I know many of you do message each other privately 

It just dawned on me today I haven't seen "Reader" for sometime and "kokapelli 2" 

Is there others who have passed?

Reader is fine, just not active on this forum under that handle.

6 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

I know many of you do message each other privately 

It just dawned on me today I haven't seen "Reader" for sometime and "kokapelli 2" 

Is there others who have passed?

kokapelli "reacted" to one of the photos I posted just the other day. 

10 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

I know many of you do message each other privately 

It just dawned on me today I haven't seen "Reader" for sometime and "kokapelli 2" 

Is there others who have passed?

kokopelli is still around and somewhat active  but not quite as active as previously. The only other member I am aware of is catawampus cat who recently passed on about 3 months ago. No doubt there are others.

I suspect that the majority of readers based in or visiting Thailand are in the older age group and naturally advancing age starts to play a role in contributions. We are not all spring chickens like @Olddaddy . Some of those who are retired may have friends who are not members of this Board and consequently we do not hear when they pass. Fortunately some new younger posters have become active. Hopefully more will.

I have written before that it is, I think, somewhat extraordinary that many gay expats living in Thailand do not know of the existence of this Board. None of my gay friends had heard about it until I mentioned it and none has since bothered even to read it. In these days of social media, I sometimes even wonder if chat rooms like this have a future. What do others think?

8 minutes ago, PeterRS said:

 I sometimes even wonder if chat rooms like this have a future. What do others

I don't think they will have a future 

I know of 2 otter specific  gay Thailand boards ,one will go when the owner leaves the earth , probably within 5 years and the others may fade out eventually 

The younger generation moving in don't seem to be interested in writing on forums anymore 

9 hours ago, kokopelli3 said:

The only other member I am aware of is catawampus 

on this forum he was posting as williewillie

48 minutes ago, PeterRS said:

 I sometimes even wonder if chat rooms like this have a future. What do others think?

we will learn in due course in the future 

41 minutes ago, Olddaddy said:

 

I know of 2 otter specific  gay Thailand boards ,one will go when the owner leaves the earth , probably within 5 years

you are so cheerfull

2 hours ago, PeterRS said:

What do others think?

I am a long time member of another gay forum going back probably 20+years.  I was initially referred to that forum by my best friend.  I am not nearly as active on that forum, mostly just reading general posts of interest, but it is certainly not as welcoming and friendly as this forum.  There is a lot of passive/aggressive behavior and even outright aggressiveness on that forum, so I rarely post any comments.  Since I joined that forum so many years ago, it has gone through a number of leadership/owner changes.  I believe some members of this forum are also members there, so may know what I am talking about.  What is interesting to me about that forum is there was an unexpected and unfortunate death of the owner due to COVID.  Many members of that forum thought it was basically the end of the site, but several members banded together who had expertise and experience in computers, others offered financial support, and under new ownership and a slightly different leadership structure the site continues and thrives.  

I am much more active on this forum and often find myself checking it a couple of times each day looking forward to reading the posts.  As I already mentioned, members here are much more positive, encouraging, and welcoming.  I would hope if something ever happened to ownership of this site that something similar would transpire and we would continue in some way.  It does seem that the majority of active participants are older...myself included.  

1 hour ago, jimmie50 said:

  What is interesting to me about that forum is there was an unexpected and unfortunate death of the owner due to COVID

I never knew , I thought the owner   was the username elephantspikes?🐘

 

3 hours ago, jimmie50 said:

  What is interesting to me about that forum is there was an unexpected and unfortunate death of the owner due to COVID. 

Which board are you talking about?

Afaik Moses and Gaybutton are fine.

41 minutes ago, a-447 said:

Which board are you talking about?

Afaik Moses and Gaybutton are fine.

I'm pretty sure there was a owner who lived in Canada before Moses ,was his username Surfcrest?

 

10 hours ago, a-447 said:

Which board are you talking about?

Afaik Moses and Gaybutton are fine.

