Posted on 10/10/2003 2:23:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Edited on 10/10/2003 2:27:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Dear Free Republic Friends,
My old friend and brother-in-arms BADJOE has promised to warm the cockles of our hearts by publishing an expose (the truth about JimRob and Free Republic according to Joe) on the 18th of this month, which represents the one year anniversary of the date he last posted to FreeRepublic.com and started up with LibertyPost.org.
So, as I believe that only the truth can set you free, and based upon the stratergery of pre-emptive strike, I have a confession to make (before BADJOE makes it public):
I have poisoned the well.
By my sly innuendos behind the scenes.
By my intellectual ineptitude.
By not trusting those that brung me to the dance to bring me home.
By my biting every hand that fed me.
By my arrogance that causes me to think I did it all by myself.
By my stubborness not because of principle, but because of my lack of ability to see what is transpiring.
Evidenced by:
One would think that with half again as many Freepers. with a recovering economy, It would take a great deal less time to raise the necessary funds.
By this time in the June 2002 effort with a goal of $70,000 we had raised $73,000. Not because of who did the fundraising, but because the sense of purpose, of family, of comaraderie, was still present.
BADJOE rang the warning bell, but none heard.
Conclusion:
It is a sad day.
For what was once a great hope, a means of bringing together those who are willing to pay dearly in blood, sweat, and money to save this country, we all love, has been reduced to an asterisk.
So sayeth BADJOE as he promises to publish all this and much more on the 18th. He's been feverishly working on this "project" for one full year. In addition to the "truth about JimRob" BADJOE intends to further betray our trust placed in him by revealing the names of our moderators. And who knows what else?
I can hardly wait.
Is it the 18th yet? Tick, tock.
That's called "being a troll", buddy.
FreeRepublic was considered one of the stickiest sites on the net because it's so easily viewed in multiple windows. John Robinson took time to build a new forum software upgrade, and in that process removed the option to open new threads in new windows. The Response thread with a plea to return to "open in New Window" threading received hundreds of replies begging for the option back. You are aware there are 3 options for opening threads on FR, and 2 involve opening threads in new windows?
Or would you be willing to accept a couple of goats in lieu of cash?
Tpaine, are you sure you're not confusing dales/Hugh Akston with H.Akston? Two different freepers.
Why did all those people get banded? I went to the web site found some names and did a Google search of their names. I just went through some of their old posts. Their threads are littered with more banded people. I don’t like to see familiar names get banded, unless they did something really wrong?
I do not know the circumstances of the banning, but that is a lot of old timers that where banded all of a sudden? That leads me to believe a new policy of banding context has been implemented?
This is not good for a site like this.
*boggle*
I'd be glad to refresh your memory if you plan on sticking with that amazing claim.
Some of it came on its own, and was inevitable. Nature of the beast.
Some of it has come, undoubtably, because of mistakes which have been made; there have been mistakes, and there will always be mistakes, because we are human and God made us imperfect. We try to minimize the mistakes, by watching out for each other, and by questioning each other when we see something we are not in agreement with.
And some of it was intentionally created, by those who wanted such a perception to grow to unmanageable levels.
In the end, everything comes down to one thing- Jim's decision. He sees every abuse report that comes in. He sees every action we make.
No one stays without Jim allowing that person to stay. No one goes without Jim allowing that person to go.
I don't think you understand how spontaneous this was tonight. I guess it looks planned. It wasn't. We've been seeing Joe's vague threats for about a year now, and had seen his more specific demands about a year ago. Jim then made this post.
I read it, and as it was going on, I decided that I really wasn't enjoying just being a dartboard. For over a year, I had let myself be one.
So I made my post.
Then WIMom, who accidentally had let her identity come out on a thread once and had it seen by a poster by the name of Central Scrutiniser who then took it to LP, decided to join me.
Then so did the others. No planning, so to say it was done for any particular reason is probably not accurate. I am sure each one of us had our own reasons. Some may have overlapped, some may be completely different.
But damage control? Yes, when someone is trying to malign the job I do, I want to try to set the record straight.
Do we all have our biases? I am sure we do. We do our best, and we try to learn from our mistakes.
All of which doesn't address your comment here. Except my first point.
If there are posting guidelines that don't apply equally to all posters, then you are definitely banning people unfairly. If nefarious, malicious posters are allowed to remain on Free Republic, then the bannings of their targets are nefarious and malicious by default.The answer to this is that in the end, every decision goes through Jim. Whatever bias there is in who stays or goes is his. The vote of one Jim Robinson outweighs the vote of every single moderator.
What the hell am I doing up so early?
I have found a home here among many clear thinking, hard working, patriotic Americans.
Don't let these goofballs get you down.
A hearty salute!
I just woke up, and sat down, and saw this. I have no idea of the context yet, but I will, right now. And if I think something wasn't fair and balanced, then I'll take care of it.
That is how things work.
But it is helpful to consider the way things work. An abuse report comes in that says:
Regarding #847The moderator looks, and sees such a post. Yep, someone reposted a pulled quote. Down it came.Material in post in another thread previously deleted by Admin Moderator re-introduced into this thread
Meanwhile, Jim is reading this thread. Perhaps you think that user should be banned. But that decision would be made by Jim, not by us. He's asked us to him handle banning questions of established members, except in the most egregious of cases (which would be where someone suddenly loses it).
If you want total consistency from us, the best you will get from me is an admission that while it is a goal we strive for, we'll probably never get complete consistency. The fact that each of us has our own style means there will be some inconsistency. The fact that each of is not a perfect logic machine means there will be some inconsistency. The fact that we learn, from our mistakes and from those of others, means there will be some inconsistency. The fact that we see some things and not others means there will be some inconsistency.
And the fact that we will make mistakes or bad decisions means there will be some inconsistency.
We try to keep it at a minimum. How well we do, everyone will have to decide for themselves. Nature of the beast. And those who don't like us or who think we suck, are likely to try to convince people. Also nature of the beast.
You're a good man, Sabertooth. You always try to be fair, from what I have seen. Your concerns are not falling on deaf ears.
Regards
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