New Blog

[Guest bottomdad]

There is a new blog on the web started by a friend with some good tips about Gay Pattaya.

 

See it at http://gaypattaya.wordpress.com/

[Rogie]

Thank you for that link Bottomdad.

 

Writing a blog cannot be easy. The blogger has to capture his readership and make them want to come back on a regular basis. He has to find his own little niche, and fill it with interesting, original and informative content. And thought-provoking stuff too? That latter aspect seems to be an important part of this blogger's style, at least on his home page. I haven't looked at any other pages as I am not really interested in the day-to-day goings-on in Pattaya. The blog has plenty of humour and I didn't read anything crude or in bad taste. It doesn't seem to be his style to slag other people or businesses off either. There was a well-liked and respected late gentleman known as Gay Pattayan - so by calling himself Gay Pattaya, I wonder how that will go down. For myself, Pattaya is full of 'gays', gay this and gay that so provided there is no confusion I don't see a problem. He says he's lived in Pattaya a long time, so there . . . !

 

I wish this new blog every success, and as far as I can tell he's an Englishman, so that's a good start!

[baobao]

Yes, thanks for the link, bottomdad! Time doesn't allow me to even keep up with the forums, let alone individual blogs, so I'd missed this post a month or more ago. I wish Gay Pattaya the best of luck.

 

Rogie is spot on about the time it takes to keep up with a blog, too. Sharing one's own photos and experiences on your own site is a pleasure - most of the time - but composing a post that will inform/entertain a broader audience four or five days a week isn't as easy as some may think. Even the most prolific posters tend to fall back on "borrowing" images, other articles and post ideas from other sites to fill a week here and there, I'm told; something far easier than composing an actual post. I hope Gay Pattaya will share more of their day to day experiences there, like TOQ does on his blog. That's entertaining

 

For a couple sites it's all about the statistic numbers, for me it's about the sharing. There's room for all, and personally I'm happy with the folks who drop in regularly to read my stuff whenever they land there.

 

http://khunbaobao.blogspot.com

[Rogie]

Nice photo of the moon on your blog entry for the 2 August khun baobao. Welcome back after your time in Hawaii.

 

For a couple sites it's all about the statistic numbers, for me it's about the sharing. There's room for all, and personally I'm happy with the folks who drop in regularly to read my stuff whenever they land there.

 

Your comment in bold (mine) reminds me of the Curiosity Rover that landed on the surface of Mars earlier today.

 

It seems the Rover is pretty hi-tech but one thing it can't do is write down what it's thinking. Maybe years hence when our techology is more advanced, if they ever send a similar unmanned rover, the scientists might think to include an 'intelligent' computer ('Hal' from 2001?) that was capable of blog-style entries on its log.

[Guest thaiworthy]

Maybe years hence when our techology is more advanced, if they ever send a similar unmanned rover, the scientists might think to include an 'intelligent' computer ('Hal' from 2001?) that was capable of blog-style entries on its log.

 

"I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave."

[Rogie]

And I always thought you were like an inanimate version of Mr Spock Hal. I see you have a spark of humour in your circuitry. What else have you got up your sleeve? Please don't tell me there's an obelisk buried in the Gale Crater!

[Guest bottomdad]

Check out the latest tantrum on my friend's blog. http://gaypattaya.wordpress.com/

 

Give the man some comments on his worries.

[Rogie]

Give the man some comments on his worries.

 

Hello again Bottomdad! (please note my comments that follow are more directed at the author of the blog than yourself, feel free to pass them on). That's good of you to mention the Gay Pattaya blog again and as I said in a previous post I like this blog. However I have no intention of posting any comments on the blog itself, as I don't read any blogs on a regular basis (although to be fair to myself I don't live in Thailand, let alone Pattaya) and to do so would only be because I felt sorry for the guy and I am sure he is more than capable of sailing through a few choppy waters. As everyone agrees, including khun baobao (see above) they are jolly hard work which Gay Pattaya himself also admits. That must be galling to think you are not reaching your target audience in the way you would have liked. One of the ways you can gauge a response is in feedback and it seems there isn't much of that in this blog. As I say I don't live in Pattaya but reading the Gay Tantrum I can certainly symapthise when some of the activities appear to have little support. No easy answers there, other than to maybe scale things down a bit . . . Rome wasn't built in a day sort of approach. I would suggest getting a higher profile on one or two gay Message Boards. Gaybuttonthai is the one that comes to mind as it is very Pattaya focussed.

