One of the concerns raised when we were discussing the Sale and Future of this site was with the declining membership of the Board. We can either wait for everyone else to find new interests or to die off before closing the site, or we can put some effort into attracting new members. The modern internet works based on traffic, so we have to attract potential members here based on the modern sources that provide the greatest traffic, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter...to attract the bees to this flower.

I hear you and agree with your points NIrish. No doubt, of the new members that have joined this past year or so...many more others who did not join, had a look, were horrified and left. Or some came and got incredibly bored...and left. Some didn't find what they were looking for...and left. But some stayed...

The focus on Facebook, if you look at what I've started so far, is directed more at all of the interests of the gay male traveler or expat coming to Thailand, not the sex. That, and the Twitter are the public faces to the site and the promotional arm for attracting new membership. I could have created a Private Group, in Facebook for us all to be members of and to only share our stuff with ourselves, but that's what we have going already with the Board. You don't have to "Like" anything you see on our Facebook...but if you do, it will be one of the non sexual things we post from Sawatdee Network.

There are limits to what can or cannot be posted to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and we plan in advance to always be well within that. With these services, the comments people make to what is posted are their own...whether there's a Message Board attached to the site as a vehicle for more commenting.

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