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05-17-11
| stolinsky
Posted on 05/17/2011 1:30:40 PM PDT by stolinsky
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To: humblegunner
“I’d ask them to name any blog that gets more page views than Free Republic.”
That’s whole theory behind “piggybacking”.
You find a high page view site and affix yourself to it.
161
posted on
05/17/2011 6:00:31 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(I'm your pain.)
To: stolinsky
Hey, thanks for your service.
10. You live in Kalifornia.
162
posted on
05/17/2011 6:01:36 PM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Ladies and Gentlemen the _resident of the untied States!!)
To: stolinsky
Sing 19 Kumbayas, and 6 Internationmals, and all is forgiven.
To: stolinsky
If you pay my bar tab, I’ll forgive you.
164
posted on
05/17/2011 6:07:12 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: stolinsky; it_ürür; Bockscar; Mary Kochan; Bed_Zeppelin; YellowRoseofTx; Rashputin; ...
Hey Doc,
First, I am not a priest. Not a Deacon, not even an altar boy. But I do go to confession, perhaps not as often as I should, but I do go.
Second, since I have some small experience in this area, let me share my imperfect knowledge of the process with you. You need to have done something wrong, known before you were doing it that it was wrong. Done it anyway. And then, out of true contrition, you go to the Holy Tribunal and confess.
Third, in my opinion, from a distance, it doesn’t look like you did anything wrong. It doesn’t look like any of the folks who accused you of wrongdoing have any standing, nor do I sense any reason for you to confess.
Finally, I like your post. I shared it with others and will do so again. For whatever my insignificant opinion is worth, kudos and thanks.
Were it in my power I would absolve you and send you away with my blessings. Pax Vobiscum.
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posted on
05/17/2011 6:16:07 PM PDT
by
narses
("Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions." Chesterton)
To: stolinsky
Now I’ll have to do even more penance for having misspelled the word penance. Perhaps my penance will be worrying that the internal squabbling of Republicans—about who is conservative enough, or who is a RINO, or who is too libertarian, or who isn’t a proper blogger, or who isn’t really “one of us”—will go on through the 2012 election, resulting in a second term for President Obama. That would be a real penance for all of us, which we would deserve—but our country wouldn’t.
To: stolinsky
Why don’t you just quit with the whining and complaining and post your complete articles on FR? After all, you say you make no money off your extremely overpriced website. Heck, you could close down your website and save $299 per year.
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posted on
05/17/2011 7:12:22 PM PDT
by
50mm
( I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.)
To: fightinJAG
“This is all crazy and lame.”
Yup.
JimRob must’ve been out of his mind when he stated his official position on blog pimping.
And again, what does he know?
He just owns the joint.
168
posted on
05/17/2011 7:22:40 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(I'm your pain.)
To: stolinsky
OR.....perhaps you could just actually post your entire articles here.
I mean, if you really want to get your stuff out, then post it here.
More people read FR every day than go to your blog.
The only reason to excerpt would be to rack up your hit count and earn some bucks by using FR like a hit farm.
169
posted on
05/17/2011 7:22:52 PM PDT
by
DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
(Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
To: paulycy
“Are you here simply to argue or are you slow on the uptake? “
Possibly too entrenched in defending what he considers his ‘valid viewpoint’ to think rationally, see the big picture and admit he’s possibly in error.
Stubborn pride is a wicked thing.
170
posted on
05/17/2011 7:26:02 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(I'm your pain.)
To: humblegunner
“They view Free Republic as a marketing tool.”
-The- money quote.
[pun may or not be intended]
171
posted on
05/17/2011 7:28:01 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(I'm your pain.)
To: 50mm
Busted!
172
posted on
05/17/2011 7:30:50 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(I'm your pain.)
To: Salamander; SquarePants; nysuperdoodle
I’ve got a theory about these blogpimp defenders. I think many of them have second FReeper names where they pimp their own blogs.
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posted on
05/17/2011 7:31:42 PM PDT
by
50mm
( I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.)
To: 50mm
Posting from a static IP as I do, it would be impossible.
The Admins would be all over ‘another account’ in a heartbeat.
*However*, if I used a service provider with dynamic IPs, posted from any number of available coffee shops or other omnipresent Wi-Fi hotspots, I could theoretically have as many accounts as I had time to move around to various places.
