Posted on 01/21/2026 6:42:20 PM PST by Mariner
Or Chris or John
What is the total number of subscribers to Free Republic?
Meaning, those with an ID and posting privilege.
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I used the stats machine linked above. Google crawls make sense
Oh wow... I could build some little doodad, wouldn’t be that hard (famous last words), to perhaps count the numnber of topics posted for each nick. Yowsah.
Posting has slowed to a crawl. And new threads started?
Perhaps 3 dozen a day?
“That’s like asking Rolex how many watches they produce.”
As someone who recently bought a submariner w date, I understand this statement.
I was quoted 2-3 year wait. Bought a nice necklace for my wife, and the submariner was available in 2 days.
I knew you could do it.
You are brilliant. A genius.
Yowsah.
“ I want my contribution to be proportionate.”
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Really? I want my contribution to be significantly above proportionate to compensate for all the “free riders” and the “other-people’s-money” crowd.
“Count off...
1”
4125678!
I don’t have the tail end of today’s, but so far this month, 399 FReepers have posted all the threads, which number about 4000. So, avg of 10 threads per active poster. Quite a number have posted a single thread, or a handful. I’ve done 53 apparently, a bit more than 2 a day. I noticed at least one in triple digits.
I use it on my iPhone all the time
Forty thousand men and women every day (like Romeo and Juliet)
Forty thousand men and women every day (redefine happiness)
Another forty thousand coming every day
(We can be like they are) come on, baby
(Don't fear the Reaper) baby take my hand.
Roughly 150 new threads daily.
Funny you should say that. I made the very post you are responding to (#33 above) on my old iPhone SE2020, small screen and all, sitting in my recliner. I used the mic voice input and then made corrections manually since Siri is not 100% accurate.
Personally I find the FR site entirely acceptable on my phone, and my iPad, and my computers. With one limitation: As you point out, doing hand-coded HTML on a cellphone is tedious because of the tag punctuation.
However, I have done exactly that, many times, e.g. posting to the Windows Ping list I run, with graphics and all the rest, from the phone. Granted, I much prefer doing that kind of work on the tablet or a computer. I've created from-scratch websites for 30 years, and I'm fairly patient by nature, but I do have my limits.
Modern glitzy websites are mostly a disaster on a phone. So-called "mobile friendly" web coding is horse poop unless it's done extremely carefully and tested on a wide range of mobiles. And that costs money, so it rarely happens in reality. Business is tight.
I get where you're coming from. But at this point in FR's lifetime, the 1990's user interface still works for most of the people who still use it, and I would say, it probably works better than a more "modern" interface would, for a lot of the long-time members.
I passed my 20-year FR anniversary the middle of last year. I'm fairly typical of the older members (I'm 74). I spend time on FR because it's quiet. It holds still while I read it, it doesn't scream at me with flashing graphics, it doesn't have ads that cover the content, and it works acceptably on every computer and mobile device I have: phones, tablets, Windows, Mac, and LInux computers.
If I want to visit a site that jumps around, screams at me, and has obnoxious ads, Lord knows there are plenty of those to choose from.
The primary goal of FR has been to meet the FReepathon goals each quarter. Which they do.
If the goal was to grow traffic, increase active members and advance and spread conservative thought, then that goal would be an abject failure.
Just as the FReepathon has been in place for over 25 years; so has the 20th century technology that JR originated back in the late 90's.
Will Chris and John make changes to bring this site into the 21st Century? I doubt it. Too many old timers like the way its always been.
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