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No much community, poor information

Have read the posts here and have come up with the old adage; "You can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but you cannot please all of the people all of the time".
This makes the forum interesting as one gets differing points of view from a myriad of members.
In my time on the forum (member from 2009) I have found it to have progressed in a positive manner.

I've been a user for years on the USA part, in French. I like it. I met nice people there. As in every forum, like in real life, there are people you don't share opinions with, however, the overhaul experience is very good.

Bonjour,
Je connais ce site depuis 7 ans. Il m'a été très utile pour trouver des infos et échanger avec les membres avant mon expatriation. Depuis, je l'utilise toujours pour communiquer avec d'autres membres.

The moderation of expat.com is not able to make the difference between "true/real" informations and fake news...

I joined this site in 2017 in preparation for a move to Brazil, and have continued with it ever since, because it's the most useful site of its kind I've found for real, experience-based information. I've made good friends on the site, both in cyberspace and realspace, and am happy to have the opportunity to "give back" by helping newcomers with my own experience.

Expat.com is sociable, but I wouldn't call it "social media" in the usual sense. It's not a place for people who want to let their Ids go out to play, and to be at their worst behind a mask of anonymity. Such people can and do find the site frustrating, because the moderation respectfully but firmly keeps the threads on topic, and is diligent in removing the vituperative, the abusive, and the argumentative, and spam. There are plenty of other places (too many!) for that already. This is a site where people with knowledge help people who want to know, and at that it excels.

I have been with ex-pat for many years and used their information many times. I stayed with them because they were the only site that responded quickly, were kind, and as helpful as possible.

They also didn't tolerate any of the things this site doesn't tolerate. Every site will have problems with trolls, people who are abusive or those wanting to attack others. There are also those who want to use sites for their personal reasons like picking women up or insulting specific nationalities. Expat doesn't tolerate that.

"No violent, coarse or otherwise inappropriate language
No accusations that can’t be proven" This site needs to remember their own admonitions when reviewing negative posts.

Being an Expat for a number of years, Expat.com beats all the simular sites it's more professional looking and easy to navigate around. Its helped with more than once with my questions that I could not find information on the internet. I have noticed that if you are not happy with something, you can report the post or even send a message to the team. They come back with a response in a matter of hours.

etant animateur Allemagne en français ,bénévol, pas payés , depuis 29ans dans le pays marié á une allemande, 2enfants . je connais le pays , sa mentalitée , je suis comme un local , pas comme un expatriers avec un gros salaires ,je parle la langue , mais pas anglais, La liberté d'expréssion est libre ,si on respecte la politesse , dans la vie on rencontre de tout des gens bien comme des gens pas biens , sur le forum aussi, C'est comme dans la vie .. mo i 'ai un principe quand on arrive comme expats ,on regarde, on questionnent, on essaye de comprendre le pays,mais on juge pas . Chaque pays as des cotés possitif et négatif , Pour ma part J'essaye de rester ojectif ,même si celas ne plais pas á la personne á qui je répond , beaucoup de gens voudrais que l'on leur répondent dans leurs sens . jean luc 1

As many that have experienced this site, I found it extremely valuable. I was exploring options for re locating, or... becoming an Ex Pat.
I was able to join a group of like minded fellow travelers, but more importantly, with persons all ready with boots on the ground experience.
As with all things " internet", one must sift through the opinions and " facts" that are posted.
In the end, I made many personal friends in the country I choose. I am back in The US, but I still visit friends in Cuenca EC., and here back in the states.
Expat.com was a very valuable tool to myself and many others.
I found it to be well and fairly moderated.

Bonjour. Présent des années sur le Maroc ou je vivais, mes interventions objectives ne plaisaient pas aux responsables du site mais elles étaient trés utiles aux lecteurs. L'on m'avait même proposé à un moment de gérer le secteur sur les pages du Maroc. Malheureusement ils mettent des gens inobjectifs comme animateurs ou modérateurs des pages ce qui a fait exploser la qualité et positionner l'égo au détriment de l'objectif. Au final aprés échange avec le créateur de ce site tout aussi inobjectif qui préférent les bons avis sur des sujets au détriment de la vérité je fut "Bannis".... encore à ce jour même si je reçois aprés des années mon avis par Internet... Paradoxe de ce site. Cordialement.

