$uccinct answer is folks like ME not contributing enough. Free Republic operates solely on contributions and to the best of my knowledge and reading experience, has no advertising revenue. It ain’t no clogomerate, it’s more family business of sorts.
In my experience, NO other site comes close to offering the depth of reader contributions and insights that FR does.
>>$uccinct answer is folks like ME not contributing enough. Free Republic operates solely on contributions and to the best of my knowledge and reading experience, has no advertising revenue. It aint no clogomerate, its more family business of sorts.<<
With receipts of $340k a year. That should be enough income to buy some top class servers and correct the problems that so many people are having.