Do you share your enthusiasm for thong and g-string swimwear on social media?
What do you like or dislike about those platforms? What are you hoping to get from the Thong Forum that you don’t get from social media?
Feel free to link to your profiles.
Usenet was the closest thing to modern forums when I got online in the 90s. I wasn’t interested in thong swimwear at the time, but I expect people might have discussed the topic in newsgroups like alt.culture.beaches, rec.travel, or alt.fashion.
Forums largely replaced Usenet in the early 2000s. Software like phpBB and vBulletin made them relatively easy to operate, and people hosted forums for every subject imaginable. I joined a few, including one for thong and g-string enthusiasts.
MySpace launched in 2003. It wasn’t the first social network, but it’s the first I remember rising to prominence. Forums were decimated; many disappeared as their popularity waned.
Social media supplanted forums, but it didn’t replace them. One giant community where, especially lately, everyone is expected to be a “creator” focused on maximizing “engagement” doesn’t appeal to me. My interests are varied. I share them with different groups of people.
That is why I created the Thong Forum. It’s an antiquated idea, but I like having a place where we can share our mutual interest that’s separate from the rest of our lives. I enjoy reading your posts (including contrary opinions about social media) and learning about your experiences. I hope that everyone feels like they belong here.
I created Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit profiles to help promote the Thong Forum. You’re welcome to follow them.
Thanks for the effort you’re putting into this, Sam. It is much appreciated. Kind regards
Thanks for the effort Sam. My friends/family know about my thongs and this year was the first time I took the plunge and wore a thong to the beach. It’s a great experience wearing my favorite swimwear in public.
My Insta is the same as my username. Feel free to send me an invite.
I’m on Youtube (thechristianocean) and Instagram (christianandcassie).
Please add me, fam!
Due to the fact that I’m a public school teacher, I’m extremely cautious about what I post on social media, particularly anything that anyone could find controversial. Unfortunately, that includes wearing thongs, so I really appreciate forums like this which afford me the opportunity to discuss the joys of thonging without it being tied to any of my personal accounts. One of the things I’m most looking forward to about retiring from teaching in two years at age 51 is having the freedom to be more open about aspects of my life, like thonging.
I have two kids myself and oftentimes wear thongs around them and friends. Fortunately, we’re no longer living in an era that cares much about what men wear to the beach on their own time. Thongs are very much trending around the world!
I’m really glad that’s your experience, but that’s simply not how it is for educators, at least not in my state. We’ve been warned not to even post pictures of ourselves holding an alcoholic beverage, so a photo of me in a thong on my Facebook or Instagram would almost certainly bring about my termination, or at the very least controversy. Simply stated, educators are held to an impossible moral standard.
Ready to celebrate your retirement in a few years!
I agree with that, and social media definitely helps the cause for both men and women. The U.S. needs to catch up with other countries in this category.
I’ve always felt like the US is ahead, and the rest of the world is behind us. I travel a lot, and I never see thongs internationally. If I do, they are worn by Americans.
Well that’s great to hear. I was under the impression that in places like Spain and France it is more common.
Out of the US, what states are ahead in your experience?
Forgive me if I’m alone on this logic, but I don’t believe in places that are pro or against thongs.
I believe that the biggest road blocks lie within your own head, and it’s incredibly challenging regardless of where you are. The exceptions being Arab or Muslim (highly religious places that have real laws against exposing yourself in public).
If you want it bad enough you’ll overcome your own fear and can find liberation everywhere and anywhere.
Good luck!
Stoked about your retirement! I give teachers so much credit.
I used to only keep my enthusiasm about thongs to my dedicated Instagram, but lately I’ve just not really cared who knows. I’ve started wearing thongs around a lot more straight friends and more mixed crowd social gatherings (pool parties, days at the beach etc) and sharing pics from such occasions on my regular Instagram and Facebook. One of my straight friends loved a pic of us sunbathing together so much that we both have the same pic as our Facebook profile pictures, so I guess everyone knows now!
At the end of the day, it’s just swimwear. So long as you’re not creepy about it, it really shouldn’t matter!
Amen to that! This is what the community needs more of.