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Reader Submission: Bravo to Thailandblog!
I've been reading the Thailand blog almost every day since it was founded, usually fascinating and always interesting. Since I lived there for my work for five years, with all the ups and downs, Thailand has kept my warm interest and I still like to come there regularly. My interest is fueled to a large extent every day, at least kept warm by the Thailand blog.
Yesterday another beautiful, well-documented, challenging story about wintering in this beautiful country, resulting in a boom of interesting experiences and other excellent reader reactions.
Time for a thank you.
So today I spontaneously shout: Bravo for Thailandblog! Because that may well be said. Who joins me?
Submitted by Jos van Noord
It has indeed become a daily ritual.
Like the newspaper, you don't want to miss it.
Thank you
Your example from yesterday's article about hibernating may not be a lucky one, as it's a 2010 repost.
That does not alter the fact that it can be interesting for the 'new generation', so there is little against it and it can also be fun and educational to see the reactions from then.
So I would like to agree with you, but regular readers will not be surprised, not without a critical note.
Especially with reader questions, the Thailand blog visitors often go to great lengths to indicate whether a travel schedule is feasible or not, where you can buy sprinkles, where you can spend the night and so on.
It would be so nice if those questioners would let us know afterwards what they did and how it went. Unfortunately, you rarely see that.
And in general, many more readers should occasionally take up the pen themselves to share their experiences. At worst, a few cocky know-it-alls like me disagree with you.
A blog like this stands or falls with the participation of the visitors. And with a certain amount of moderation so as not to throw too much nonsense into the world.
Anyone who likes to write a piece should definitely do so. If you are afraid that there are many language, spelling or style errors, you can always ask the editors to have it corrected by me first. I'm not Fehlerfrei either, but I do it with pleasure.
So with you I say 'Bravo' but one cannot rest on one's laurels!
A question then, can you also send a pdf as an attachment and how, or does the story have to be typed in the comment box?
I like to do my stories on the computer first so that I can read them again a few times and only then send them in, hence my question.
You can send your story to [email protected]
I submit my pieces as a Word (.doc or .docx) document. Then the editors can easily adjust the layout, import their website software for placement, etc.
I'm still in Thailand for a while until tomorrow morning. After returning I climb into the pen again. In the planning is a piece about the Thai Labor museum and possibly a piece about Isan temples with special murals (Tino has already written about that).
Dear Jos, of course I support you! Just as I enjoyed reading your stories about Thailand in the Telegraaf at the time, I have been following the Thailand Blog almost every day for years. An additional advantage is that I have become a lot wiser about Thailand. Coincidentally, I praised the moderators in a response last week. I completely agree with Frans that questioners can explain afterwards what they did with the feedback from the readers of Thailand Blog. I am often surprised that even when asked for further information in order to provide a correct answer, questioners sometimes remain silent.
Fair comment Frans Amsterdam that it would be useful or positive if the questioners would indicate how valuable or not the recommendations, warnings + ect. were for those interested.
In the absence of this, many enthusiasts (including me) will refrain from taking the trouble to respond.
Facebook is a relief for the active among us.
From a few to hundreds of likes to comments daily are no exception.
I'm making an exception this time for you Frans Amsterdam.
As a Thailand fanatic, I am also a loyal reader of Thailanblog, from the 1st week. Since 2012 I keep all publications on my server with topics of interest to me in the near future with a scribble so that I can easily find them. I find most topics interesting and some more than that. I also regularly respond to submitted pieces and sometimes I post something. For me, Thailandblog has become a kind of necessity of life that just belongs to it. It keeps the bond with Thailand up to date and that keeps you up to date. I hope to be able to read this blog daily for many years to come, I look forward to it every day. Cheers keep it up.
Sure, I look forward to it every day.
Indeed, an indispensable blog for Thailand lovers! A word of thanks is certainly in order, but above all: “keep it up”!
Bravo! For the editors
I also always look every day when I'm in Thailand supper site
I too fully agree with this reader's submission: good information and responses, which show that people treat each other with respect.
As far as the latter is concerned, a word of praise for the moderation is certainly in order (“elsewhere” you see all too often that things get out of hand).
Reading Thailandblog (and commenting from time to time) is therefore a daily recurring pleasure.
We have also enjoyed reading Thailandblog for years. Continue on the same footing. Lots of information and fun and interesting stories. Cheers!!!
Definitely the best blog about Thailand. Fewer white beaches, palm trees and Pattaya (the four S's) would be nice, but that's part of it. The responses, additions and discussions are often illuminating and interesting. All very educational and fortunately well moderated indeed! Even my comments disappear sometimes, you can imagine 🙂
Can only agree with the ideas. one word “top”.
From my side a full confirmation of the praise of Thailandblog.
Very interesting articles, facts, topics, answers to questions, etc...
Keep on doing.
Good wine needs no wreath.
My sincere congratulations to the entire team for bringing multiple topics directly related to Thailand every day and to the skilled moderators who ensure there is no confusion due to all kinds of off-topic comments.
Really top notch and always helpful.
Dear thanks.
Bona.
Very encouraging, all those positive reactions.
Tino Kuis says it perhaps best: thailandblog is instructive and often enlightening.
Of course there is also quite a bit to criticize on the by far favorite blog about Thailand.
For example, I am an opponent of 'advertorials', especially if it is not clearly stated. Take the advertising story about Nan, which was right under my 'Bravo piece'. The resort mentioned therein is indeed stoneware, although the beautiful bungalows are made of teak. An absolute topper, I will not compromise on that. But the promotional piece also mentions the silence in Nan, while last winter we had to flee from the incessant disco boom that kept us awake almost every night.
Frans from Amsterdam says that one should not rest on one's laurels, so not even on the laurel wreath that hangs around so many thailand blogs. Seems like a justified call: there's always room for improvement! The decline begins the moment you think you are there.
We also read the blog every day. We have also often found useful information, including in response to reader questions. Such as the question for a good contractor in Chiang Mai.
We have also taken other good ideas from readers to heart.
We hope to enjoy this blog for a very long time.
The quality of a company or in this case a Thailand blog is characterized by those who manage it and do their best to keep it that way. A pat on the back from time to time or a positive response is an appreciated gesture and with this chapeau, because it still looks good and meets a certain need. With the constructive criticism and journalistic news and even repetitions, a large group of Thailand visitors and those staying longer benefit.