I joined in 2000 but due to the things you mentioned, I left sometime in 2013, but didn’t stay gone. I was originally Melinda in TN but came back as Tennessee Conservative after lurking for a short time. The forum has changed, but not for the better. The harassment, even in the Q thread, is getting worse. Debate can’t be normal debate anymore without people that hold different opinions getting mad and acting out. That’s when I get mad and after a few times I mouth off. :-) There are a few I avoid. I tend to have a mind of my own and research everything that I read and I’m interested in. Some stuff is just silly and I scroll on by with a smile. The “I’m right and you are wrong” attitude gets my back up. IMO, 95% of the Q posters are wonderful people and they are only reason I continue to come to FR. I appreciate everything they do to bring out the truth.
And the trolls! Good decent members get put in FR jail for a fraction of what the trolls are allowed to do.
I also realized sometime around 2013 that the place was becoming infested with Feds. I am normally pro-law enforcement, but I no longer consider them to be law enforcement.
If the owners don’t clean house, and not of us, I don’t see FR being here a lot longer.
“Debate can’t be normal debate anymore without people that hold different opinions getting mad and acting out.”
I am seeing this IRL also. Personally, I suspect that this is jab-induced dementia...but that’s just an opinon of mine.
got turned off by some posters and left, although I still lurked...came back with a new name....
there has ALWAYS been hot heads on FR...lots of infighting...
lots of posters left over time.....lots....
but this is the ONLY game in town folks....not much like this place....
so buck up and keep the faith.....
and please, no purges....we seemingly had purges around the Dubya era, and even the initial Trump era....
we need all our people but sometimes it does seem like a few get a way with a lot...