Why are comments closed on Thai visa advice threads before I can respond?

Thai Visa Advice Commenting Rules Community Moderation Discussion Frustrations Information Sharing

Oct 5, 2019

5 years ago

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Twice in the past couple of days I have tried responding to at least part of someone's question or ask a follow up question related to what another questioner included in their comment and before I could complete my comment, comments were turned off..  it's really rather frustrating, wonder why I even bother either to try and provide helpful info to someone else or learn something helpful for myself..

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The post expresses frustration with the closure of comments on Thai visa advice threads, which prevents users from providing helpful information or asking follow-up questions. Other comments in the thread discuss the rationale behind moderating comments, the challenges in managing misinformation, and the community rules regarding comment closure.

Robert *******

And al this for giving travel advice, sorry but this page is called Thai VISA advice. If you like to share the knowledge of bus and minivans you need to find the page Thai bus and minivan advice.

5 years ago

DJ *****

ORIGINAL POSTER

I see the one I had tried to respond to has just opened up again for whatever reason.. I'll give one more try to reply to it..

5 years ago

James ********

DJ Gap if its the one I just reopened, I did so as I am suspicious the young teacher is being misled. Another Tourist Visa is not what he needs. His school or agent is not delivering on their promise to provide work permit to legally teach.

However..update. ..the good news is that he is applying for a NonB for Teaching.

5 years ago

James ********

@DJ ****

please do as we welcome your input.

5 years ago

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James ********

Tod *********

IF you feel you can provide good information to a post that is closed please contact the admin/moderating staff (

) and we can turn a thread back on for commenting.

Believe me it is NOT our intention to stop constructive conversation and/or the dissemination of accurate information.

5 years ago

Tod *********

I am sorry that happened. It's a tough job running the group.

We used to leave comments open and what ended up happening was, the O/P would get the correct answer and some well meaning wing-nut who didn't know shit from Shinola would come on and post bad info.

That's when we started closing the threads as soon as the correct answer was given. It just got to be too much to run herd on all the posts and correcting the bad information.

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