Readers can respond to the stories on Thailandblog.nl. That also happens en masse. There are now more than 300.000 comments on Thailandblog.
We really appreciate your feedback. It shows the involvement of our readers. Thailandblog wants to interact with its readers.
Moderate
Is that why all comments are posted? No. We moderate quite strictly. Not on the (un)pleasantness of opinions, but on the way they are dressed. Thailandblog wants to distinguish itself from other forums about Thailand. According to the editors, this should reflect on the quality of the responses.
We would rather have ten interesting and well-founded responses than a hundred regurgitations. The comment panel is not an outlet for readers' frustrations. We therefore only allow comments that we think will be of interest to our readers. Also for readers who never respond.
With this statement we reserve the right to moderate on relevance and quality. A response that shows knowledge of the author, passion for the subject and in which reason resonates more than emotion, will always be posted. Everything else can, without stating reasons, will not be accepted. We also reserve the right to modify, shorten or remove a part of a response.
What should a comment on Thailandblog meet?
If you want to be sure that your comment will be posted, please adhere to the following house rules:
1. Normal sentences in correct Dutch with correct spelling and grammar. Use spell check if necessary.
We disapprove of this:
- Sentences without initial capital letter and punctuation marks (periods and commas).
- Excessive use of punctuation marks (i.e. a whole series of exclamation marks or question marks).
- Sentences in capitals only (capital letters).
- Sloppy or incomprehensible texts.
2. A comment should always be about the topic of the article.
We disapprove of this:
- Comparisons with the Netherlands or Belgium that are irrelevant.
- Replies to other commenters that are not related to the topic of the posting.
- Reactions that start to look like chatting.
- Respond to respond.
3. Normal decency and manners.
We disapprove of this:
- Swearing, swearing, discriminating, threatening, insults, foul language, making fun of someone, calling someone stupid.
- Involving someone's beliefs, ethnicity or orientation in a discussion in a hurtful way.
- Sexist comments.
- Libel and slander (Thailand blog is not a pillory).
- Hurtful reactions.
- Calling for violence or justifying violence.
4. Quality. Your response must have content. Be interesting to other readers. Use rational statements and cite facts or sources. Do you disagree? Do you have a different opinion? Fine, but substantiate your criticism or opinion in a normal way without overly emotional statements. Always explain why you disagree with something.
We disapprove of this:
- Just emotional reactions and gut feelings.
- We will remove demonstrably incorrect information, for example in response to reader questions, as much as possible.
- Unsubstantiated criticism, opinions or statements.
- Disrespect and generalizations towards Thai or Thailand, but also towards expats or other Thailand visitors.
- Extreme criticism of the author of an article.
- Extreme criticism and/or lamentation about Thailand or the Thai people.
- Nag comments – readers who only respond when they can nag about something.
The following things are did not allowed in a comment
- Exaggerated criticism of the writer of an article (we protect our authors against unfounded criticism and playing the man).
- Commercial messages.
- Links or references to dubious sites or videos.
- Criticism of the Thai royal family.
- Reactions only to evoke other reactions.
- Constantly changing identity, the so-called 'Trolling'.
- Posting extremely long URLs. If you want to post a long URL, you should first use a URL shortener, for example: https://bitly.com
Please respect our rules
As soon as you post a comment, we assume that you have first read our house rules and that you agree with the rules. Given the amount of comments, we do not correspond about amendments or deletions of comments.
Serious violations, or multiple violations of our house rules in a row, will mean that we will block your IP address. You will then no longer be able to comment on Thailandblog.