Thread: Improving the Teak Door

One has to make do with the posters there are, not the comments one wishes for...

Originally Posted by stroller

One has to make do with the posters there are, not the comments one wishes for...

Yet, you'd have to agree that TD has taken a downturn, in the last couple of years, as to regarding the general social climate and knowledge base.

Click the yellow expat diary on top of the new posts search page. All sorts of good stuff there as well in TD links.

TD is content rich but the content is dated. Needs updating. Care and feeding of content died with DD. Get content updated and visable on search engines. Will go a long way to getting more members.

Dump the escort ads.

Sort the ancient pic post process along with other not user friendly stuff.

Get rid of 90% of the doghouse threads.

Dump speakers corner or fix it.

Keep OPs that have fuck all to do with SE Asia or Asia at a minimum.

Plus a long list of other things that need to be done to revitalize the site.

A lot of work and gonna cost a bit but if TD is to improve, ownership must take the lead and as with Nike, just do it. Do nothing and it will remain as it is. A slowly but surely dying website.

Originally Posted by Norton

Click the yellow expat diary on top of the new posts search page. All sorts of good stuff there as well in TD links.

TD is content rich but the content is dated. Needs updating. Care and feeding of content died with DD. Get content updated and visable on search engines. Will go a long way to getting more members.

Dump the escort ads.

Sort the ancient pic post process along with other not user friendly stuff.

Get rid of 90% of the doghouse threads.

Dump speakers corner or fix it.

Keep OPs that have fuck all to do with SE Asia or Asia at a minimum.

Plus a long list of other things that need to be done to revitalize the site.

A lot of work and gonna cost a bit but if TD is to improve, ownership must take the lead and as with Nike, just do it. Do nothing and it will remain as it is. A slowly but surely dying website.

Well reasoned per usual, Norty.
All above could've easily have been fixed or modified some time back.

It's obvious that the powers to be here aren't looking to improve the place for the better......just going through the motions. That's OK, as it is what it is.

After Eric's passing - the purges, the "changes", the general environment, policies, etc......taking a strange twist not looking to grace the betterment of this uniquely eccentric venue.

Originally Posted by Norton

A lot of work and gonna cost a bit

So is TD looking for donations? Cuz if the ads stop revenue is going to be cut.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

So is TD looking for donations?

No idea but I could use a bit extra.

Originally Posted by Norton

could use a bit extra.

I hope we're talking money?

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

I hope we're talking money?

Blood. AB+ please. Runnin low.

Make people who don't donate look bad. Simply saying "I'm a donor!" isn't enough to do it.

Originally Posted by wjblaney

Make people who don't donate look bad. Simply saying "I'm a donor!" isn't enough to do it.

Though a lovely gesture, donating would be akin to subsidizing the moronic/disconnected collective that dominate the place...

get rid of animated gifs as avatars

Originally Posted by David48atTD

For example, you have James running an excellent Rubber Tree thread in the Farming Forum

and thaiguzzi and a couple of others in the business

Originally Posted by DrB0b

I can't speak for anybody else but I don't write articles or share knowledge any more because TD no longer feels like a community,

I disagree, the way the TD community came together to help me reassured me there was hope in the online community we have here. I sincerely hope that I can repay the support that was given to me, but I personally don't contribute the way I've done in the past on the other forum simply because I'm scared shitless to post anything remotely personal.

Edit....

Having said the above, I've got a license or two of the updated forum software. I'll happily donate it to TD if they'll use it to upgrade the forum.

Originally Posted by CSFFan

I disagree

No, sorry, that's not allowed. Nice try though!

Originally Posted by DrB0b

No, sorry, that's not allowed. Nice try though!

Dammit, I lose again!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by CSFFan

Originally Posted by DrB0b

No, sorry, that's not allowed. Nice try though!

Dammit, I lose again!!!!!!!!!!!

You're lucky Dr.BOb is not sueing, after the pain you caused him by damaging his public reputation & personal core identity by disrespectfully disagreeing and de facto calling him a liar!

Originally Posted by StevenR

Not knowing the history here but a forum I used in Spain had some longstayer know it alls who used it as their personal bullying playground and they relentlessly picked on anyone who caught their evil eye. It wasn't pleasant and I left. I think this type of forum would do well to flush itself of the jaded longstayers sometimes and be given over to a fresh new generation.

Exactly. Spot on mate. There is a gang of lifers here who do their best to bully everyone they deem fit for bullying. kingwilly, neverna, DrBub, AntRobertson and a few others.

Add nothing, but nastiness.

^^ In some ways I agree but you just can't kick members out just because they're 'jaded longstayers'. When I first came on this forum, my nic was 'Ivor Biggun' and I thought the forum was the bees knees. I used to piss myself with laughter at the wind-ups. That no longer is the case these days unfortunately. I've even started looking at TV forum again which is a sad thing to admit. Where the forum goes from here I don't know but I'll stick with it.

Originally Posted by baldrick

get rid of animated gifs as avatars

Originally Posted by David48atTD

For example, you have James running an excellent Rubber Tree thread in the Farming Forum

and thaiguzzi and a couple of others in the business

Thanks for the heads up ... I'll check out the Business Forum shortly.

Let the code be open source.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Originally Posted by Norton

A lot of work and gonna cost a bit

So is TD looking for donations? Cuz if the ads stop revenue is going to be cut.

those ads prevent other companies from advertising. who wants to be associated with whores

Originally Posted by thaimeme

Originally Posted by Norton

Click the yellow expat diary on top of the new posts search page. All sorts of good stuff there as well in TD links.

TD is content rich but the content is dated. Needs updating. Care and feeding of content died with DD. Get content updated and visable on search engines. Will go a long way to getting more members.

Dump the escort ads.

Sort the ancient pic post process along with other not user friendly stuff.

Get rid of 90% of the doghouse threads.

Dump speakers corner or fix it.

Keep OPs that have fuck all to do with SE Asia or Asia at a minimum.

Plus a long list of other things that need to be done to revitalize the site.

A lot of work and gonna cost a bit but if TD is to improve, ownership must take the lead and as with Nike, just do it. Do nothing and it will remain as it is. A slowly but surely dying website.

Well reasoned per usual, Norty.
All above could've easily have been fixed or modified some time back.

It's obvious that the powers to be here aren't looking to improve the place for the better......just going through the motions. That's OK, as it is what it is.

After Eric's passing - the purges, the "changes", the general environment, policies, etc......taking a strange twist not looking to grace the betterment of this uniquely eccentric venue.

it's not eccentric, it's tv

004/

Originally Posted by DrB0b

<snip>
... because TD no longer feels like a community,<snip>

Thanks Dr Bob

Through the members here, your individual efforts which can collectively make TD (again) feel like a community.

Easy to say, but it's difficult to do.

We should all be thankful for our forward thinking admin. Look at the Teakdoor logo at the top of the page. It's got its Christmas hat on already, 30 weeks in advance. Nice one.

Originally Posted by wjblaney

Let the code be open source.

Do you mean change the forum software to something else, like SMF for example? Why?