 

I will just comment on one topic in the blog and that is the Gay boat cruise. I see the Pattaya Players have a cruise this coming Sunday, the 12th. It would be interesting to know how successful that is going to be. On the assumption it proves popular, why not tag along yourself, get to meet what i am sure is a great bunch of people and do a bit of networking. That's what i'd do get out a bit more instead of moping at home and venting your frustrations on readers of your blog. Please be assured I wish the blog every success!

[Guest bottomdad]

Thank you for your observations. I have passed them on to my friend.

[Guest fountainhall]


I see the Pattaya Players have a cruise this coming Sunday, the 12th. It would be interesting to know how successful that is going to be.

 

An interesting point. However, there do seem to be major differences with the cruise suggestion of the blogger. Pattaya Players is a very established group of motivated and committed people. They meet regularly (I believe) and work together to present performances. It must be relatively easy for them for contact each other and organise outings and other more social events in the knowledge that they will be at best reasonably well attended – by many people who already know each other.

 

The writer of a blog is, on the other hand, to all intents and purposes merely an anonymous individual. No matter how many read the blog, that is their primary intent - reading, and perhaps gaining information. Readers are not there for social purposes or to meet up. Now it's true that there have been a couple of drinks parties organised for members of this Board. These were in Pattaya and were quite well attended (I understand - although not living in Pattaya I was not present).

 

But again there is a difference, This Board has been running for several years and quite a number of posters already knew each other. The new blog has been in existence for only three months. Highly admirable though the blogger’s intention is in attempting to organize social events for gay Pattayans, it does seem to me that he is making too many assumptions – the main one being that those who already have a circle of gay friends might wish to join a cruise, sing in a choir etc. organised by someone they know absolutely nothing about!

 

Then there is the language of the ‘invitation’. Perhaps understandable given the lack of earlier responses, but I’m not sure I would respond favourably to this –

 

Does anyone think that getting off your arse or someone else’s arse and taking the partner, bf or whatever for a day out would be exciting? . . . Go on email me and tell me that it is a shite idea or you would love to give it a go!

 

I’d also take issue with the comment that the majority of gay expats who live in Pattaya and Thailand “do absolutely bugger all but complain.” That is guaranteed to turn off a whole bunch of potential cruisers! Having lived here for getting on 11 years now, sure I moan and groan sometimes. But the fact is that no-one is forcing any of us to live here, and the vast majority are more than happy most of the time. On a Board, it is far easier to complain about the things that irritate us, much more so than the things we enjoy.

 

I, too, wish the blogger success. But I was somewhat put off by the first post that appears when you go into the archives. I’m not really interested in bowel movements. I agree that “fecal rarity and scarcity” may be of interest to some, but for me it’s a turn-off. It’s not really the ideal first blog for readers to see!

 

In an attempt to be constructive, I’d also make one little suggestion – that the blogger first gets to know more people in the gay community and only then, along with others, starts to organize various social functions/events. In my view, such arrangements are far better done on a person-to-person basis than via the anonymity of a blog.

[Guest thaiworthy]

I thoroughly agree with FH and Rogie. The cruise invitation seemed worded strangely and was off-putting. This would not motivate me to socialize in the manner suggested. I don't see how such negativity is going to impress people, in fact, it would do the opposite. While in conversation negative things can be mentioned, since a face-to-face conversation allows more freedom of expression and a broader, more immediate exchange of information. But as an anonymous stranger, I would think one should at least try to put his best foot forward. Telling me to "get off my ass" is very poor way to say "hello."

[ChristianPFC]

I made a comment on the tantrum, which has yet to appear in the "comments". There is a slight chance that there was a technical error, and a bigger chance that the blog owner didn't like my comment (which was slightly negative, but in no way offensive or impolite).