay Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 5 hours ago, FritsSikkink said: Maybe because it is the middle of the night in Thailand? Right, I did get home unusually late, looked in and didn't see a whole lot of activity since I left the house 7 hours before. IMO, used to be a discernible rhythm here, with Thailand/near region folks posting during the day, then other time zones would come on line progressively for the night shift. Thailand residents could wake up next morning, get a coffee and sift through the overnight traffic, and new, front page content. Even the front page content seems stale. Before the upgrade (thereabouts), seemed like new articles/threads were added quite often and that would bump the existing ones down the page and eventually out of view. Now, appears like days old content with many pages of forum comments and tangents, is being recycled on to the front page. Not the end of the world, just an observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Adverts loading takes up posting time and is a flaming nuisance. I feel close to a tipping point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Yes its a lot slower as before.. too many adds and the failure to keep the mobile app working. They have reached a tipping point of their own making greed seemed to have killed the site. I understand the need for ads but you can overdo it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55Jay Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Well, you have the members who announce ultimatums and say they are leaving, but they don't. This time feels different. It's eerie. The usual, like-minded members are still over in the World News sub-forum. It's probably nirvana for them to talk among themselves, all nodding heads in agreement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick220675 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 The forum has been a good source of info for a long time and still is for those who want to know about visas or driving licence requirements etc. But when some one has lived in Thailand for a few years I think they visit the forum to look at the news or when they have nothing else to do. Unfortunately if you want a balanced view of the news I think there are better sources. But the main problem is for those of use in rural areas the quantity of advertising is slowing down the forum so much its simply no longer enjoyable. For those who need info especially if they are in there home country they will continue to use the forum, but for me sitting In the back of beyond I will visit maybe twice a week instead of twice a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I agree it's getting very boring here on TV. Today i even can't give likes for some reason, yesterday the forum was very slow....and the ad's are terrible of course. Wonder where they all went, i go searching right now. Guess the <URL Automatically Removed> is open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 9 hours ago, berybert said: I don't send as much time here as I used to. Fed up with the new screen every time I change forums. Also the ads are out of control, at least the video ads didn't last long, that would have got rid of me for sure. I have Adblock and get very few ads, in fact only one at the very top for online radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 The forum arguably took a hit on active membership after the rather painful site upgrade. Maybe the most noisome and argumentative members that lacked having anything worthwhile to say also gave up at that juncture? The mods may be doing a more consistent job on culling the herd but I recently got a warning for using a word that despite still being used pretty much every day on various threads by various posters , is apparently now prohibited. Anyone who cannot work out a way to cull the adverts beyond the forbidden browser add-on isn't really trying hard enough. I have been running browser add-ons since before the TV adverts went OTT and they are still making the TV screen as easy to navigate as ever. I haven't bothered with the android app since the forum update but IMHO the old android app wasn't anything to write home about so wasn't expecting it to be a stunning success when the forum was rebuilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAFO Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 The little pop up deal "punishing" me 30 seconds for not viewing the ads was enough for me. Sure I could spend time for a work around but why bother. I was on the fence for other reasons before that happened but that sort of iced it for me. I will drop by from time to time but I simply have better things to do. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 1 minute ago, JAFO said: The little pop up deal "punishing" me 30 seconds for not viewing the ads was enough for me. Sure I could spend time for a work around but why bother. I was on the fence for other reasons before that happened but that sort of iced it for me. I will drop by from time to time but I simply have better things to do. Cheers I guess soon another new forum will popup or one gets very popular. It seems this one is almost dead now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipi Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I haven't noticed a lot of difference with the forum as far as ads or "The Nation" goes, even with the changes. It might take a bit longer to open a page but for me it hasn't been too obvious. And I find the overall slowing down pleasant. Mind you I am a slow reader, and take even longer to post a reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 As I view this forum, there is only 1 other member online... When I looked in the Pattaya forum, there was just me! I think the recent 'issues' with the forum have all but killed it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 21 minutes ago, simon43 said: As I view this forum, there is only 1 other member online... When I looked in the Pattaya forum, there was just me! I think the recent 'issues' with the forum have all but killed it... Everywhere l go it said " You have choose to ignore posts " . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 11 minutes ago, Kwasaki said: Everywhere l go it said " You have choose to ignore posts " . wow, it's let me quote. I was getting worried people would think I was ignoring them. Laying off the like button as that not working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 5 minutes ago, grollies said: wow, it's let me quote. I was getting worried people would think I was ignoring them. Laying off the like button as that not working. Yeah the ' like ' don't work today, your now be accused of not having enough ' likes ' as opposed to your number of posts by some clowns on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 44 minutes ago, Kwasaki said: Yeah the ' like ' don't work today, your now be accused of not having enough ' likes ' as opposed to your number of posts by some clowns on here. I'd 'like' that but...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I've not been posting so much on the Live Rugby League forum, since Astro started showing most of their games as delayed telecast. You have to wonder whether this could be a contributor to Warrington's dismal form this season, though it's good to see Leigh doing well since their promotion SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Like button not working, double or multiple posts, error messages. It's a bit of a shambles today (well it is Sunday). I hope TV's boffins don't blame it all on Russian hackers, cos we've already heard that one somewhere before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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