I have no doubt that sometimes, I am arguing with “a mob of one”.
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posted on
05/17/2011 7:40:17 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(I'm your pain.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
I have a dumb question: where do you see how many articles or posts someone has made? Surely you didn’t count them?
175
posted on
05/17/2011 7:43:19 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: Salamander
Well, we've been accused of being multiples on several occasions.
176
posted on
05/17/2011 7:44:42 PM PDT
by
50mm
( I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.)
To: stolinsky
4. I used too many bullet points Actually, I posted your entire essay here for all to read, and then I read it and critiqued it.
That apparently offends you.
My critique stands. Your "article" consisted of 20 or 30 fairly obvious bulleted observations, followed by a one-line vacuous "conclusion" (we have to improve education). You may be a doctor, which is fine, but your article was grade school level. No wonder you were ashamed to post it in its entirety.
You do want critiques, don't you? Or are you looking for hits and plaudits?
To: Salamander
My provider changes my IP every month or so. I think they do that to foil those who try to host a website at home.
I have a widget that alerts me when my IP has changed.
178
posted on
05/17/2011 7:55:43 PM PDT
by
50mm
( I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.)
To: JustaDumbBlonde; jobim; stolinsky; humblegunner; Eaker; Allegra; Salamander; TheOldLady; ...
I find myself late to the party once again. Obligations beyond my home keep me from FReeping all day but I see that most of the points I would have made in response to stolinsky's post have been made. I did, however, notice a post by JustaDumbBlonde that caught my eye.
"Really? I tend to give standing to folks according to the content of their posts, not their length of membership."
An excellent point and one that leads to one underlying notion that bears investigation.
As someone (whatajoke) asked early on in this thread (paraphrased) what's the "Bloggers" section for? Although the point has been answered quite well by JimRob, and quoted on this thread at least twice, there is more.
It is presumed that in addition to posting OpEd type material, the section, like any other on FreeRepublic is there for discussion of that material. The threads posted by stolinsky have a good number of comments following them, showing that he touches on some topics of interest. FReepers of varying backgrounds comment on what he has written and expand, criticize or amplify the thoughts expressed in the original post.
Although human nature dictates that we will all have our own areas of special interest, we run into each other on the forum and get to know one another from many different angles.
The point is that FreeRepublic is an online community. One of the main objections to blog pimping, besides those already stated, is that it detracts from the community discussion on FreeRepublic. As JimRob said, the Bloggers section was established for people to have discussions here, not on their blogs.
But beyond that, the very act of pimping on FR bespeaks a mentality that goes past self promotion and enters into egocentric self importance. With this in mind I have a direct question addressed to Dr. Stolinsky:
When was the last time you actually participated in the community of FreeRepublic by commenting on a thread that was not your own?
Has it happened even once?
Not that the absence of such comments is an egregious sin. It simply betrays the mentality of one who is here to use the community, without really becoming a part of it.
As Joe 6-pack pointed out, if you really wanted to get exposure for your ideas, you could use this forum as your blog, posting your essays in full and save yourself the time and expense of your own website. You could then put that time into getting to know your audience, responding to some of their posts on other threads and all of us would benefit from the synergy.
One final thing. You mentioned "anger and vitriol." Back when this whole thing started it was a simple question - "Why not post it here?" Please explain how asking you to post ~MORE~ of your work on this forum is angry, vitriolic or hostile in any way.
(By the way, in post #166 I noticed that you're starting to talk to yourself on this thread. That's a very, very bad sign.)
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posted on
05/17/2011 7:57:38 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Ego Nunquam Ubi Sub Ubi!)
To: SquarePants
You “used to LIKE” the way Free Republic was way, way back at the end of December 2010? Whoa, dude, way back then, eh? How the time flies. If you want anyone here to believe that you’ve noticed a difference in the quality of Free Republic, you better have some hard data to back-up your argument. A noob claiming that things have changed so much that Freepers are spending less time here is laughable.
There is absolutely NO trade when a blogger posts excerpts on Free Republic. No-name, run-of-the-mill bloggers don’t pull people to Free Republic. It’s already a premier site without the drivel that often passes for someone’s blog.
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posted on
05/17/2011 8:03:44 PM PDT
by
FourPeas
("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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