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There used to be a popular usenet group for travel, which illustrated why you don’t see this these days. The only people who hang out in such a place are “seas
by jasonkester 8y ago
There used to be a popular usenet group for travel, which illustrated why you don’t see this these days.
The only people who hang out in such a place are “seasoned traveller” folk, who are primarily interested in signalling that they’re the travelliest traveler. So the interaction was always the same:
Newbie asks a simple question about Bangkok, somebody answers then four people jump in to battle over where in fact is the true best neighbourhood to stay in bkk.
Eventually the place just gets left to those four guys fighting over the title of Alpha Traveler. It’s not a pleasant place.
- somada141 8y agoYeah I bet its kinda tricky to separate bragging from actual info. I can see how seasoned travellers would have a good amount of knowledge on a topic but honestly I'd be more interested in current info as opposed to entirely subjective info eg "the best neighbourhood" or "the most picturesque hike". I bet that a location-specific events/alerts/info app would be successful. Perhaps something where you add locations of interest (in addition to the current location) and the app uses things like social media or local news sites to retrieve relevant info. I'd pay for that - hint, hint :).