Owner tends to ban huge swarms of long time freepers every now and then (i.e. who are indifferent to gays, romney/rudy supporters, etc).
And...hardly any site updates/features since 1998 tends to thin the herd.
As a matter of fact, the site looks eerily similar to the one that existed in 1998.
banned freepers - from what I have seen there was a legit issue.
Site updates? The server issues have largely been solved. They have adapted to threats over the copyright issues, and other legal insanity like the stupid paper in Arizona.
This is still without any doubt the best forum on the web.
Thank you Jim Robinson..
What keeps you here?
I kinda like the cleanness and clarity of the site. Any “upgrades” would probably be lame. Can you imagine if FR had avatars?
This is a discussion forum, after all - what kind of improvements are really necessary? Personally, forum software changes tend to be disconcerting.
I don’t know much about software or computers, but these pages are fast to load, that’s a good thing. If it ain’t broke, don’t try to fix it.
With all that outta the way have learned much from this wonderful site over the years. Coupled with a penchant for reading anyway throughout my life it’s been addicting. I also tend to have a good memory for certain facts and concepts so it’s very useful to borrow Freepers ideas and arguments in everyday life. They have proven invaluable, given the types of folks who seem to hate me. Thank God. I used to lurk and post at an old university bulletin board 20 years ago, and heard all the hard corps lefty loonie arguments then. This site is great, why change simply for the sake of change? Message boards just don’t require much. Now, ZeroHedge could use a bit of help with a search function and such.
That's a good thing, IMHO, it actually makes it easier to see which threads are happening, and which ones to ignore, I prefer this format over the other forum formats.
Is that a bad thing?
Do not ever change the style. Please. It’s lean and mean and perfect for smart phone viewing.
You're kidding, right?
I became a FReeper in 2000. Things were much different for sure. Freepers had to have knowledge of html to make a good post here. The "look" was very different. IF people didn't close the tags the whole thread became cockeyed. We even had to use html to send freepmail back then.
Jim and John have done a very fine job upgrading the software. I can speak to a few things I know about like the very first "bump list'. FReeper Sir Gawain came up with the idea of the "Banglist". FR's very first bump list. He contacted me along with a few others. I was a co founder with Sir Gawain.
That first "bump list" (The Bang List) spawned more bump lists. These was a bump list for anything someone could think of. Heck, there was a "bumplist" to sort the various bumplists. And it all started with the "Bang List".
Point being that we no longer have bumplists because John incorporated those into a software rewrite. Those are the "Keywords" you see. Such is the progress.
Freeper Lonepalm coined the term "Broken Glass Republican" right here at FR.
FReeper Buckhead "busted" Dan Rather. Every Freeper knows that. Even new Freepers should know about that.
As to the "so called" purges... well, take a good look at This Thread!
Those were a bunch of disgruntled Freepers wanting....nay...begging to get "banned" so they could leave FR crying about how they "got the axe". Jim Didn't "kick" anybody out. They didn't have the guts to "opus" out. So they got themselves "banned" by obnoxious behavior! That way they left FR "crying" about mistreatment. Good riddance.
There are a lot more things I could Cite but I'd have to type the rest of the night.
Much more recently, how about the FR involvement with the TEA Party? How about the recent election. Do you believe FR is lacking in influence in those arenas?
Nope! FR is doing okay! FR is just fine, thank ya very much!
Jim has maintained his standards! This IS a conservative site and shall remain a conservative site and I thank God for that. Jim Will Not compromise his conservative values and beliefs and that is that. Thank You Jim! FR will continue to be an influence! Bet on it!
FR will have a say in the future just as it has in the past!
EAGLES UP!
As a matter of fact, the site looks eerily similar to the one that existed in 1998.
I don't know. When was the last time you saw a thread with
Close your tags!
every half a dozen posts?
“As a matter of fact, the site looks eerily similar to the one that existed in 1998.”
Change it and I will cancel my donation and leave.
Not even remotely like it was in 98. I could even navigate it back then. Now I can’t manage to post anything. I gave up on that. FR has always gone up and down depending on what is going on. And yes, the purges come from time to time. Some people just don’t know when to shut up. They forget that we have a boss who owns the place and there are “rules”.
WE DO NOT NEED GIMMICKS, MODERATES, romney SUPPORTERS... PRO GAY RIGHTS SUPPORTERS or PRO ABORTION DEMONS ON FREE REPUBLIC... WE HAVE THE TRUTH AND THE FINEST CONSERVATIVE COMMUNITY ON THE NET!
LLS
I like this format and hope it doesn’t change.