The moderators here are all voluntary, we are/were/still are normal regulars with a long history here. We have been "approached" by Admin and asked if we would take up the cudgel. We do not get paid, and rarely get thanks (actually that's not true - the thanks bit that is). We do it, as I said before, as a way of paying it forward. I wish I'd only been here 16 years. I've been a PR for around that, I've actually been in Singapore over 28 years, long before we had things like the internet to ease us into Singapore's culture, pitfalls & potholes. So, it's easy to get cynical when you see people ask the silliest of questions that have already been answered dozens, if not scores, of times already, often in other threads still on the first page of a given forum's index page. They don't even need to use a search engine normally. There is most people's first mistake, they shouldn't make assumptions (just because other website/forums search engines or moderators are paid, etc). Never assume. If you assume when you get to Singapore, you will have a rough time initially, because any assumptions you can make, the locals will shred them for you every time. It's a first world infrastructure. You can make up you own mind after 6 months about the native inhabitants (some are great).123doc wrote:Carrying the word "moderator" has a lot of meaning my friend. People think you're actually getting paid to do this (are you?)... if they're pissed they will prefer to use other means to get info which actually reduce the website traffic. Being cynical or rude is not always something people want to encounter, esp when they're newbie like myself.
Merry Christmas and happy new year to you as well. Thanks for answered my question before about LTVP online payment.
Agreed. But it's pretty silly or stupid to ask the same questions that have been answered umpteen times already and could easily be found with the search engine if they would but try. Which is exactly what we have to take a break from our full-time jobs to do in order to answer the question yet again.franky-MS wrote: There is no stupid or silly question.
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