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Posted on 05/22/2026 11:36:26 AM PDT by Theo
I've noticed that user ransomnote ( https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:ransomnote/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change ) publishes numerous X posts every day.
I work with AI every day, and it feels like maybe he's just set up an AI agent/bot to pull from X and share on FR throughout the day. Kinda weird.
I asked him about it in a comment, and he didn't reply.
I don't want to be the blog police. But I was curious if FReepers are OK that an increasing number of FR posts are simply shared from X. Or if we'd prefer that news articles from online publications are shared instead.
I've been here a while, so I figured I earned the right to ask the question.
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I appreciate any post on this forum. This site has become pretty stagnant. It was not that long ago that we used to have new posts every few minutes. Now I get most my news from other sources.
“I don’t want to be the blog police.”
You already are, so I don’t believe you.
Full disclosure: I don’t like the one line posts, sometimes nothing but a title. But as long as there is a link included, we can live with it, I guess. X seems to be where the action is. To be clear, I prefer postings with an excerpt.
FR Admin can clean this up, if they deem it necessary.
Having been banned from Twitter permanently, I don’t have a problem with it. I’d miss a lot of news otherwise.
Just because you don’t work with AI doesn’t mean that others aren’t working with it. And you know what? You are not required to work with AI.
As for me, I’ll continue working with Anthropic Claude Cowork/Code, OpenAI Codex, and so on.
“Jane hit the nail on the head. Nothing more to add: “NO, we don’t have problems with X posts, since the news hits X, first, typically ... and, is then picked up by news outlets.”
It’s a new world of media. Lots of good citizen newsies publish there first.”
Right on!
I wouldn’t trust anything from Fox or CNN.
“I don’t like the one line posts ... I prefer postings with an excerpt.”
Agreed.
As they say.... “X marks the spot”
Ransom is a national treasure.
Barking mad, but a treasure nonetheless.
“Having been banned from Twitter permanently, I don’t have a problem with it. I’d miss a lot of news otherwise.”
This is also why I appreciate the posts from X.
I was able to get back on after musk bought it.
Then I was kicked off again.
And FYI, for those who don’t know,
If you click on the link, but don’t have an account,
You can still see the post.
You just can’t read the comments.
That, sir, is an over-simplication. AI isn't truly intelligence, yet, so the claims from the AI-proponents are equally suspect.
However, I work with AI daily. It is more than a search engine on steroids, but it isn't yet truly capable of reasoning. It's somewhere in the middle. It is a very advanced pattern-matching and pattern-generation engine.
Don't we all!
How do we know you’re not a ‘bot?
Not something I am spending any of my time being concerned about.
Ransomenote is a realiable and responsible participant in this forum.
My biggest beef is someone that makes a post without either a summary or enough information to understand what it is about. I read this board like a clipping service to get a lof of meaty news quickly.
Lol... There you go making a fool of yourself again...
I have not posted here in almost two months.
And I would not have except I felt it was important to support another fellow freeper who works very hard to make sure the FR is supported with content to KEEP people here despite YOUR efforts to run them all away as fast as you can...
And I am the bad guy??? I’m sorry, but your synapses are obviously not firing correctly. You might want to have that looked at... :)
“We are living in a post-literate world.”
TLDR;
/s
You being a troll is still being a troll...
And you trying to take away decades long traditions is what is killing this site.
I bet you are enjoying it too.
I think you are being a blog police. She posts valuable information. If you don’t like it, scroll on.
I know you would love to, You can’t fire me because I already TRIED to quit on my own. Why do you always screw up other people’s threads with your radical hateful agenda? It is rude, disrespectful, and AGAINST THE RULES.
“Don’t jump threads - If you get involved in an argument in one thread, it’s considered poor manners to restart the previous argument in the middle of an unrelated thread.”
https://freerepublic.com/help.htm#guidelines
You are absolutely in GROSS VIOLATION of this rule and should immediately ban yourself...
If you try to put me on your ban list you are an absolute liar... As for your obsession with the GOP Briefing Room you are a fool. I have actually had MY OWN conservative Christian forum and domain for over six years now. See? You talk out your ass and know absolutely nothing. Look at the date dumbass...:
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