Posted on 06/15/2025 8:31:17 AM PDT by BipolarBob
We either go bankrupt or we go to subscription only or we need to get busy today.
FR is still unique, IMHO.
What might be done is to allow one free comment in any 24-hour period from users in good standing for more than one year so content still comes in.
Long time users in good standing might also be allowed to post one article per day.
Anything more might require a monthly, quarterly or yearly subscription.
A yearly subscription would almost certainly be less than I currently contribute.
We have been INUNDATED with anti Catholics....Anti-Semites ....anti-Trumpers and run of the mill Democrats. Sad.
The Left is sending in paid shills for the Jim Jones Jab, Ukraine, perpetual wars for other countries, etc. They're not here to influence or sway opinions, they're here to enshittifiy1 the site to silence dissenting voices by chasing them away.
The shills need to be exposed each and every time they post or comment.
1 Enshittification, also known as crapification and platform decay, is a pattern in which two-sided online products and services decline in quality over time.
Just link them at me. The way I look at it is if they are all over me they are leaving the nice ladies and others alone. I’ll take it for the team... :)
Just set up for Monthly.
Subscriptions and loyalty pledges to Israel! Maybe Daily Wire can finance us!
To add to this point, the companies that do advertise on FR would likely be the ones who aren't pushing the woke agenda. You'd be doing us a favor by letting us know who they are.
I second the motion.
I also wonder about advertising. I know when asking for donations, we frequently see statements about how Free Republic doesn’t have sugar daddies or advertising.
Couldn’t we have a small amount of advertising, without making the site too cluttered with ads?
Ads would certainly help pay the bills. I don’t know if the Robinsons are so strongly opposed to that, that they would never consider advertising.
Maybe they think people would abandoned the site if there was advertising here. Who knows.
I tried to donate twice yesterday.
Rejected both times.
My card is working fine - FR problem
Over $300,000 a year, and they’re going to go bankrupt?
I will donate the minute the site turns into a free speech site.
I agree with that. However, I think it's just overdone. Some just post article-after-article from NY Times, etc, which are saying basically the same thing.
You see, suppression of free speech is why I refuse to donate. It’s called Free Republic, but it’s not.
Have you ever visited the religious forum? Wow what a train wreck! Also no transparency about the website. Asking for money without any accountability. No audit. No board of directors. Nothing. Idk if I am paying to arm North Korean special forces lol.
It is.
Risk it.
Take a trip 6 threads below this one.
Youll get your wish.
If there were honest mods on here. About two thirds of those replys should be pulled.
How about people intolerant of others? Or the Dutch? 🙄
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