[QUOTE=HungMan1808;3009987]Considering there are only two venues and one area under discussion here, whilst other venues still active are ignored (even though gaining mention in very recent years), I'd expect Travel and Classic mania will die down one the reports start coming in of the ordinary experience.
The lack of exploration outside of 1 square km of Jakarta, and two buildings there at that, will see Jakarta falls off the chatty forums due to having gone 'downhill'.[/QUOTE]The challenge of Indonesia is that it has always been a backwater compared to the mongering majors. For Jakarta, there is only a single lonely "Jakarta" thread for every subject under the sun. If you compare to Thailand Bangkok, you will see threads for General, BKK Reports, Foreign Ladies, Massage ParlourA, Massage ParlourB, etc. With this organization, there is somewhat of a specialization of where members post their information. Even then, popular discussion venues like Thermae Cafe still don't have a separate thread.
The omnibus "Jakarta" thread means that every topic under the sun, accompanied by everybody's hot take, ends up in one long thread where actual informative posts are quickly buried under other topics, hot takes, quibbling, questions, etc. Then add on non-mongering posts (which may indeed be useful to some) about VOA vs eVOA, kampung dining guides, city transit system, airport taxis, cheap bike taxis, girl friendly hotel checks, etc. Pile on top occasional trolling (eg Grab Feel), shitposting, newbie questions, person-to-person messaging chats, topped with nearly every reply to a long post being a full quote rather than edited. If you are seeking targeted Sex Guide information (eg want to know everything about awesome Classic), one ends up going though a lot of chaff to get to a tiny bit of mongering wheat, but this is the inevitable outcome of an cluttered omnibus thread. Perhaps something like sub threads for General, Lokasari, Classic and Travel, Kota Indah, High End Places (1001, Malio, ?) along with one detailed intro report to each done as a sticky would help to focus the discussions so that other "baru" new venues and methods like MiChat could get space to breathe before getting buried. If I look back at the last 50 pages, the only thing that came out really new to me was MiChat. If it proves to be the gold mine that some are claiming, then it would deserve its own thread too. As it stands now, you have to go back 10+ pages to know it even exists.
If this resonates, maybe the OG vets could have a think about this and suggest improvements to the moderator. Until then IMHO, all matter will flow into the Jakarta Ganges thread and people can scroll scroll scroll. Enjoy Jakarta, AR.
