Moreover, I think that FR’s strength lies in the fact that it is a (relatively) open and welcoming community. If it is to truly be a “Free” republic then you have to be prepared to accept that people who don’t think the same way you do will come here and post. Sometimes, some of these people have really, really good ideas. Most often, of course it’s moonbattery, but the source of an idea does not change the validity of it.
Not a terrible idea, but what’s to keep moderate republicans and liberal trolls from simply fudging the answers to the questions to give themselves a solid score?
***Their record on FR. When you find you’re arguing against some idiot who sounds disingenuous, you look at their profile and it doesn’t fit what they’re saying, the profile has done its job. We see it every once in awhile when someone posts something that doesn’t fit their tagline. Think of it as a list of taglines on issues that we can hold up as a mirror to pretenders.
You’d get people throwing their ‘scores’ in each other’s faces.
***If I’m going back & forth with someone on an issue where their self-score is that it’s 5/5 on the scale and they expended 20% of their magnification on that issue, but mine is 4/5 and I expended 5%, then that tells both of us how important the issue is relative to each other, and roughly where we’re at.
Moreover, I think that FR’s strength lies in the fact that it is a (relatively) open and welcoming community. If it is to truly be a “Free” republic then you have to be prepared to accept that people who don’t think the same way you do will come here and post.
***Yes, the few times that FReepers have commented on my idea, many of them have overlooked exactly what you overlooked, this sentence at the end: “It’s okay for FR to be inundated with RINOs or have a bunch of liberals posting here, as long as they’re up front about it.”
Sometimes, some of these people have really, really good ideas. Most often, of course it’s moonbattery, but the source of an idea does not change the validity of it.
***Please go back & read my last sentence in the suggestion.