@Greg *******

"There is no indication he wants to work on a DTV for a local legal entity" who said there is an indication?

If you value staying out of Thai prison stop searching for visa and work permit advice on any group that’s not managed by a Thai agency or law firm.

imagine the situation reversed. Thais showing up to your hometown posing as experts when they don't even know the half of it

@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.