[Paladin2]

I dunno.

One can easily sign up here, and if reasonably well-behaved, stay for a while.

Willie Green comes to mind.

[snarkpup]

By "public square" I mean the place where everyone in the world goes to hear stuff and be heard. FR is a small discussion board for like-minded people to compare notes, talk strategy, etc. It is not where one goes to reach out to the public. Almost by definition, a public square social medium must be a natural monopoly and must be handled as such.

[Don W]

http://www.freerepublic.com/~williegreen/index?U=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freerepublic.com%2Ffocus%2Ff-bloggers%2F3712022%2Fposts