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To: Lakeshark; butterdezillion; Jim Robinson
I don't know about an undercover mod, but I think that at least at times someone may infiltrate FR, maybe through a hack or something undetected.

Before the election about 5 or so times when I tried to post what I believed to be a crucial post, no matter what I did I couldn't get FR to let it through. I would try to post the idea repeatedly on a thread. It would not post. Then I would try to post the same idea on different threads, and the idea would not go through. Keeping the same thought I would change the wording of the post, and it wouldn't go through. I would then create my own thread with the same idea, and it was blocked. Intermittently, at the same time while this was going on, testing the situation, I would post on the same thread and other threads, and also make my own threads with different thoughts then the thought seemingly being blocked, which always would go through and be posted without any trouble at all.

It was just particular ideas that the FR mechanism would not under any condition let me post. This happened to me almost every time I felt that what I posted was very important. Again, at the same time, I could post anything else but the blocked idea on any thread, or create my own threads about any other topics without any problem at all.

I posted Jim Robinson several times about what was going on. He gave me some hints about what I could have been doing wrong, always being very nice, but they didn't seem to help. I ask how is it that an idea put forth in different wording, in all different ways is blocked, at the same time that any other post attempt or thread start up is able to take place without any problem? I really felt like my idea was purposely blocked. This was not necessarily by a member of FR, maybe by someone who had access to the site by computer shenanigans. Or it possibly could have been a mole of some type. I really don't know, but it was certainly very strange and also very frustrating. For the security of FR it should be looked into. I do, though, understand that the experiences of one seemingly lone freeper may not be enough to get the attention of Jim R. or those who run FR. I am sure that they are brought into the problems of many freepers and cannot take many things too seriously. This has not happened since the election.

205 posted on 01/30/2018 9:29:05 PM PST by Bellflower (Who dares believe Jesus)
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To: Bellflower
I've never experienced that kind of thing, nor heard of it before.

My posts must be too tame.....

:-)

206 posted on 01/31/2018 8:45:42 AM PST by Lakeshark (Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. Stay the course!)
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To: Bellflower

Sounds like maybe you were trying to post some nuttery.

What was the topic of the thread you tried to post?


207 posted on 01/31/2018 1:54:55 PM PST by humblegunner
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