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Posted on 07/19/2020 8:39:29 AM PDT by rebuildus
Note: This is an "Unlisted" video--meant for the consideration of my brothers and sisters on Free Republic.
I'm a long-time Freeper (20 years +), and love the site. I have great respect for Jim Robinson, and some others here. But something is missing these days at FR. Is it connected to the erosion of Christianity in our culture?
I had a post pulled recently, and have had a lot of pushback lately regarding some basic truths that should NOT be controversial. Now I see that last night's post was pulled. Why did the Mods remove it? ("The Real Way To Courage")
The reason given was "clickbait." No clickbait involved. I posted it to help the conservative movement, not to hustle up some fake views. Courage is something in short supply in our movement overall (with some obvious exceptions, including Jim), and we must find true courage or die--yes, it's that serious.
Understanding what I discussed in my last video is crucial to the future of our movement, and our nation! What has happened to our nation? What has happened to FreeRepublic?
(Excerpt) Read more at youtu.be ...
Depends on the ‘mod’ I guess. I’ve had stuff vanish without explanation and I’ve also been suspended for “Learn to search” even though I did in fact search. Price of brilliance ?
Did you post it in breaking news?
How to contact admin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3845014/posts
Putting Admin Moderator into ‘To:’, is probably a good way to go.
Hahaha. Wait. You put a video of yourself on YouTube asking why your post was removed from Free Republic? That’s comedy gold!
Things would have been different if you had included a link to a cat video...
Here’s something constructive: Learn to wear a T-shirt properly. 8~)
“youtu.be” is NOT “youtube”
Two things: and if my posts does not appear in your timeline I am gone from this forum...
first I would like to see your video and removal of it from this site is very concerning.
......Also concerning is lack of or inability for recourse or contact to a mod or a way of redress. Or simply put a way to contact mods.
Further this situation causes me to consider leaving this forum completely...... When I see a video that is not of questionable content simply removed it causes me to rethink their motives.......
...... Hence I now consider if I should actually leave this forum which I have loved for years. ....
..also this video is not viewable by me as I am not going to sign in to you tube to watch it. Google is a no no to me. .....
So I may actually leave this forum. ...
..... Would love to see your video so I suppose I will go elsewhere to look at posts and occasionally make one myself.
Meh.
Private property.
Let's just say I've been through a little bit more than you have on this site, and I'm still here. I actually did step away for about a year and a half, maybe you should give that a try.
But I'm still here.
It is a site that is moderated by very conscientious people, but all people make mistakes or have problems with content that others do not find offensive.
Youtu.be was created by Google as a new URL shortener specifically designed for YouTube video links. It's a Google maintained service, youtu.be links always redirect to YouTube and not elsewhere, like rogue sites that host malware.
Anybody that whines about the mods has never been one and FYI youtube videos are clickbait.
How can we miss you when you won’t go away?
You are smart and helpful, but so are plenty of others here.
Thread pulling seems to be up to the moderator of the moment. I don’t have a problem with your threads, but when PJ Comix has had his own ongoing issues with threads being pulled (and he publishes on NewsBusters, as well), you can be pulled, as well.
I have had threads and posts removed and been on timeout for a week at a time. It has happened less as time has gone on and I also donated to the site.
It is a problem here. The mods are anonymous and unreachable.
I almost quit last year when I was arguing with someone and had my posts deleted by some moderator - but NONE of the posts attacking the point I was trying to make were removed. Clearly, that particular moderator didn’t agree with my position and dealt with it exactly as a liberal would - by simply removing it from sight and not allowing my position to be heard.
But this IS supposed to be a discussion board, right?
I think if the moderators are going to delete people’s posts (or, in this case a video) they should have the common courtesy of sending a note to the person whose post they’re removing and tell them why.
As someone else pointed out earlier, the video in question could have been removed for something as simple as having been posted in the wrong category.
... and, by the way, the “clickbait” assertion is BS. The fact that a video is on YouTube doesn’t make it “clickbait.”
You are wrong.
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