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Mods Gone Wild
Me ^ | 09/27/2023 | Me

Posted on 09/27/2023 6:34:54 AM PDT by MD Expat in PA

I twice attempted to post the news of the death of the Baltimore Orioles and MLB great and Hall of Famer, Brooks Robinson. Both times I posted it to General Chat with a keyword of Sports and both times some Mod pulled it saying I posted it to the wrong forum. I think that nickcaraway also had his post pulled.

I do not understand why these posts were pulled.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Sports
KEYWORDS: brooksrobinsonobit; fr; freerepublic; frmods; mods; welovehumblegunner
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To: MD Expat in PA; ConservativeInPA

41 posted on 09/27/2023 7:52:36 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Leaning Right

Yes that’s true I know we are all conservatives on this site. And this site is specifically for conservatives.

I was thinking how there’s a lot of debate about certain issues. For example there have been a lot of threads recently about abortion. While just about all Freepers, are pro-life, there are a lot of different opinions about what we should do about abortion now that Roe versus Wade is overturned. Some of those discussions are pretty spirited and wide-ranging.


42 posted on 09/27/2023 7:53:06 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (.)
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To: Openurmind

I made an error in a post once. I think it was putting the link to the article in the title slot. Got it pulled, okay, fine, along with a curt message about learning to post.

This was after many years and dozens of successful posts. So why not a polite tone, with a message I had got things switched up?

Figured the mod was a natural grump or having bad day.


43 posted on 09/27/2023 7:57:26 AM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: MD Expat in PA

“I will also say that the search function on FR sucks.”

This is a HUGE issue here.

“Search still works”

No it doesn’t. Folks have to go use a third party search engine to get any accurate results from this domain.


44 posted on 09/27/2023 8:04:53 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

Fewer people are here than in the past, but I doubt “arrogant moderation” is the reason. I am surprised at how much stuff the moderators don’t delete.


45 posted on 09/27/2023 8:10:09 AM PDT by x
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To: MD Expat in PA

aliens

(reptilian aliens)


46 posted on 09/27/2023 8:10:29 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: heartwood

“I made an error in a post once. I think it was putting the link to the article in the title slot. Got it pulled, okay, fine, along with a curt message about learning to post.

This was after many years and dozens of successful posts. So why not a polite tone, with a message I had got things switched up?

Figured the mod was a natural grump or having bad day.”

Exactly right. Simple common courtesy is a good practice if you actually appreciate your users. It doesn’t make any sense to have the “You are lucky we even let you post here” attitude while trying to retain users and survive on participation and donations. Unless you have so many folks knocking down the doors to come participate and donate that it doesn’t matter if you lose any.


47 posted on 09/27/2023 8:15:50 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: mabarker1

This story was posted yesterday. I don’t know what the big fuss is all about, today...


48 posted on 09/27/2023 8:27:04 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: x

“Fewer people are here than in the past, but I doubt “arrogant moderation” is the reason. I am surprised at how much stuff the moderators don’t delete.”

I have observed the same actually. They have been extremely lax and forgiving the last year and a half. Especially when members are calling for other members to be banned due to their own personal ideology or bias. They have been diligently weighing these bias requests very well. But at the same time there has been some personal arrogance, authoritarianism, and bias injected into the situation from administration.

But you are spot on, it is not just moderation why folks are leaving. There are several reasons.


49 posted on 09/27/2023 8:28:58 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: SteveH
aliens

(reptilian aliens)

It’s those Sleestaks, I tell you what.


50 posted on 09/27/2023 8:29:03 AM PDT by Allegra (Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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To: Allegra

All hail Amphibian-American Lori Lightfoot!


51 posted on 09/27/2023 8:39:23 AM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: Allegra

:)


52 posted on 09/27/2023 8:47:21 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

Certain mods here are on a real power trip. They’re biased, have their favorites and are certainly not impartial. They don’t even try to hide it. That’s the way it’s been forever.


53 posted on 09/27/2023 9:03:21 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

Yes I know. But can the domain really afford that? At some point it is prudent to adjust policy. Has no one noticed that the quarterly goal has already been dropped from 88k to 75k and headed down?? There are reasons for this, and isn’t it unproductive to compound those reasons with unneeded personal hangups?


54 posted on 09/27/2023 10:10:14 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Carriage Hill

I don’t know either but I’m watching it because the Poster is getting in a back and forth with the Moderator about it...

Kinda like looking at a wreck on the Highway and you already know the details but ya gotta look anyway.


55 posted on 09/27/2023 10:37:57 AM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Leaning Right

>> Stay within those parameters, and the mods will be pretty lenient. Not perfect. But pretty lenient.

Speaking only for myself — with very few exceptions, my posts that were pulled were my own fault. [I confess I’m a slow learner though. ;-) ]


56 posted on 09/27/2023 10:51:09 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.a)
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To: MD Expat in PA

There is a Sports forum.


57 posted on 09/27/2023 12:12:47 PM PDT by jy8z (Everything you think, do and say is from the pill you took today.)
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To: Leaning Right

Stay within those parameters, and the mods will be pretty lenient. Not perfect. But pretty lenient.

________________________________________

Don’t forget to stay with the general consensus of what FReepers and Jim Rib think.

Were you a Rudy G fan.fan in 2008? A Cruzbot in 2016? A Meatball fan now?

Chances are if you were - you’re not reading this. As you got the zot.

Already pro-RDS threads are getting deleted and DeSantis activists are zotted.

The lesson here: Stay within the Groupthink parametners.


58 posted on 09/27/2023 12:45:48 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Openurmind; thegagline
“There is anecdotal evidence that some long time Freepers are disappearing from the site. I hope they aren’t leaving or being banned because we are supposed to only espouse certain views.”

 

thegaline was not available for comment.

59 posted on 09/27/2023 12:49:36 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: MD Expat in PA

60 posted on 09/27/2023 12:52:14 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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