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Lonely Planet Community Highlights : I post, there-forum I am

I post, there-forum I am

 

Today on the Thorn Tree users had a field day getting introspective. Poster JJack raised a terrific pot stirring question about just how efficient a travel forum can be, no matter how well intentioned.

 

"After reading and posting on this site for around seven odd years, I've come to an uncomfortable conclusion: do not ask anyone's opinion of anything," begins his gauntlet throw. The discussion that follows spans the pros and cons of virtual advice, the value of dialogue around a shared interest, the subjective nature of travel and perception, life, the universe and everything! Then somehow, we moved onto rock sugar...

 

Get profound and tell us what you think in our Thread of the Day

 

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