I am not sure where to post this, but the "off topic" forum is not the place. All posters, new and old, should have the opportunity to have their say, and the focus of this thread is not the "Off Topic" forum but all the rest.
As far as I am concerned, DR1 has lost its way. It is hard to find a thread now days that stays anywhere near the topic for more than a few posts. If I were a discovering DR1 for the first time, reading just a few threads would convince me there was nothing here for me.
It doesn't take long before every thread becomes a pushing match between the same few people, or a discussion about the failings of the Dominicans, or prostitutes, or sexual prowess and conquests past or imagined.
For example, take a look at the thread on why Sosua restaurants and bars are not doing well. It didn't take long for the thread to get moved to the same tired themes that have spoiled other threads. Where is the mod? Are their no instructions about keeping the thread on topic, or at least close to that?
The same could be asked of many other threads not in the Off Topic forum.
Those who want DR1 to be their personal playground have the off-topic forum
Can't those of us, and I am sure their are many, who come to DR1 to give and receive information about matters related to the Dominican Republic other than prostitutes and mongers, etc, have a space where topics stay generally on track? If we want the other, we can go to the Off Topic forum.
As far as I am concerned, DR1 has lost its way. It is hard to find a thread now days that stays anywhere near the topic for more than a few posts. If I were a discovering DR1 for the first time, reading just a few threads would convince me there was nothing here for me.
It doesn't take long before every thread becomes a pushing match between the same few people, or a discussion about the failings of the Dominicans, or prostitutes, or sexual prowess and conquests past or imagined.
For example, take a look at the thread on why Sosua restaurants and bars are not doing well. It didn't take long for the thread to get moved to the same tired themes that have spoiled other threads. Where is the mod? Are their no instructions about keeping the thread on topic, or at least close to that?
The same could be asked of many other threads not in the Off Topic forum.
Those who want DR1 to be their personal playground have the off-topic forum
Can't those of us, and I am sure their are many, who come to DR1 to give and receive information about matters related to the Dominican Republic other than prostitutes and mongers, etc, have a space where topics stay generally on track? If we want the other, we can go to the Off Topic forum.