Recently I've made a total of six posts on two forums about Check-Raising Korea. Three on Dave's ESL Cafe and three on Waygook.org. All six have been deleted or locked.It seems free exchange of ideas is not a real option on these forums. Any posts that may direct traffic to other forums (a TINY amount I promise) are viewed as a threat that must be eliminated. Replies with words like "gambling," "illegal" and "homegame" must not endanger the motherforum. Those advertising dollars can not be jeopardized.
Dave's sent me no messages, the posts just vanished down the memory hole. Good riddance I guess. Most comments were not positive, as can be expected on Dave's, where the grammar-police, arrogant K-vets, proud expats, and other miserable trolls spend hours a day commenting on posts they decry as lame and unworthy of their time. Yet they post replies...