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| April 19, 2012
| Jim Robinson
Posted on 04/19/2012 1:22:35 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson
Jim,
Whatever works best for you, I'm on board.
However, I might recommend that vanity posters pay a small fee of $5 per vanity thread they start.
No fee, of course, for monthly contributors above $10/month.
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posted on
04/19/2012 1:56:01 PM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(My dream ticket for 2012 is John Galt & Dagny Taggart!)
To: Jim Robinson
I vote for a $10 per month membership. All others see ads.
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posted on
04/19/2012 1:56:39 PM PDT
by
New Jersey Realist
(America: home of the free because of the brave)
To: SuperLuminal
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it...
- - - - - - -
Is 22% in 19 days really working?
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posted on
04/19/2012 1:57:05 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Jim Robinson
Are there any like me who donate plenty but still the freepathons make us feel somehow bad? I don’t like that they are so long — I don’t like that some don’t even feel guilty because I feel guilty during them even though I contribute enough.
Maybe membership with stars on our bellies would get every regular freeper to pony up? Sounds silly. But I’d always allow free participation. This is how we get the insiders and famous here, for full anonymity.
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posted on
04/19/2012 1:57:32 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: taxcontrol
How about members dont have to see the ads, and non-members do?
That is an interesting idea.
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posted on
04/19/2012 1:58:21 PM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
To: Jim Robinson
Your house boss, run it the way you see fit.
I will add that I kind of like it the way it is.
-Cajun-
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posted on
04/19/2012 1:59:06 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Palin, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Newt......Nuff said.)
To: Jim Robinson
Well....I'm adverse to seeing you take on advertisement. Because of the control you give up.
That said...I don't pay much attention to advertisement anyway.
I'd just as soon...see the non-paying FREEPER's pony up...$3 a month.
FWIW-
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posted on
04/19/2012 1:59:12 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(The MSM is the most dangerous entity in the United States of America.)
To: Jim Robinson
How ‘bout Ads, with an option to pony up a subscription for Ad-Free...
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posted on
04/19/2012 1:59:47 PM PDT
by
Keith in Iowa
(Willard Romney, purveyor of the world's finest bullmitt. | FR Class of 1998 |)
To: Night Hides Not
However, I might recommend that vanity posters pay a small fee of $5 per vanity thread they start.
Worst idea yet. I despise that vanity posts are disapproved of. It gives legitimacy to Our Enemy the MSM. Why should their stories always get top billing? I wouldn’t want everyone’s gardening issues clogging up the site, but FReepers come up with some great political opinions.
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posted on
04/19/2012 2:02:06 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: lightman
Then members should pony up to improve and keep this site going strong. I am member 5 hundred and something, give with paypal each month so I don’t have to worry about the fund drives
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posted on
04/19/2012 2:02:58 PM PDT
by
boomop1
(term limits is the only way to save this country.)
To: Jim Robinson; RedMDer; trisham; TheOldLady; DJ MacWoW; JoeProBono; musicman; Lady Jag; ...
God bless you for putting this out for our membership.
As a member of your FReepathon Team, please know that I am willing to keep Free Republic just like it is: completely member funded and totally independent of ads and outsiders!
I know that our FReepathons are taking a longer than in the old days, when our THONS would only take one week, but in those days our financial needs were at the amount of our Monthly Donor donations = $40K!
Whatever y’all decide, will be A-OK with me. I would prefer to keep us completely independent, but if that’s not possible, then go for the least intrusive.
Pop-ups are the pits!
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posted on
04/19/2012 2:03:28 PM PDT
by
onyx
(SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC, DONATE MONTHLY. If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know.)
To: Jim Robinson
I like it the way it is, but I ain't going nowhere if it changes.
I have heard it said that $5 per month per user would cover things well. Come on people, get up off of it. Donate monthly.
To: Jim Robinson
I'm with you, Jim. I love this site as it is, in all its visual simplicity, elegance and serenity.
Thank you for your incomparable vision and uncompromising conservatism.
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posted on
04/19/2012 2:04:00 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: onyx
Technical question - how do I change my monthly subscription amount?
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posted on
04/19/2012 2:06:02 PM PDT
by
Mygirlsmom
("Your money or your life" has been the Dems unwritten motto for a long time)
To: Osage Orange
It costs almost $2.00 to process a donation.
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posted on
04/19/2012 2:06:36 PM PDT
by
onyx
(SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC, DONATE MONTHLY. If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know.)
To: mnehring
"Nothing says you cant go back to the old model if it doesnt work." Except we'd already be bankrupt by the time we find out it doesn't work. We have zero surplus capital, but do have plenty of debts that must be paid on every month. We don't live hand to mouth, but we do live quarter by quarter. We have no financial cushion to fall back on and cannot afford to experiment and lose.
But I thank God for what we have and what we have accomplished as a group anyway. We were never supposed to have gotten this far. Just a group of amateurs and disgruntled citizens banding together on a simple little website to protest against Clinton's abuses. Miss him yet? He was scandal a day, but almost a comical character compared to Obama. Now we're having to fight outright Marxist/communist totalitarian tyranny in our White House!!
Damn the LEFTist bastards!! They'll have to pry my keyboard from my cold dead fingers!!
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posted on
04/19/2012 2:07:28 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(There's no crying in rebellion!!)
To: rarestia; Jim Robinson
Remember too, Jim, that most modern browsers have plugins and add-ons that prevent the display of ads and pop ups. I personally use Firefox with several such add-ons, and I never see advertisements anywhere.Same with me,don't even see adds on facebook.
I'm for sticking with what ya got but it is your site,your decision.
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posted on
04/19/2012 2:07:53 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
To: Mygirlsmom; Jim Robinson
Technical question - how do I change my monthly subscription amount?Sweetest you, Jim can better answer your question. Thanks very much, Mygirlsmom!!!
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posted on
04/19/2012 2:09:05 PM PDT
by
onyx
(SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC, DONATE MONTHLY. If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know.)
To: rightly_dividing
One dollar per month would cover everything if 10% of our readers would reliably put it up.
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posted on
04/19/2012 2:10:05 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(There's no crying in rebellion!!)
To: Jim Robinson
As a new found fan I think the ads are up to you. I'd put up with them, but I'd sure hate to see a FR boycott in the news someday. Please however, if it is at all possible, stay away form the membership model if it means that non payers can't access the news content of the sight. I'll do my best to put my money where my mouth is and keep the current plan working; but if I had to pay every month I'd probably leave. Yes I know its “worth it” I know I should be guilty for saying it. but a mans got to eat and he's got to buy gas to get to work. I'm not trying to freeload.
That's my two cents.
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posted on
04/19/2012 2:10:40 PM PDT
by
Idaho_Cowboy
(Socialism: Just Say No!)
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