Idle banter forum

*grabs a beer*

Somtam2000, I am sure there is some reasonable explanation to some other guy using your handle. Maybe you share the computer and he/she forgot to log out and in to change users. Or maybe the guy must use yours in order to have the admin features that he/she needs to run the site for the day.

Bruce has always been laid back (relatively...) and this is the most worked up I have ever seen him!

How bout a lil explaning??

Stuart

I suggest it's not a storm in a teacup.

The Sunday stand-in approached his/her views quite differently to you: as might be expected.

As a suggestion, why don't you:

1/ select a moniker for each person, ie. one for you, another for (say) Samantha, another for the Sunday stand-in, etc. I really don't see why having different monikers lessens the admin function. Personally, I think it would enhance it.

2/. drop the posts:xxx part for any of the admin contributors. That way, there would not be any implied discrimination between long standing and more recent contributors.

Also, by having different monikers, it could be that one day, several admin people were contributing at the same time.

In any event, by having different monikers, other contributors would know that it is/is not Stuart 'on the line'.

I really fail to see why anonymity at admin is so important. I would have thought each admin contributor would be proud to have their own moniker.

Cheers

Gotcha.

Bruce I don't see what the big deal is really. So what even if views are approached differently. You always have the opportunity to respond, agree, disagree or agree to disagree.

The job of the Somtam2000 is to answer questions and help travelers. Don't see any harm when the intention is good.

****, it could be a ladyboy for all I care.

BTW Anymore filthy toilet stories?

Where are the girls on the beach?

i wish i could agree with matt's comment that bruce has always been relatively laid back, but that is absolutely not the case. bruce has consistently been the most aggressive person on this site. this thread is just another example.

i'm sorry to see this happening again. i thought bruce had calmed down and was going to focus on actually trying to help out the people asking questions. i guess not.

this has nothing to do with censorship. it is all about bruce's ego and his repeated attempts to be top dog here. i salute somtam's continued patience, because were this my website i would have tossed bruce long ago for his rude behavior.

i really do wish bruce would start his own website. then he could run it however he saw fit. wouldn't that be great? i think bruce would be happier. i know i would be happier. :-)

for what it is worth, i agree with SBE. i don't think bruce should have a vote in how Travelfish is run either. best wishes somtam and keep up the good work.

OK, I have to take up Bruces side on this one. Not on this particular issue, but on the issue of his contributions. Sure he can be pretty direct, but Bruce contributes a huge amount of useful information to people preparing to travel and he brings a lot of experience to the table. I would rather have a guy who is somewhat abrupt offering information than a moron who likes to sing Kumbaya.

"Stuart could be a two headed bipolar hermaphradite for all we really know."


Busylizzy and I will be able to verify that he isn't a two headed bipolar hermaphradite at the pissup in November but I know a couple of people who've met him already and I think they would have mentioned it.

Hello all,

Interesting thread.

I appreciate all the contributors here. After skulking around the site for some months it doesn't take that much to work out who is who and what their views are. What I appreciate about this site is that it is less likely that it has been hijacked by people with vested interests (eg guest house owners and travel agents).

Bruce is a strong supporter of the Sinh Cafe and Columbus cruises and I trust that this comes from personal experience (and this is backed up by some other posts).

Somtam2000 always offers a balanced view and personally I don't care if Sontam is one person or 50. The stuff is reliable and the site itself retains its integrity, for which I thank Stuart and co.

Just my two cents anyway.

Since when was this a thread about Bruce?

He is not rude, as Madmac says, just direct. His advice, experiences and alternative views are of great benefit to this site.

Dunno what the fuss is here.

A pissup in Bali! SBE and I will both be there around the same time so are aiming to catch up (probably around 18-20 November). We're assuming Somtam (all 3 of them!) will be game to catch up as well, even though there is a cunning plan to ply him/them with copious quantities of alcohol and get this edit function button underway.

Anyone else who will be in Bali at the same time will be welcome, of course. We'll make a post closer to the time once we pin down a specific day, time and location.

I'm glad there's another cunning plan involving copious amounts of alcohol because I'm not sure how long I can keep THREE Somtans totally enthralled with my dance of the 7 beach sarongs...

How long do you reckon you'll need to fix the edit button Lizzy?

SBE

depends on how much grog's been consumed. If enough, I venture I'd be the hoop!!!

Cheers

Why do you call it a "piss up"?

Lisa

"The more the merrier, and I'm sure the 7 beach sarong dance alone will be worth it! ;-)"

Oh, I thought you wouldn't to be there for that. It was to occupy the 3 somtam's while you be fiddled with the dials or whatever...

"Besides, if you made the special trip, that would give us the chance to answer the fabled question "Who is Bruce Moon?"

Seems to me that others have answered that. Anyway, I was thinking of joining for the grog and frivolity, not the attention.

Cheers

To return to the original question.

Bruce, now that you've worked out how to do colours and vary fonts, it is time to move onto something more engaging.

I know you love a bit of googling. Why not plug in "cyberspace and fluid identities" and see what pops up.

Might provide an answer about why somtam2000 doesn't coincide with one particular corporeal identity.

I know this is a bit late but don't really see the issue with site admins just using the one identity to moderate the forums....and know this happens on many sites.


color=red]2/. drop the posts:xxx part for any of the admin contributors. That way, there would not be any implied discrimination between long standing and more recent contributors.

Does it really matter unless there is some form of personal goal to have to most number of posts?

WOW james where did that rant come from , do u not like people from europe.

where are u from ???

WTF James? Quite a sweeping statement to make.