1. What is the ultimate goal of the activity you call "Blog pimping"?
To enrich a scummy blogpimp.
If FR is being promoted on Facebook, it's for the purpose of spreading information.
You'll note the lack of advertisements here.
Right. No advertisements. Maybe its because of that quarterly Donation thingy.
The idea of ANY site is to get more traffic. Free Republic wants more people to spread the word and at the same time to get more donations to keep the site running.
Your problem is that you can't see both Free Republic and Conservative blogs seek the same exact result.
Or maybe you do realize such but then your little claim to fame as "Blog Pimp policeman" would be deemed non-essential and you would thusly lose your "attention-whore" status on Free Republic.