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ricochet
Joined: 04 Sep 2011
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 Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:50 am Post subject: Daves smartphone app? |
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is there a Dave's ESL Cafe smartphone app yet? where?  |
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ricochet
Joined: 04 Sep 2011
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| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:54 am Post subject: |
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Im posting using my smartphone and just wish there was an app to make this easer! is or will there be anytime a Daves smart phone app? somebody tell me!  |
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alongway
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
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etopkorea
Joined: 20 Sep 2011
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| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| The person who maintains Dave's site should just get TapaTalk installed. It's free for the site administrator and viewing forums using the TapaTalk app is great. I really wish more forums would get TapaTalk up and running on their sites, especially since it's free and easy to do. |
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ricochet
Joined: 04 Sep 2011
Location: carpetbagging...
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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| etopkorea wrote: |
| The person who maintains Dave's site should just get TapaTalk installed. It's free for the site administrator and viewing forums using the TapaTalk app is great. I really wish more forums would get TapaTalk up and running on their sites, especially since it's free and easy to do. |
yeah, i use tapatalk for other forums, too. it's cool.
Dave, 2112 called and they want you to get the esl cafe out of the 90s... |
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aphase
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:52 am Post subject: |
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| Good luck with waiting for any kind of site upgrade to support something like that. I mean come on, look at the version of forum software this site uses. I bet there hasn't been a major upgrade to this site since the 90's. |
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Carbon
Joined: 28 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:00 am Post subject: |
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Why should there be? Dave makes no money from this forum at all. It's a charity for him.
Ann app? The 90's called and wants to know why you are so lame. Facebook/Twitter not offering enough banality for you? Need another place to post every Dim Flicker� from the bulb in your head?
Dim Flicker�: Where mouth-breathers pinch out their daily thought. Launch party TBA. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| I was always under the impression that this forum was a big hit driver for his money making portion of this site. |
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OneWayTraffic
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:37 am Post subject: |
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Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner!
Dave's started as a place where people could share ESL stuff. The job ads came afterwards. Without the forums and other stuff there'd be nothing to differentiate Daves from Craigslist. |
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Carbon
Joined: 28 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:17 am Post subject: |
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| OneWayTraffic wrote: |
Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner!
Dave's started as a place where people could share ESL stuff. The job ads came afterwards. Without the forums and other stuff there'd be nothing to differentiate Daves from Craigslist. |
Explain how this forum makes Dave money.
Draws hits? That isn't money, that is traffic which is potential money (does anyone here click the banners?), but not steady or significant cash. The ads on the page? They are on every page.
This forum does not make Dave money. He could easily drop it and remain where he is, albeit with less bandwidth-sucking traffic.
"And other stuff"....irrelevant to the discussion.
This forum does not make Dave money. Prove otherwise. |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:36 am Post subject: |
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| Carbon wrote: |
| OneWayTraffic wrote: |
Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner!
Dave's started as a place where people could share ESL stuff. The job ads came afterwards. Without the forums and other stuff there'd be nothing to differentiate Daves from Craigslist. |
Explain how this forum makes Dave money.
Draws hits? That isn't money, that is traffic which is potential money (does anyone here click the banners?), but not steady or significant cash. The ads on the page? They are on every page.
This forum does not make Dave money. He could easily drop it and remain where he is, albeit with less bandwidth-sucking traffic.
"And other stuff"....irrelevant to the discussion.
This forum does not make Dave money. Prove otherwise. |
I'll take a guess as to how this might be.
The number of hits eslcafe.com gets pushes it up higher on the google search function...ensuring popularity and respect.
Some might suspect that the users of these forums make more hits for eslcafe than all the other types of hits combined.
The popularity of this site makes it money. If it wasn't popular people wouldn't pay Dave to place their work ads.
Anyway...just a guess. |
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alongway
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
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Exactly. The forum drives a lot of traffic here, that wouldn't otherwise come here. That traffic does a number of things. Some of those people go look at the job section who wouldn't otherwise do that. People sometimes create useful threads that get linked to from other sites increasing it's search ranking, and the larger user base ensures more word of mouth advertising for the site. however creating an app for this wouldn't be counter productive. most people who would use an app would probably still use the site when they are at home/work. They might just use an app if they're out and about looking for information, or bored on a train, etc.
Even if a user exclusively used the app, they're still contributing to the value of the site by participating in threads and increasing traffic and usefulness. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| How does the site make money? Have you ever counted the number of jobs that are advertized and the posted rates? |
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Carbon
Joined: 28 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:05 am Post subject: |
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This forum does not generate any capital for Dave.
I am talking cash; not potential cash or hits or popularity. Dave's is popular now; he doesn't need this forum for anything anymore. This forum is a charity; a service for us, nothing more. |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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| Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:47 am Post subject: |
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| Carbon wrote: |
This forum does not generate any capital for Dave.
I am talking cash; not potential cash or hits or popularity. Dave's is popular now; he doesn't need this forum for anything anymore. This forum is a charity; a service for us, nothing more. |
Few would argue that Dave certainly treats it like a charity.
Powered by a 10 year old system...like a charity that won't die.
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Anyway...the site is what it is...enjoy it if and when you can.  |
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