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Originally Posted by Wendella
Great. Thanks. I'll check out those other threads.
Reminds me: something odd about this forum -- there's no threads. Here we are posting in Vietnam, which on most forums would be a general section, and then individual threads on different specific topics would be posted within it. Here everything about Vietnam gets put into this one giant thread. It ends up being chat-style back and forth, not really relevant to most people coming to read. I just mention it because it makes finding useable info a really time-consuming task. I have to say, for me, it's a big drawback of this site. Vietnam should have its own section, and we should be able to start individual specific threads within it. It'd make finding info a lot easier.
We'd also be able to have something like a 'stickie' that could contain the kind of info pepole come here to ask again and again and again (which is obviously annoying to some here) like where are the GF hotels, which clubs are good, hair salons, etc etc.
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This IS a thread on the city of HCM, there is a couple of others on Hanoi, Danang...etc but not as active as this one, the forum itself is either SBF or sub-forum as in International Field Reports, what you are asking for is a thread within a thread, which may not be realistic as it will spilt up this SBF forum into too many minor threads with not much participation in them to keep it updated regularly.
The idea of making a sticky within this thread is more realistic & achievable, this you will have to PM Sammy himself but I sincerely doubt he will respond given the amount of moderation work he got himself into....
You will realise that its kind of dry in any forums, SBF or otherwise, if nobody comes in to interject the daily posts with chit-chat and dry humor, however I do admit its kinda irritating to those outside the circle whom just wants to look for information.
However always remember those so-called "irritating" chit-chat posts (my definition, not yours) frequently includes information and updates which VERY freqently those forumners whom are not a frequent poster in this thread will seldom bother to contribute.... they simply ask for information, say thanks (some even do not even bother to say thanks) and than disappear into thin air, maybe to materialised few months later asking for other information...
Of cos there will always be the odd person out but this are the minority, seldom the norm...
The very old original SBF forum had the true air of sharing, you would seldom find flaming, just plain old unselfish sharing of information with no strings attached, but I am just reminising about the glorious past, new generations breeds new behaviour, we just have to move & adjust....
Cheerios....SS08 ^_^