Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Is it time to dump Free Republic?
FR | January 28, 2009 | Me

Posted on 01/28/2009 10:46:53 AM PST by PlainOleAmerican

Repeatedly, FR moderators have moved TOP postings related to current NEWS and calls for conservative ACTIVISM from the News and Activism section, over to "blogger's and personal" which has no traffic by comparison.

I fully understand Jim Robinson's original purpose in launching FR, to provide a community in which conservatives could get TRUTH not available in the MSM, information not available in the MSM and access to fellow conservatives so that we could work together towards a conservative agenda.

Yet time after time, FR moderators bury this information over in "blogger's and personal" and kill story after story, vital to the conservative movement.

Why?

Without a change in this policy, I am through posting to FR. The moderators on FR have less sense than the moderators on DU, where they at least work to bury the opposition, instead of themselves.

What gives? Anyone understand this self-defeating policy?


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Education; Free Republic Policy/Q&A; History; Society; UFO's; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: blogpimpwhiner; censorship; csz; czj; faq; feralmidget; ibtz; liberaltendencies; msm; opus; opusgraded; postingrules; whineyopus
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 401-404 next last

1 posted on 01/28/2009 10:46:53 AM PST by PlainOleAmerican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican
NO !

ML/NJ

2 posted on 01/28/2009 10:49:47 AM PST by ml/nj
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican

No way !


3 posted on 01/28/2009 10:50:12 AM PST by Indian_Fighter_Kite (/s)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican

Like moving this to General Chat? Hmm. Havent noticed but I will start checking Bloggers


4 posted on 01/28/2009 10:50:24 AM PST by GoCards
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ml/nj
I.e., NO, it's not time to dump FR.

ML/NJ

5 posted on 01/28/2009 10:50:32 AM PST by ml/nj
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican
Repeatedly, FR moderators have moved TOP postings related to current NEWS and calls for conservative ACTIVISM from the News and Activism section, over to "blogger's and personal" which has no traffic by comparison.

I don't find this to be the case at all. If the thread is popular, then it is popular wherever it is posted.

And without you giving us an example of this "self defeating policy," then you come-off as somewhat of a whiner.

6 posted on 01/28/2009 10:50:35 AM PST by 1rudeboy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Indian_Fighter_Kite

..and knock it off with spamming Front Page, too.. my mail


7 posted on 01/28/2009 10:50:38 AM PST by shielagolden
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican

In the upper right screen there is a cool “everything” link.


8 posted on 01/28/2009 10:50:41 AM PST by CindyDawg
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican

After FR’s apparent suspension of all rules (especially vanities) during the last election, I have no idea what the current rules are.

That said, I still love FR and I’m not going nowhere.


9 posted on 01/28/2009 10:51:28 AM PST by WackySam (Is the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on- or by imbeciles who really mean it?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican

Who licked the red off your candy?

Care to give an example of these “TOP postings related to current NEWS and calls for conservative ACTIVISM”...

I bet they’re incoherent Orly Taitz posts.


10 posted on 01/28/2009 10:52:21 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican

Well I think you should. Absolutely, it’s time for you to move on.


11 posted on 01/28/2009 10:52:43 AM PST by McGavin999
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican
Let me guess you have some artbell information you wish to share.
12 posted on 01/28/2009 10:52:49 AM PST by org.whodat (Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts for Super-Rich Bankers! Republicans do!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican
Except for the occasional Opus, vanities are boring and belong outside of the “News & Activism” category.
13 posted on 01/28/2009 10:52:55 AM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican

I hate it when a complaint is made but doesn’t show us why you are angry.

FR should stay.


14 posted on 01/28/2009 10:53:10 AM PST by dforest (life is now good again....he has been inaugurated)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican

Select all categories. That’s what I do. Of course I read fast ~ particularly the big words@!


15 posted on 01/28/2009 10:54:10 AM PST by muawiyah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CindyDawg; Indian_Fighter_Kite; PlainOleAmerican
In the upper right screen there is a cool “everything” link.

Exactly...it's what I use all the time.

FMCDH(BITS)

16 posted on 01/28/2009 10:54:34 AM PST by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican

I don’t see what the problem is. I just click on the link on the main page and get everything (all categories). I just keep refreshing so nothing is missed.

Give up FR? No way!


17 posted on 01/28/2009 10:54:34 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Uuuuuuuum, uh, uh...............aaannnnnnd....................................................um.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tijeras_Slim

For one thing, it would be nice to get the very accurate foreign news reports from our retired border agents in news instead of bloggers. Articles not in the ‘news’ section, do not get any notice.


18 posted on 01/28/2009 10:55:20 AM PST by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican
Let's see, you post a link from a blog, then get PO'ed when the Mods move it to Blogs?

Doesn't seem like FR with the issue here...

19 posted on 01/28/2009 10:55:37 AM PST by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: PlainOleAmerican

Use this page which shows all the postings in all categories:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/*/index


20 posted on 01/28/2009 10:56:03 AM PST by deks ( t)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 401-404 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson