Then you remember when it was just a message-board. Jim saw what it could be, and had to move off yahoo or whatever. Great times!
Rush was reading Free Republic every day for show prep during the Clinton/Lewinsky era. And still, here we are.
I'm a tad confused how the site hasn't been upgraded for over twenty years. The last upgrade I saw was over 20 years ago which introduced 'private' FReepmail. Which is completely not private since the Mods can see it all.
Maybe the kids will do some upgrades? Three hundred and twenty thousand a year is pretty good vigorish. Even in Fresno.
We have no exposure or callouts from other conservative platforms, to the best of my knowledge. Even that imbecile Hannity would bring up FR sometimes. Conservative sites and commentators used to be something of a fraternity, albeit a loose one. Now? Not so much. Now they are throwing shade over each other in a desperate grab for ears and eyeballs.
We have a generational problem too. FR really is literally dying out and no fresh blood is coming in because of that lack of profile and the very aged clunkiness of the site itself. Yes, we older folk are fine with it (sort of), but the Zoomers not so much. They like their 'pop' and features and other bells and whistles.
As an aside, I have wondered for years where the money went to run this place, because it cannot possibly cost that much...even in Kalifornia. But I'll leave it at that before I attract unwanted attention.