Posted on 09/03/2010 7:20:31 PM PDT by VaRepublican
Hope I don't get banned but I am sick and tired of free republic acting like nothing is going on!! Either we are under attack or the equipment is inadequate, I hate that there are no posts about the curent issue.
I didn't see his post as a complaint but more as curiosity. I'm curious too. Last crash Jim said a server "jammed". It's normal to wonder what's happening.
Yep
I don’t know what kind of security FR has on the servers but imagine having to deal with hackers, terrorists, Obama staff and all the rest from all OVER the world trying to take down FR on a daily basis.
FR operates on donations ONLY. If you don’t donate to help with upkeep and improvements (which the vast majority don’t), then don’t complain. If you do, then your question ought to be of what YOU can do to help speed things up like donate more for a new server, more bandwidth, better anti-DOS software, etc.
When someone says:
I am sick and tired of free republic acting like nothing is going on!!
that doesn't seem like an inquiry; it sounds like a complaint.
Thanks Jim, for all you do...even if you do ignore my warnings about the Christian abduction of your site...not that there’s anything wrong with that...unless that dampens one’s enthusiasm at freepathon time.
My guess is the site is under almost constant attack by leftists and weirdos. The kind of people who hate us also are the kind to do vandalism.
Well I can understand that too. Jim posts in threads when asked and not everyone sees them. In the last 3 days there must have been 4 or 5 inquiries about page views and why the activity tab doesn’t work. I was lucky enough to catch the explanation. But not everyone does. So they think something is terribly wrong and get distraught. Again, it’s human nature.
Take two reboots and call us in the morning...
Anxiety and curiosity may be human nature (as is lying, cheating, gossiping, etc.), but it still seems rude to announce one is “sick and tired” of someone else not explaining why we are not able to use *their* equipment.
For me, the outages make me even more appreciative of the hard work done by those to keep Free Republic up and running. The very last thing I’d consider communicating is that I’m “sick and tired” of them not telling me what’s going on.
We have been under attack in the past. And Obama and the left would like nothing better than to silence FR. Especially before Nov. Someone wondered on another forum today if the government had silenced FR. I simply understand the panic. And it’s not ungratefulness. It’s absolute panic at the idea of the loss of FR and absolute distrust of those currently in power.
How do you know it’s not ungratefulness?
You have to be logged in...
Did you ever spill electrons? Very tough wrangling them up and getting back into those little wires.
You want nasty you should read the alternate forum. There's a few nasty posters from here that go there and state if FR's down it must be freepathon time. That's ungratefulness.
You obviously want a fight and I'm not going to oblige you.
Have a good night.
FR won’t stay #9 on (papercuts conserv listing) if we can get on. But I can’t live without hearing from FR. So I guess “it is what it is”.
I have no desire for a fight. I do have a desire to do whatever I can to give techies a break.
You’ll pardon me, I hope, if I don’t look to your profile to get some basic information on you. But, as a former geek, adding pressure when things are failing isn’t helpful. I only hope FReepers can give John a break and not demand status reports. Whether they’re panicking or not, it’s not helpful to the people busting their butts on their Friday night to try and get the system back up.
Always check FR on yahoo.
Jim can’t post here when the site is down.
Scroll down. See the one with the calendar?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freerepublic2/
Jim and John,
Thank you for all you do. It is so valuable.
FreeRepublic withdrawal symptoms!
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