This Regime is likely to try ANYTHING to continue UNCHECKED on its path to hard tyranny!
Posted on 10/23/2012 3:58:44 AM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark
The 4th and final of the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates have come and gone for 2012.
Here are the three things we can walk away with.
- Romney can't lose a debate coin toss, going 3 for 3. Which of course means nothing.
- Obama gets more moderated debate time, going 3 for 3 in the time column. Which of course means nothing.
- Free Republic crashes before any debate and doesn't get back to normal until dawn the next day.
I would like to state that I have been here since the 2004 election season. I can't lay claim to being an old timer here compared to some of the posters here. I can safely say though that I am not a spur of the moment account meant to come here and spam, insult and run away.
Here's my point; Free Republic is in danger of not being relevant and it's purely because of technical reasons.
I know your technical team or advisor is trying like mad to isolate why this site is unavailable for hours on end surrounding the debates this year. It's not working.
This debate season for Free Republic has been the equivalent of having a TV network go out for a wild card round, divisional round and conference or league championship. The network knew the times of the contest, they knew tons of people would be watching, they knew where the technical problems might arise yet failed 4 times over the course of every scheduled event.
Now the Super Bowl of American politics is 2 weeks away and the same team that has aired loading screens for every head to head political contest this year must realize this simple fact; if you're not up and running on election night 2012 you might as well close the door on any thought of continuing your political relevance.
Online communities do not build themselves overnight but they can collapse overnight. As inconceivable as it may be this could be a swan song moment that you were warned about, tried to prevent yet ultimately could not control. If your traffic can't get to your site, you have no site.
If you fail in giving voice to this community during what should or could be a glorious night for America your role in history will be noteworthy, just like print edition of Newsweek's coverage of the Presidential inauguration in 2013. Non-existent.
History will indeed be made on November 6th because of the nature of the event. The question Free Republic needs to determine is if it is going to report history or become part of it.
Did someone tweak the dials? Right now FR is working faster than anytime in the past couple of weeks.
Bump for later.
Two weeks until FR becomes irrelevant? Well, thank God we dodged that bullet.
FR will become irrelevant when pigs fly. This is ‘show prep’ for some media.
It has been reported that I was seriously ill--it was another man; dying--it was another man; dead--the other man again...As far as I can see, nothing remains to be reported.
Letter to Frank E. Bliss, 11/4/1897
Whaaaaaaat? What do “they” know!
There was an article posted on FR not long ago about posters sowing dissension on conservative websites. They’ve been here and tried for some years. We’re still here.
John,
Thank you very much for fixing the problem with FR’s servers. They’ve been running very smoothly since your last upgrade in 2012. And thank God you were able to bring the project in, on time, under budget, and without having to change providers or bring in “professional” help or professional management or without exposing ourselves to the “cloud.” It will remain our little family secret how you did it.
And thank God for our loyal FReepers who provide the financial resources to keep FR on the air!!
Thank you all very much!!
God bless.
Works like a charm.
Thanks for providing so much more than a site.. true story.
For those who support FR, click here to show it!
Mega BUMP!
“without exposing ourselves to the cloud.”
THAT is dodging a bullet. Trusting the cloud is like trusting the government. I’m a geek. I know these things.
“We’re from Big Data. We’re here to help.” ~Ronald Reagan, if he were still here.
Or maybe we just find and solve the problem as we always do.
Adapt, improvise and overcome!
Semper Fi!
Keep the faith!
Thank you and Amen!
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