The one rule that matters: Don't make this place worse. Everything below is just detail on that. This room exists because the free Facebook groups are full of noise, scams, and confidently-wrong strangers. We're the opposite. Help keep it that way.
The rules:
- Be genuinely helpful — or be quiet. Answer from experience, not guesses. "I don't know" is a great answer. "My cousin heard that…" is not.
- No scams, no shills, no spam. Don't promote your visa agency, real estate side-hustle, or crypto thing, and don't DM members with pitches. This is instant removal, no warning. If you're a vendor who's genuinely good, that's what the Verified Directory vetting is for — apply the right way.
- Don't hand out contacts you haven't personally used. The whole point of this place is verified trust. If you recommend someone, say why and how you know them. Never post a "guy who can do X" you found in another Facebook group. That's how people get scammed.
- Respect Thailand and Thai people. We're guests here. Frustration with bureaucracy is fine; disrespect toward the country, its culture, or its people is not. The enemy is bad advice, never the place we're lucky to live in.
- No legal, tax, or medical advice as fact. Share your experience, cite official sources, and always say "verify with a professional." Nobody here is your lawyer, accountant, or doctor. (Formal disclaimers are pinned in the relevant categories.)
- Keep it in the right room. Visa questions in Visas & Legal, apartment stuff in Housing, and so on. Makes everything findable.
- Be kind. Especially to newcomers. Everyone was "just landed" once. No pile-ons, no "just search the forum," no gatekeeping.
- Privacy: don't share someone else's info. Don't post members' names, contacts, or private details outside the community. Don't screenshot the room elsewhere. What's said here stays here.
- English-first, but bring your language. Keep public posts in English so everyone can help — but we love that we're international. Introduce yourself, wherever you're from.
- Report back. Used a contact? Got your visa? Rented a place? Tell us how it went in Wins & Reports. Your feedback is what keeps the directory honest and helps the next person.
What gets you removed:
🚫 Scamming, shilling, or spamming (immediate)
🚫 Repeatedly giving dangerous or wrong info as fact after being corrected
🚫 Harassment, bigotry, or making the room hostile
🚫 Sharing members' private information
We'd rather have 500 people who make this place better than 50,000 who make it Facebook.
A note from Max: I built this because I got burned doing this the hard way, and I didn't want you to. Everyone in here is trying to figure out a life in Thailand — treat them like you'd want to be treated on your first day off the plane. Ask anything. Help where you can. Report back. That's the deal. Welcome. — Max