Posted on 01/28/2009 10:46:53 AM PST by PlainOleAmerican
Repeatedly, FR moderators have moved TOP postings related to current NEWS and calls for conservative ACTIVISM from the News and Activism section, over to "blogger's and personal" which has no traffic by comparison.
I fully understand Jim Robinson's original purpose in launching FR, to provide a community in which conservatives could get TRUTH not available in the MSM, information not available in the MSM and access to fellow conservatives so that we could work together towards a conservative agenda.
Yet time after time, FR moderators bury this information over in "blogger's and personal" and kill story after story, vital to the conservative movement.
Why?
Without a change in this policy, I am through posting to FR. The moderators on FR have less sense than the moderators on DU, where they at least work to bury the opposition, instead of themselves.
What gives? Anyone understand this self-defeating policy?
I just did a little test to check my last comment...
This article is news from a news source (Wall Street Journal) in the News forum. It was posted about 40 minutes ago... It initially got about 130 hits in the first 15 minutes then only ten hits after that (sitting at 150 now)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173651/posts
That may just mean that everyone who was on line read it that where going to.. it wasn’t moved, but the hits dropped off quickly. Folks just weren’t interested in continuing to go back to the article..
Clearly, rather than answering this question, many Freepers needed an opportunity to scorch a fellow conservative today.
Your question has been answered many times in many ways.
If it's conservative writers writing an opinion piece, is it "news" or "activism"?
News normally has something in it about something "happening" or about to "happen", or did "happen".
Activism normally has a call to "action" of some type (See root word for "activism) or a gathering (See FReeping).
Why are you continuing to not see this?
Jim Robinson answered you...what more can he do. It was damned nice of him.
Jim,
I was hoping for a direct honest assessment of this silly practice of moving valuable conservative commentary where it will never be read.
Instead, I ignited a firestorm of childish anti-conservative invitations to move along and not waste anymore time here at FR.
You seem quite entertained by it all. I would have preferred a simple answer to the question.
Since I have a house payment and a car payment...I’m sad... but I can afford beer and maybe some Jack Daniels. My wife said we will all get drunk and celebrate if we make it until Friday...if we don’t we will all get drunk and forget about it for a while. Good luck...prayers and good wishes coming your way.
And do you see any reason for that in the title of your post?
Are you not willing to take ANY responsibility for starting this firestorm?
If all you wanted was a simple answer from the forums propietor you could have FReepmailed Jim and been private about it.
Hang in there FRiends.
Please, please not the mods...snivel-I’ll be good ...promise.
My point...
The patterns are indeed very clear and convincing. This thread is VERY telling. FR has become nothing but a scotched earth community of malcontents.
They don’t even care that their daily diet of information is being spoon fed to them by folks who think news only comes from the MSM...
I’ve been here 9 years and have ALWAYS just gone to Latest Posts so that I see everything. I care very little what category any post is in.
dltdhyotwo....
Thanks friend...day by day.
I really hate that.
The above is not posted as “news.”
Are you as foolish as you appear?
Look, I’ve been on your threads. Some good discussion too. Many of the posters myself including are just kidding you a bit...I know there is sense of humor buried in their somewhere.
The only thing worse than that is going to a party with a big ol’ piece of ricotta cheese in your moustache and not knowing it.
Why so rude to 1rudeboy?...he will eat your lunch.
I won’t argue the caliber bit...but to demean my namesake like that...That’s it - sledgehammers at 40 paces.
I stand here ready to defend Slim as he is to a rude idiot. Just ask anyone who knows him!
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