We need to kick in the afterburners
Ok, I just kicked in some extra cash. can everyone else pony up a sawbuck?
Does anyone know why donations are down?
I think this monthly tug-of-war is problematic.
I’ll take the subscription option.
Doing the same thing over and over does not make it better.
Change the pitch.....a lot of these people are very smart. They will tend to be the ones who have money and will/can contribute.
How about some metrics?
Monthly nut?
Monthly logins or view or whatever....?
Establish your real user base and give us a personal budget subscription amount...
I give $20/mo....I have no idea if that is good or bad or what.
I have been a lurker and spot payer since 1995?
A log-in and continuous payer since 2011?
It has been my go-to site since 95, and other than EPOCH, the only one I pay for.
I did my part a couple days ago.
There was a thread recently on this subject.
A few people said they would never give money to Free Republic, because the tone of this site has really gone downhill. There’s a lot of negativity and bizarre stuff on the site. There’s a lot of personal attacks and criticisms of other posters, which hardly will attract new donors. There are purist conservatives with whom it’s impossible to have a conversation.
Why is there such a desire not to have advertisers on Free Republic? Allowing for ads would certainly help pay the bills.
Personally, I’d love to see financial statements on this site. How much does it cost to operate this site, and how much when donations are received? How much do the Robinsons personally contribute to keep this site going?
If I had a vote, I would vote for a subscription, only site. There would be fewer participants that way, but hopefully, the quality of the discourse would improve, if people actually had money on the line. There would be far fewer bizarre and personal insult type comments, if we all had to pay to belong to this site. What I don’t know is what’s and how many subscribers , at what fee level , would be needed to keep this site going.
I’ll be increasing my annual contribution.
One suggestion. There are far too many posts of articles from leftist publications and posts of nothing more than what some crazy leftist says. This material merely induces a lot of useless venting by our troops.
I’ll normally kick in $100. At the start of every drive. Just kicked in an extra $20.
Let’s get this done.
$35 in
I will be refocusing on posting more videos here and donating most ad revenue to FR
https://rumble.com/c/FreeperVideos
The finances are a growing problem and that’s an indication there is at least one other problem that has grown.
It seems I will have to pay my third quarter amount in the second quarter as I don’t think the people that rescue this site at the end of each quarter will kick in enough themselves.
This site is in my opinion the best of its type and should be kept afloat.
Suggest:
free to read
two subscription levels:
$: can Post Reply
$$: can Post Article
I put a bit more money where my mouth is.
I’m a monthly but when FR calls I’m in.
People you are in agreement with on many topics are vehemently against you having a divergent position in any other topic. Ukraine, Russia, China, Israel, who & how to deport, immigration.. These are some of many areas where positions are so hardened that courteous discussion seems impossible.
Trump slowly wins through on his agenda the high pitch of anger driven by uncertainty will ebb. We live in perilous times and our worst enemies don’t always wear ID badges.
In for $50.
I would subscribe.
Just put 50 in. I’ll do another Grant tomorrow after I make a bank deposit. I need my FR!
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.
Subscriptions and loyalty pledges to Israel! Maybe Daily Wire can finance us!
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?