I suspect he's talking about Company of Men. I used to be an active contributor to it. However, it was run by a cabal of people who would suspend the privileges of those who didn't agree with them. They would use as an excuse this rule which came to be (after the death of the late owner) that anyone who appeared to stray off the topic of the original posting would be temporarily suspended. Of course, tangents from the original posts are inevitable (for example, this tangent), and even desirable (makes for interesting discussions). Naturally, those rules were selectively enforced against those with whom they disagreed.  They also took issue when science was used to refute their ideas... 😉

4 hours ago, unicorn said:

I suspect he's talking about Company of Men. I used to be an active contributor to it. However, it was run by a cabal of people who would suspend the privileges of those who didn't agree with them. They would use as an excuse this rule which came to be (after the death of the late owner) that anyone who appeared to stray off the topic of the original posting would be temporarily suspended. Of course, tangents from the original posts are inevitable (for example, this tangent), and even desirable (makes for interesting discussions). Naturally, those rules were selectively enforced against those with whom they disagreed.  They also took issue when science was used to refute their ideas... 😉

Sounds like your talking about the Big Bang Theory?

21 hours ago, jimmie50 said:

 

 As I already mentioned, members here are much more positive, encouraging, and welcoming. 

and handsome, don't forget handsome !

1 minute ago, vinapu said:

and handsome, don't forget handsome !

of course...that goes without saying.  Plus, this forum has the top notch, star stamp collector.  No other forum could possibly compare.  

17 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

I'm pretty sure there was a owner who lived in Canada before Moses ,was his username Surfcrest?

 

Surfcrest is still alive and I believe even posted something very recently on his former forum

1 minute ago, jimmie50 said:

of course...that goes without saying.  Plus, this forum has the top notch, star stamp collector.  No other forum could possibly compare.  

stamp collecting, so 20th century undertaking, sigh

I hope this is correct but I think there were something like six chat rooms at one time - and that does not include several bitchboards which suddenly appeared and then thankfully just as suddenly disappeared. As far as an owner dying of covid, was this not the owner of another site who died en route back to North America after becoming very ill in Pattaya? That I think was pre-covid.

42 minutes ago, PeterRS said:

I hope this is correct but I think there were something like six chat rooms at one time - and that does not include several bitchboards which suddenly appeared and then thankfully just as suddenly disappeared. As far as an owner dying of covid, was this not the owner of another site who died en route back to North America after becoming very ill in Pattaya? That I think was pre-covid.

I think you are thinking of the very big guy who looked a lot like actor John Goodman (at that time anyway)

I believe his name was Ned or Neil or something similar, I believe he passed on route to his home country 

I remember a "bitch board" called Baht Stop many years ago , I'm not sure but I recall the owner(s) died in a car accident , I could be wrong 

 

 

5 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

I think you are thinking of the very big guy who looked a lot like actor John Goodman (at that time anyway)

I believe his name was Ned or Neil or something similar, I believe he passed on route to his home country 

I remember a "bitch board" called Baht Stop many years ago , I'm not sure but I recall the owner(s) died in a car accident , I could be wrong 

 

 

There was "Dreaded Ned"

19 hours ago, unicorn said:

I suspect he's talking about Company of Men.

This is correct, and for me the site has become very toxic.  I really don't enjoy visiting the site much any more.  The owner who passed away lived in Las Vegas.  The current 'owner' lives in Ft. Lauderdale, although he has put together a team of moderators/managers/co-owners....not sure what the exact arrangement is.  As @unicorn said, under this current arrangement the rules seem to be selectively enforced, and it has become more of what @PeterRS refers to as a bitchboard.  Originally I wasn't going to mention the actual name as I did not want to taint this board in any way.  That forum does have a travel section, but nothing like this.  I believe it was a member of this forum who also belongs to COM that recommended gayguides.com to me when I was asking questions about Thailand.  So grateful for that recommendation, and very happy on this forum.  

Never heard of this forum Company of men 🤼‍♂️👬,been around long?

I thought there was only 3 gay Thailand forums been GB ,Sawatdee and this one 😲