This is my first post on this forum,but the above question (which can be expanded to add "and is this also why so few new, as well as as a larger cross-section of existing members do not post") is certainly applicable to the other gay forums, Gaythailand, Baht-stop and Gay Tingtong as well as this one. The membership of this board is over 1700, and even taking out multiple handles etc etc, that still leaves a huge number of members to pass-on or share a potential wealth of info. So why do lurkers (like myself) not post on a regular or even irregular basis?
IN MY OPINION it is because many potential posters simply cannot be bothered having their well intentioned
posts to advise or request information answered by petty, often insulting, and totally unnecessarily nasty replies, and therefore cannot be bothered with the hassle of having to defend posts, as well as have their good threads
hijacked by the same miserable,ungracious and in many cases,ignorant few. And so just puts someone off from
posting in the first place.
It is a pity my first post has a negative slant, but it is also a positive attempt to try and persuade others as well as myself, to start posting regularly and just hope the 'miserable few' leave the threads alone if they have nothing of value to add to them and not grace us with their caustic remarks....sorry.....I mean...."witty responses". Many of the members have surely been on a trip to Thailand over the last 2-3 months but very few trip reports have resulted. With some new and lapsed members posting, I would very much look forward the possibility of hearing some trip reports INCLUDING the current off fees/LT ST tips/new bars /changes in bars/ trips to boys homes/
hotel reports and the goings-on in Pattayaland/Sunee/Daynight etc. Yes! all the subjects that seem to get up the noses of the 'miserable few' but are of interest to others. I also urge those who have recently tried to stimulate the forum with posts advising of new bars etc. such as Catawampuscat,Dboy,Whitedesire,Oogleman and others to continue with the interesting reports and it would be nice to hear more from other longtimers such as Dodger, lmtu, ttom,Geezer,Wowpow and others who always provide interesting and entertaining posts before the 'miserable few' suffocate the forums entirely.
And before any accusations appear, I am not a handle of an existing member, I am a genuine new member (I have been reading the forums but posting only very rarely over the last 8 years since first coming to Thailand), who of course, may be totally wrong in my assumptions, but hope that I get some replies to gage the feeling anyway. Sorry its a long post, and yes I would like to politely advise that I know about the ignore feature as well as understanding that capitals mean shouting.