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[Bramble]

[whatever]

When I first saw Dave's picture, there was a slight blip on the gaydar. With the new picture, I can't turn the damn thing off.

Keeps me up at night...sheesh

[Rumple]

[kermo]

I don't spend much time here anymore. Virtually every thread I've been interested in over the last few weeks has been quickly deleted.

Moderators work hard to keep this site free of porn, profanity and racism, but they can't filter snarkiness and idiocy, which, unfortunately, abounds.

I've been doing most of my posting on another expat site. At first, the freedom was both exhilarating (I get to say swears and talk about sex! Wheee!) and horrifying (some posters run with scissors and don't play welll with others.) I was confused about the role of the moderators, and at first I expected them to protect me from evil and disgusting attacks from other posters (yeah, there were a couple.) However, I realized that as a part of a small community, I had a choice and responsibility to stand up and say "That statement is sexist/racist/cruel," and that actually facing those issues felt better than waiting for mods to clip them out and sweep them under the rug.

Having developed a thick skin and the willingness to confront, I'm enjoying a livelier, more compelling dialogue with my fellow expats. Also, the smaller scale of the site allows for so many more options, like live chat, online games, customized profiles, reputation, gifts, gambling, etc. There are a few scary characters, some rabble rousers, but a great many warm, interesting, intelligent people, and of course the requisite handful of village idiots that are fun to kick around.

Right now, Dave's is too vast, too homogenized, too limited for me. It helped me a lot as a newbie, but it's just not what I want right now.

[crusher_of_heads]

kermo, you know what I want right now?

[kermo]

[spliff]

[spliff]

[twg]

[The_Conservative]

2 things though with the paying idea.

if people paid, they'd feel more entitled to have a say in how the boards were run and moderated.

And number 2 how many people would be willing to pay to moan and whine on a messageboard when they could (a) either find another one for free or (b) start up their own?

[crusher_of_heads]

[twg]

[Scarlet13]

I use the report button here and there, and to date I have never seen a post removed because of it. I checked over the posting guideline recently and i believe that my complaints were always for things directly covered by the post rules and still the offensive remains.

[Don Gately]

Honestly, I think Dave should retire new posting altogether here. Is there any issue to do with living in Korea that has not been addressed at some point or 'nother in the now five years this board has been open?

Think about that. Five years. There is nothing left to say. Dave's has gone into meta-reality.

Finis.

[Don Gately]