http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freerepublic2/
I finally signed up here..Found out progress reports, did a bit of chatting with people I knew last night..Jim Robinson posts here. I checked the “no update emails” when I signed up..I just go here to see what’s up when I can’t get on FR normally..just signed up last night.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freerepublic2/ is the first place to go when FR’s offline. The other is good for chatting with Freepers. There were trolls but when ignored, didn’t last long.