FAMOUS PANTIP MEMBERS

Famous members
There are people from all walks of life who participate in Pantip.com as members, ticket pass-holders, or just readers. Among them are many famous people in Thai society who publicly acknowledge their membership in Pantip.com. They include:

Police Colonel Yannapol Youngyuen – Commander, the Bureau of Technology and Cyber Crime, Department Special Investigation (DSI).
M.C. Chatrichalerm Yukol – Film director, screenwriter and producer.
Khunying Winita Dithiyon (Wor Winichaikul) – Prolific novelist and academic.
Chiranan Pitpreecha – Poet, writer, translator, S.E.A. Write Award winner.
Saran Maitreewech (Dang Trin) – Best-selling writer on Buddhist themes.
Sombat Boonngamanong (Bor Kor Lai Chud) – NGO activist, Founder of Mirror Art Group, Bannok.com.
Kanok Ratwongsakul – News anchorman.
Maj-Gen Kittisak Ratprasert – Former chief aide-de-camp to King Bhumibol Adulyadej, politician.
Some people have found fame after they became involved on Pantip.com's boards and have nurtured their reputations authorities on writing, art, photography, pet ownership and various other topics.[citation needed] Several posters have landed book deals as a consequence of writing on Pantip.com.[citation needed]

On the other hand, a lot of people have become infamous when their blunders were exposed. Examples include writers who plagiarize the works of others, famous quiz shows such as Fan Pan Tae and Tod Sa Gun Game which give wrong answers repeatedly, unscrupulous companies that cheat customers or individuals who use Pantip.com strictly for self-promotion.

While Pantip.com members have different views ideologies, sometimes they will come together to protect fellow members whom they think are unfairly attacked from outsiders. The most prominent example is a careless teenager who inadvertently posted a nude picture of a Thai actress (although he covered her breasts before posting) which landed him in a police station's cell [5] The whole Chalermthai movie and entertainment board, where the picture was posted, banded together to defend the poster whom they think was just a scapegoat in a plot to raise publicity for the actress' next movie. The actress and her company was heavily criticized and there were a collective threat not to see any of her future movies. Finally after the poster made a public apology, she dropped the case and he was set free.