In answer to my own question I would have to say, for the most part YES.
I realise that in any forum open to personal opinion there will be shit-stirrers and A..holes.
As a yearly visitor to Pattaya in particular, posts which look to inform about up-dated info on Pattaya are most welcome as are posts about Thailand in general. It is my habit to try and read all replies on a thread so as to glean as much useful info as possible. What really eats my lunch is the number of regular experienced posters who know who the above mentioned posters are and who feed their psychotic need for attention by responding to them. Thus often taking the thread far off point from the original posting subject which garnered my attention in the first place.
Keep the good stuff coming gents.
cheers