Question for the admin

Jan 21st, 2026 | Mariner

[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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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: freerepublic; vanity

[Texas_Jarhead]

WTH are even talking about? Perhaps you can address me and my arguments directly.

[Texas_Jarhead]

You accused me of being a “spammer” so please provide your evidence to support this argument.

[Secret Agent Man]

I hadn’t replied to you, don’t know what you’re talking about.

[Texas_Jarhead]

Here's the final question because I think your position and argument are disingenuous and you're just flapping your lips because you have nothing better to do.

If the goal of FR is not to advance small government and conservatism then it must be self enrichment right? What else could it be? Please explain what else it could be.

[Texas_Jarhead]

Oh, so sorry. You replied to a prime respondent on the thread and I dared to chime in. So sorry snowflake.

[George from New England]

Bump

[Bikkuri]

No, I am not kidding you, and if you don’t already know who they are, then you are one of the lucky ones.

I won’t go into any more detail.

[Bikkuri]

Ahh... no, you are not the one I was speaking of.

Thankfully, I haven’t seen any of them in this thread at all (yet).

[Texas_Jarhead]

Ok, I’ll be direct. Are you accusing me of being one of these spammers?

[Bikkuri]

The post I put up from JimRob wasn’t directed at you, it was to assist the conversation between you and dayglored of what is (at least used to be) expected on this site.

It was in no way pointing at either of you.

[Bikkuri]

"Ok, I’ll be direct. Are you accusing me of being one of these spammers?"

As posted above, no, you are not one of them.

[Secret Agent Man]

Right, I was talking with another poster, I have no idea why you responded to me or what you were talking about.

[antceecee]

My husband who passed away last year loved reading threads on FR since late 1990’s. He never registered…. But he was a faithful reader.

[antceecee]

😜

[Texas_Jarhead]

I appreciate the clarification. Thank you. My whole point of even responding to this thread was to point out to the OP that they would probably not get any answer to their question considering that I’ve made multiple offers to discuss a buyout and update in an EFFORT TO EXTEND CONSERVATIVE THOUGHT AND REACH. I don’t care what others here or elsewhere think of me. I’m pro America without reserve. In that vein I have tried to expand this idea here and elsewhere.

[Nateman]

... this site is not mobile friendly...

I had ATT so my hotspot worked fine and I could post with my laptop. When I switched to a cheaper provider with the same phone my Hotspot capabilities died. I have been forced to use a mobile for years now and have become quite use to posting here with it . One trick I use is to write something using my phone's note section then copy and post the entire essay here.

[dayglored]

> Here's the final question...

And my final reply to you on this thread.

> I think ... you're just flapping your lips because you have nothing better to do.

Actually I've been posting in between caring for my very ill wife who's bedridden with advanced cancer. I have no interest in responding to your unkind words and personal attacks. I certainly have better things to do, hence my departure from this exchange after this.

> I think your position and argument are disingenuous...

Hardly. They are aligned closely with those of the site as expressed by JimRob, who ought to know what he intended.

> If the goal of FR is not to advance small government and conservatism then it must be self enrichment right? What else could it be? Please explain what else it could be.

The goal of FR is to provide a place for conservatives to gather respectfully, to discuss and argue the many facets of conservatism, to exchange ideas, to have fun, to share experiences related to our conservative beliefs and activities. "Self-enrichment"? LOL.

As has been said many times, FreeRepublic is JimRob's living room, in which we are invited and respectful guests. That is my position. I am JimRob's guest in his house, and I try to act according to his house rules.

I am pinging Bikkuri to this reply, since it's my last tonight on this topic, and he was kind to include me in some of his comments.

Good night and God Bless.

[Paladin2]

Try posting a comment and then immediately have Google search for it every minute or so until it comes up.

It doesn’t seem to take long until they can echo it on their Site.

[I haven’t tried that lately so forget how long it took in the past.]

[dayglored]

> Try posting a comment and then immediately have Google search for it every minute or so until it comes up. It doesn’t seem to take long until they can echo it on their Site. [I haven’t tried that lately so forget how long it took in the past.]

• 1990's -- maybe never
• 2000's -- a couple days
• 2010's -- a couple hours
• 2020's -- a couple minutes
• Tomorrow -- Google will have it slightly before you've clicked the [Post] button.

[dayglored]

> One trick I use is to write something using my phone's note section then copy and post the entire essay here.

I'll second that. Works well. Also is a recovery in case the post fails (rare but it happens), you don't have to re-type the comment, just paste again and you're good to go.