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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Please make a TFF App!!!!
« on: February 05, 2025, 06:12:30 PM »
It costs money to develop these sorts of things and then keep them operating. The site isn't great on a phone, but it is kind of usable with some zooming in and out.
I don't really think a standalone app will get as much traffic to be honest. Call me old school, but I really prefer this format online. It's easy to navigate, search, and most importantly these results are available on Google searches if you hit enough keywords and that will bring new people here periodically.
It is important this remains a repository of information for not just TFF users, but all those around the world. We had a booming forum on this same Simple Machines forum infrastructure for longboards and it was killed due to lack of income / volunteers in the background. When it was deleted, so was massive amounts of information that was very valuable. We just didn't know it at the time, and the loss is still felt today.
I know I haven't done it yet this year, but I intend to donate to TFF and it's mods so that it may continue running.
I don't really think a standalone app will get as much traffic to be honest. Call me old school, but I really prefer this format online. It's easy to navigate, search, and most importantly these results are available on Google searches if you hit enough keywords and that will bring new people here periodically.
It is important this remains a repository of information for not just TFF users, but all those around the world. We had a booming forum on this same Simple Machines forum infrastructure for longboards and it was killed due to lack of income / volunteers in the background. When it was deleted, so was massive amounts of information that was very valuable. We just didn't know it at the time, and the loss is still felt today.
I know I haven't done it yet this year, but I intend to donate to TFF and it's mods so that it may continue running.