Expat.com est le site le plus efficace et le plus utile pour répondre à vos questions sur n'importe quel pays au monde et de n'importe oú, que vous soyez au fin fond de l'Afrique ou au pôle Nord, vous aurez les réponses à vos questions.
En plus sur le forum, vous vous ferez des amis d'un peu partout au monde.
Grâce à Expat.com je me suis fait des amis Francophones et Anglophones de plusieurs pays.
Merci Julien et toute l'équipe d'Expat, je vous aime.

Its poor.
It used to be better but facebook and other social media has taken over .
Needs to be shaken up to become useful again . Most of the posts are years old and there is a core group of about three participants in my country that just dominate most of the discussions.
I just keep membership out of habit but I will not post a question on there anymore because someone was really abusive towards me and the moderators did not remove all of his nasty comments .
Their intervention was pathetic

Votre équipe s’agrandit mais vous restez sur un modèle assez ancien d’expatriés sans tenir compte de l’évolution du monde de l’expatriation. Pas de segmentation, toujours les mêmes « offres », peu de nouveautés. Bref, un ronron sympathique que je ne peux dénier à votre initiative. Mais les temps changent, et alors que vous n’avez pas encore de véritables concurrents, vous pouvez vous remettre en question et en fonction de typologies différentes ouvrir votre blog à de nouveaux entrants pour élargir votre périmètre sans perdre votre ADN.
Sinon boire un coup avec vous lors d’une soirée pourquoi pas, c’est toujours sympa...

Best worldwide forum for people who want to make a home in a foreign country (a.k.a. expats). Individual questions (of almost any kind) can be asked on the open forum and are often answered by knowledgeable readers in similar situations - thus giving the opportunity to be part of a real community.

I've been on this forum since 2008. I am a contributor mostly, however, I also got some help re my move to Poland.
It is a good source of info for travelers. The rate of spam or scam I have faced there is minimum, the team does a good work on that.

Le site source d'infos fiables pour un projet d'expatriation

Le site existe en plusieurs langues et tous ses forums ne sont pas égaux. Je peux comprendre certaines critiques négatives mais ceci n'est pas du à l'équipe qui gère le site mais plutôt aux membres qui le fréquentent et qui interviennent.
Alors bien sûr on trouvera toujours le mécontent qui n'a pas eu sa réponse ou qui s'est fait envoyer sur les roses. Mais n'oubliez pas que ceux qui vous répondent sont des gens comme vous, qu'ils sont bénévoles et que c'est par vos interventions que vous créez l'ambiance d'un forum
Je recommande largement ce site dans le cas d'une expatriation en Espagne

The site is strict but that means it's kept clear of the sort of stuff you so often see on info type sites
It's been really useful to me as an expat but I can see why it has some duff reviews, that being because the mods don't stand trolls and people pushing bad info.
For me that's a bonus because it means I can trust what info I get.
If your goal is dating or advertising, it's a bad site.
If your goal is getting good info, join that forum.

I am one of the animators of this site. And I always enjoy chatting for good and bad about each other's feelings. Because this expat forum never claimed to be perfect and / or to hold the absolute truth.
It should not be forgotten that everyone has the right to speak (as long as it remains politically correct) and to ask questions. But very regularly there are identical questions that keep coming up. So yes, because of this, there are times when the answers are quite dry or scathing.
There is also the phenomenon where newcomers come to ask a question and then disappear completely as if we were a subsidiary of Google ...
The filtering implemented to eliminate scams and others as much as possible is very effective but not perfect. This is why we integrate the possibility of reporting to admins even among new arrivals.
Despite this, we continue to respond again and again saying that our knowledge, however small, can help someone, it warms our hearts.
And we allow a few times to meet beautiful people. Or when we travel to another country to be able to ask those who live in the region to help us / welcome / ...

Have a nice day

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