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Is this the beginning of the end of the fun on Dave's
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lastat06513



Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian

PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:59 am    Post subject: Is this the beginning of the end of the fun on Dave's Reply with quote

~ More people are leaving Korea
~ Not many people going to Korea to teach
~ More stringent visa restrictions to prevent people from working in Korea
~ A call to limit the number of posts on Dave's
~ A call to further filter the remaining threads on Dave's

Does this mean that us Dave's netsters will not have any means to rant and vent, or otherwise have fun on a site that has been the haven of sanity in an otherwise insane existence?

Does all this mean the end of frollicking and having fun on Dave's?


Please say it isn't so Crying or Very sad
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tfunk



Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland

PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:20 am    Post subject: Re: Is this the beginning of the end of the fun on Dave's Reply with quote

lastat06513 wrote:
~ More people are leaving Korea
~ Not many people going to Korea to teach
~ More stringent visa restrictions to prevent people from working in Korea
~ A call to limit the number of posts on Dave's
~ A call to further filter the remaining threads on Dave's


Do you have statistics for the first one? It seems like common sense, but besides that...?

Where'd you get numbers 3 and 4 from?
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PGF



Joined: 27 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:56 am    Post subject: Re: Is this the beginning of the end of the fun on Dave's Reply with quote

lastat06513 wrote:
~ More people are leaving Korea
~ Not many people going to Korea to teach
~ More stringent visa restrictions to prevent people from working in Korea
~ A call to limit the number of posts on Dave's
~ A call to further filter the remaining threads on Dave's

Does this mean that us Dave's netsters will not have any means to rant and vent, or otherwise have fun on a site that has been the haven of sanity in an otherwise insane existence?

Does all this mean the end of frollicking and having fun on Dave's?


Please say it isn't so Crying or Very sad


baffled
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994

PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Where do 4 & 5 come from?
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tfunk



Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland

PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ya-ta Boy wrote:
Where do 4 & 5 come from?


What you said is what I meant.
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mistermasan



Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe

PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

somebody suggested such on a thread i saw on saturday.

all hail the thought police!
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lastat06513



Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian

PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Where do 4 & 5 come from?


http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=116938

I got PMs from several other posters saying their posts got pulled from some threads yesterday and several threads were yanked within minutes of being posted........not like that is uncommon, but they seem to be asking for things that some other posters might find redundant, but things change so fast that sometimes asking more than once can sequester someone to speak up and give out some useful info on stuff.......


remember, sometimes if something was said about a week ago could change by the time someone else goes through it themselves...............

I find the number of threads dwindling ever so slowly.......somewhat disappointing to say the least
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matthews_world



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Repeat threads, bozo newbies, and teachers who seem to be becoming more braindead and clueless with the ages. This is one of the reasons why this board needs revamping. It's the same stuff again and again.
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tfunk



Joined: 12 Aug 2006
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I respectfully disagree. It's not what you say, but repeat threads, bozo newbies, and teachers who seem to be becoming more braindead and clueless with the ages. This is one of the reasons why this board needs revamping. It's the same stuff again and again.

I wish I was born a granddad like you.
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mistermasan



Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe

PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

but...should this board be all things to all people? it is a spin-off of a business that hooks up teachers w/ schools.

maybe there simply comes a time to migrate on to other boards? there are other korea based sites.
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DrunkenMaster



Joined: 04 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Over-eager newbie mods eager to prove themselves. The novelty will wear off, they will return to their refrigerators and jobs, and all will slowly regress to the vile state it once was. And then it will happen all over again whenever the mods realize that all this work for no money isn't worth their time.
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bt.petersen83



Joined: 17 Mar 2008

PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mistermasan wrote:
but...should this board be all things to all people? it is a spin-off of a business that hooks up teachers w/ schools.

maybe there simply comes a time to migrate on to other boards? there are other korea based sites.


What are some of the other Korea based sites?
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ajgeddes



Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan

PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The site doesn't need revamping really. Just make the fucking search function work.
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Thwartley



Joined: 19 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ajgeddes wrote:
The site doesn't need revamping really. Just make the fucking search function work.


I've found this to be a limited feature on most discussion forum software.

However, clicking on the "Search for all terms" radio button seems to go a long way to improving results.
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yingwenlaoshi



Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It really doesn't take a programming genius to make a search function work well. Makes me wonder...
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