An online poll has found 91% of Facebook users are not happy under the junta's government.
Prachamati.org, an online pollster, asked people to answer through a Facebook page: "Are you happy under the NCPO government?". NCPO refers to the National Council for Peace and Order, a body that has become the sovereignty since the 2014 military coup.
A total of 5,787 people participated in the survey, which ran from Jan 21-27.
The results showed 5,266, or 91%, clicked the unhappy face to indicate their feelings while 521, or 9%, chose the smiley face.
The reasons the unhappy people gave are: the ailing economy, high cost of living, curbs on freedom of expression, and lack of transparency and accountability.
"I'm fed up with it. A spokesman says something one day, only to be corrected by a minister the next. And the prime minister adds to the confusion by saying an entirely different thing. The economy is going down the drain. Freedom of thoughts is curbed. The administration lacks transparency and cannot be checked. Laws are written in extreme to favour their lot. It's very silly for someone to be arrested simply by clicking 'Like' or 'Share'. I feel the country is going backward every day. The only good thing is there's no mob," a respondent commented.
"There are both good and bad things about them but it's not entirely the prime minister's fault. The problem is his team is not exactly on the same page as seen in their responses to the single gateway controversy. And now soldiers and police start to abuse their power under the cover of Section 44. With their men in practically every organisation and agency, they can't do anything much. The curbs on media only serve to push people away to informal channels, which may exacerbate the spread of misinformation," another wrote.
"The only good thing I can say about this government is there're fewer mobs and most politicians have shut up [but what we got to bear instead are complaints and abuses by some temperamental people]. Other issues such as corruption, cronyism, checks and balances remain the same. They only switched to the other side," another said.
Happy participants cited peace and the absence of protests or conflicts as their reasons while some said they would rather be ruled by the junta than by a corrupt elected government.
"There's no political unrest now. This government stresses morality and sufficiency economy, which are things I'm convinced can help any society survive," another respondent wrote.
"Prime Minister Prayut [Chan-o-cha] made a large sacrifice to help people and the country. He's determined to govern and to do it well. If he had not come to the rescue back then, what would the country be like today?" another wrote.
"I'm happier to be under this government than being ruled by corrupt election professionals who cheat the country," another said.
"The economies are bad all over the world. Every government is loved and hated by certain groups depending on what it gives or takes away from them. As for rising unemployment, we have to look into the minimum wage and all the demands made by workers. It's better to move production bases elsewhere," one respondent added.
The poll's results are in stark contrast with similar ones made by conventional pollsters, which show an overwhemling majority of people were happy under this government.
According to its website, Prachamati.org is the collaboration of alternative media and civil society organisations to promote public participation in key processes. They are Prachatai.com, Thaipublica.org, Mahidol University’s Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, and Internet Law Reform Dialogue (iLaw).