BACK TO THE BASICS - A WEBSITE BY EXPATS, FOR EXPATS

115POSTS

15 years ago

Personally, I liked having a site where I could come and get useful information from people in the same situation as me. It stopped being a useful site for me when all I was reading were posts about how everything is so great and that the expats should either shut up or leave. Hopefully things will improve and i'll actually want to hang out here again!

Gernademan Serial expat

201POSTS

15 years ago

#42

Yud wrote:
Can we all please avoid such kind ****/w*f/ other similar vulgar expression!! Can you kindly, discuss or voice out your opinion in a cool way

We're cool!

vilanelle Active member

31POSTS

15 years ago

#43

You can kinda guess after first couple of posts;)

Sandman6 ViP

1863POSTS

15 years ago

#44

1. The generally poor standard of English

2. Their rose-tinted opinion that Libya is a perfect society

3. They frequently respond along the lines of "go back home" when they read something that a real expat has posted that they don't agree with

4. They send threatening, abusive or intimidating PM's

5. They may have "Libya" somewhere in their username

flipfinger Contributor

115POSTS

15 years ago

#45

Or possibly that, thinking no-one will notice, they put what they think is an amusing name... wait for it... BACKWARDS.

See above...

Ahh.. glad the mods found him.

Lost Nomad Active member

26POSTS

15 years ago

#46

I love this forum. You guys are cool! I moved from Tripoli recently (after living there only for 6 months) to Singapore and I found that Tripoli has the best expat forum, informative, responsive, lively and also entertaining, compare to any onther country in this world. This forum is the only good thing I had living in Tripoli, and honestly, being a a full time mother and work at home full time online remotely from my home country, it's one of the website I just had to check out everyday next to my personal email account (it's almost like my daily newspaper). Thank you so much for all your contributions, I wish Singapore would have such a lively forum as Libya. Insyaallah;-))

GISgirl Contributor

103POSTS

15 years ago

#47

Guess I will walk the fence on this one except to offer just a few comments:
1. As Julien said, this is a temporary situation. Instead of complaining about it, come up with an alternative. I have only read one suggested alternative.
2. I am still able to recieve PMs from locals. This means that the locals can still read the forum and respond directly to the author of a post. This cuts down on the inclination to "show off" in front of others because no one will read it except perhaps the author of the comment. If the local response is a helpful one, it can be pasted into the actual forum.
3. I am against this measure becoming permanent for the following reason: Many places in Libya do not have the critical mass of expats that Tripoli does. If a person were to ask a question about lets say Derna, who else but a local would be able to respond?

That's my 3 cents worth.

Cheers

mp_garcia ViP

256POSTS

15 years ago

#48

Long time no post...
Still a nice amusement...

sbdussalam Member

3POSTS

15 years ago

#49

I think it will be very prejudice to block the locals from participating, and as a libyan citizen I felt angry to read this and by the way even if you want, you cannot, unless you have the magic wand , to know which is which , luckily you do not, no way to know the identities of bloggers, poor juilen , or else do u have some kind of ulterior agenda to use this blog for . unfortunately for you, do not try to block my account I STILL be able to log in with different ID , from different computer even from a different country ,MOUSE AND CAT GAME, by the way why are you that suspicious, POOR JUILEN

Mudman Serial expat

893POSTS

15 years ago

#50

sbdussalam wrote:
for you, do not try to block my account I STILL be able to log in with different ID , from different computer even from a different country ,MOUSE AND CAT GAME, by the way why are you that suspicious, POOR JUILEN

Wow, I really admire your dedication to the cause of free speech, if you're willing to travel to other countries in order to evade detection. You sir, are a true cyber jedi and we can all learn from your example. I truly look forwards to your contributions to this site, as I'm sure you'll be able to provide much valuable local information to expats. I, for one, cannot wait for your 3rd post, should it be even half as enlightening as your first two.
Soldier on, my brave internet warrior, I salute you.