Where is everyone?

[fountainhall]

Upon reading some of his posts and some replies I said John does none of this bother you, his reply was simple....he said never forget this is virtual....and if you do stop posting!

I only knew LMTU and his latter incarnation as HeyGay on gaythailand. I never knew the man personally. I know he had many good friends and I was genuinely saddened when he died, especially the manner of his death. I am happy for him that he had friends to take care of him since he could not return to the UK for treatment.

I never enjoyed his posting. Some certainly was informative and I have no doubt some found it very useful. It was partly the childish English he used - clearly deliberate as I know he spoke and wrote English to the manner born. It was partly also the "tips" he would give out as facts when in fact they were not facts at all. He frequently suggested that if any "fact" was proved wrong, he would stand the one who discovered it a nice dinner. Well, as just one example, he certainly got his knickers twisted in the Air Hanuman fare episode - but absolutely would not back down. Yet he was just plain wrong!

But it is the comment about "never forget this is virtual ...and if you do stop posting" that certainly summed up some of his writing and which I find objectionable. The fact is that if you use a forum to spread rumour, gossip and, let's be honest. sometimes outright lies (and I stress I make no reference to any specific poster), then the whole point of a forum is not only massively devalued - it becomes worthless. I could spin any number of tales of adventures in Taiwan, Japan, Bhutan, Singapore, wherever, yet never having been to any of them. If my view was "this is virtual", I could lie in every sentence. Then if any member found themselves in those countries using my travel posts as a guide, they would be up shit creek.

Treating a forum as a personal plaything may seem great fun to those with far too much time on their hands. Occasional banter between members is quite different. But I maintain that unless there is a strong thread of honesty and respect for what is posted, forums will die sooner rather than later.

[arsenal]

Ditto to Fountainhalls' entire post.

[bobsaigon2]

Contentious posters permitted to remain on SGT, or encouraged to return to SGT after they have been banned, and their previous posts on SGT allowed to remain in tact. They post with the very clear intention of denigrating other board members. It is no wonder that SGT is now less attractive than other gay sites.

[a447]

They post with the very clear intention of denigrating other board members. It is no wonder that SGT is now less attractive than other gay sites.

That was the very point I was making when in my OP I said I was heading off to the other boards. I also made the point that they were attracting new members and were being rejuvinated.

But one poster thought that was provocative.

Maybe it was, but like bob, I was only stating the bleeding obvious. That's what this thread is about, isn't it? Posters leaving and no new people bothering to join?

But I don't have to worry about that any more.

Finally, there is one post in this thread which I haven't responded to. I was going to let it pass but will offer a quick reply.

It concerns the blind poster, Matt. He's upset because I don't believe his story and do not understand how a blind man can post on the forum.

Matt, your hilarious attempts at making "typos" have given you away, time and time again. You just can't seem to pull it off. If we analyse the "mistakes" it becomes obvious that they are deliberate.

Your life as a blind typist became even funnier when you explained that the keyboard sounds out each letter as you type. That's how you know what you've typed. But then you proceeded to type a series of random letters. That's when I suggested that maybe you had gone suddenly deaf. If not, it would mean that you sat there at the computer as it sounded a series of consonants and you actually thought it was a real word.

What exactly did you hear as you typed "morrre " or "Qw'll aww qhT Gppwna I fuwaa"?

You've refused to explain the inconsistencies because apparently, I don't ask you politely enough!

And I'm the one who has lost credibility, not you?

Surely, you jest.

[bobsaigon2]

No offense intended, but I don't think Matt is meant to be taken seriously, though he may be existing in a seriously delusional world that he has created in KK. His posts are not objectionable so he's best left to the ongoing creation of his parallel universe. IMHO

[cdnmatt]

For fuck sakes...

I guess I'm with you a447. I'm out of here too. Although I won't do the same as you, and cause a shit storm out of it.

I have 7 years of posting history here, so go ahead, find a lie. I'm sure I've exageratted a few times due to having a few too many drinks, but not once have I ever lied, or at least not to my recollection. Simply because I don't lie.

Whatever, doesn't matter....

Gee, where did everone go?

[Manforallseasons]

Anyone remember the Bitch Board?
https://youtu.be/4_1RWDtj1uM

[arsenal]

MFAS and Fountainhall get together to discuss their differences.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-OVqacJVIII

[Manforallseasons]

arsenal I am not sure if humor is permitted anymore on this board as I suspect F.H. has leaned heavily on surf to stop it.....having said that years ago I actually posted that same clip...not sure but I think it was directed to a former member with the handlle sanook...BTW we have already dicussed what the best color would be for F.H. and it was firey red.

[arsenal]

Well being chaste and pure of thought, soul and deed I would be dressed in either friar brown or perhaps popey purple.

And if one thing is clear since the smooth and friendly takeover by His Organic Majacastical Holy Weariness Monsieur Surfcrest it is that he can't be leaned on.