@Daniel ********

Writing up all that doesn’t break a sweat for me 😉

He might have been coming here for 50 years … but On tourist visas. I circle back to my point from previous posts. Carrying a camera around and yapping does not convince serious and credible people that you have a vested interest in a country. You’re not Thai, you never will be, you don’t have a family here, you did not grow up here, you don’t have a business here… even if you worked here before, you simply don’t have deep analytics/data that you would if you were a functional market actor/business owner… in other words, even if he’s been flip flopping back here for 20 years and sometimes picks up a job or two, doesn’t make him an expert on Thai markets/economy/ or what’s good for Thais. To think otherwise is simply copium on top of white night syndrome.

Cheers.

@Hanson *****

a random account with 5 friends promoting a specific YouTubers video,... 🤔🤔🤔

The ones making the real money are doing something else (I don’t want to mention here and give them ideas).

The ones pushing similar bars like you mentioned are getting hustled by the bars. It’s a smart tactic for the business owners but in the long run unsustainable for foreign Thailand YouTubers.

The ROI is a fleeting ego boost they never felt back home 🤷🏻‍♂️

@Greg *******

indeed. it’s a new form of desperation and folly.

There's no clear precedent, yet.

@Greg *******

making content on the DTV is a "grey area", it's what you say in that content that counts. For example, if he offers consultations, which he and several other YouTubers are doing in exchange for monetary compensation, they just broke 2 laws. Btw. There is a group of Thai lawyers building up cases against several YouTubers who are flaunting labor laws. Let's see what happens.

@Daniel ********

yeah, but you see, "all these “influencers” arriving and doing some crappy version of MTV Cribs whilst telling everyone they’re paying too much on rent." are the villains in his story that he scapegoated to absolve himself of talking about things he doesn't understand.

@William *******

“people don’t tell you about you, they tell you about themselves” is his excuse to block you now 😂

This is most likely and indirectly/covert ad that some content creators are experimenting with. Ask someone you know to post on an expat group in hopes of increasing clout. The reality is YouTubers in Thailand who talk about the “ Thailand economy” and “what’s good for Thailand” but have only been here less than a few months all have a major blind spot. They come across as delusional. Trying to set yourself up as an expert on Thai economics, political, and social matters when you have no real skin in the Thai statehood beyond your $300 visa is nothing short of comical. Offering consultations for $150 (then following up with “I’m just a YouTuber”) doesn’t absolve you from the fact that your a foreign toxic market actor attempting to exert influence by exploiting legal vulnerabilities. A colonizer for a lack of better term. Offering up your half baked opinions on Thailand as facts while you’re dressed like that is just sad. Either set up a legal entity (incorporate), get a business visa, and Thai work permit, do market research before talking about thin gas you CLEARLY dont understand and set up real business - or do us all a favor and go review $1 soups in some night market. Save us all the pain of having to glance at your contention with reality.

Yeah, I’m that case it sounds like they have an outstanding tax bill from the non-b days.