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timothypfox
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 Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 6:49 am Post subject: Any alternatives to the GaijinPot Forum? |
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As some of you may know the last "free" voice for ranting and raving has shut down - the GaijinPot Forum. What differed about the site from Dave's is that Dave's is for talking quite seriously about job issues or immigration type of questions. GaijinPot was really an anything goes place to also get into meaty topics like relationship troubles and marital troubles while living in Japan. It's silence closes an important voice for the expat community on the Internet and our healthy communication and dialogue as expats in Japan. As an alternative the administrators offered a very limited GaijinPot discussion group on Facebook.
Anyone else disappointed? Are there any alternative websites for expats to have important non-job related discussions about life in Japan? |
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ssjup81
Joined: 15 Jun 2009
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Location: Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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| Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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It's shut down? I don't go as often as I did, and even that wasn't much, but I thought it was still around.
That aside, I sometimes go to japanguide, but the set up is a bit different. |
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rxk22
Joined: 19 May 2010
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| Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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It's shut down? I don't go as often as I did, and even that wasn't much, but I thought it was still around.
That aside, I sometimes go to japanguide, but the set up is a bit different. |
Big daikon took been gone for a while.
GP won't be missed. Too many trolls, and very little seriousness. I don't want to constantly hear about picking up girls. Its super childish.
I hope that the serious GPers come here and make Dave's more active |
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steki47
Joined: 20 Apr 2008
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Location: BFE Inaka
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| Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| rxk22 wrote: |
| GP won't be missed. Too many trolls, and very little seriousness. I don't want to constantly hear about picking up girls. Its super childish. |
GP is also run as a commercial site and would (will?) delete conversations about sponsoring companies. When Nova was coming down, GP kept deleting rather informative posts, including translations of Japanese news stories. |
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rxk22
Joined: 19 May 2010
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| Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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| steki47 wrote: |
| rxk22 wrote: |
| GP won't be missed. Too many trolls, and very little seriousness. I don't want to constantly hear about picking up girls. Its super childish. |
GP is also run as a commercial site and would (will?) delete conversations about sponsoring companies. When Nova was coming down, GP kept deleting rather informative posts, including translations of Japanese news stories. |
Oh yeah, I really don't like the site on account of them bowing to their sponsors so shamelessly. A site discussing Japan, can't even discuss an event that was probably impacting most Gaijin in some pay, be it personally, a friend, or the ALT/eikaiwa salary |
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kah5217
Joined: 29 Sep 2012
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Location: Ibaraki
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| Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Seems a lot of outfits are closing these days. JET closed their applying forum. That leaves ITIL and here as reliable resource forums. |
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timothypfox
Joined: 20 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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All the criticism about GP is correct, but I did get some useful info there about divorce in Japan. There was quite a good section on marital troubles and how people went about divorce etc... I'd say there were a handful of useful threads while others were probably ridiculous nonsense...
I'm not sure what ITIL is. What does it stand for? Is there a website? I haven't heard of it before. |
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kpjf
Joined: 18 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:59 am Post subject: |
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I'm not sure what ITIL is. What does it stand for? Is there a website? I haven't heard of it before. |
I have just typed "ITIL Japan" into google and this site came up: http://www.ithinkimlost.com/ |
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kah5217
Joined: 29 Sep 2012
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Location: Ibaraki
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| Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Yup. They can be pretty snarky in the chit-chat forums, but when it comes to SOPs, there are many members willing to go over them. |
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Solar Strength
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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Location: Bangkok, Thailand
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| Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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| kpjf wrote: |
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I'm not sure what ITIL is. What does it stand for? Is there a website? I haven't heard of it before. |
I have just typed "ITIL Japan" into google and this site came up: http://www.ithinkimlost.com/ |
DO NOT click on this link - it's for a software download. |
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steki47
Joined: 20 Apr 2008
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Location: BFE Inaka
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| Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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Let's Japan is a decent independent forum for expats living in Japan. Jobs, personal troubles, sports, etc.
http://www.letsjapan.org/forum/ |
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timothypfox
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| Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 12:04 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks! Looks like there are quite a few posters on those forums! |
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Pitarou
Joined: 16 Nov 2009
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Location: Narita, Japan
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| Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 6:12 am Post subject: |
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| Solar Strength wrote: |
| kpjf wrote: |
| timothypfox wrote: |
I'm not sure what ITIL is. What does it stand for? Is there a website? I haven't heard of it before. |
I have just typed "ITIL Japan" into google and this site came up: http://www.ithinkimlost.com/ |
DO NOT click on this link - it's for a software download. |
Huh?
Are you confused by the cookie policy button? |
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kah5217
Joined: 29 Sep 2012
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