Not everybody reads every single thread on FR. So a lot of Freepers are getting this for the first time.
I get that. Years ago this site didn’t tolerate 5-10 dupes a day. Or Trolls. We had Silliness threads, Zot threads and a cleaner, leaner site with almost no vanities and blogs.
We also met Freepathon goals in less than 60 days.
For better or worse - Free Republic as we knew it - is gone.