You need to get out more.
I don't come to FR because it is the fastest "sight", but because it has the best pro-God, pro-gun, pro-Constitution commentary anywhere on the Internet. And you'll find out things here before you hear about them anywhere else.
So, yeah, let's kick in. But not because it's the fastest site on the Internet. I mean, let's be honest; FR has been broken many, many times in the last year.
I posted this on another thread a day or two ago :
28,000 x $1/month = no more FReepathons.
Let's summarize, shall we : ONE dollar per MONTH !
Given this site's membership + habitual lurkers, that the above is not the case should be a source of constant embarrassment to many.
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Really? My persistence of vision doesn't quite mask a 60 Hz refresh rate but 75 Hz seems to be plenty fast.
Can I say something?
Its snowing outside
Go monthly!
I became a monthly donor a couple years ago, can't do much, just a sawbuck a month, but that $120/yr (which I think of as 30 cents a day) is paid back to me with the best collection of news, commentary, social and political discussion, witty repartee, flames, humor, spirituality, and random weirdness that exists anywhere on the net. And I've been around most of the web, for more than 20 years now.
The only content FR doesn't have is leftist propaganda and porn. And nobody in their right mind needs either of those.
As to the speed of the site, it's fine! I'm way the hell out in the rural backwoods of upstate New York, on a slow DSL line, and the site loads better than anything except the Google search page. The lack of ads on FR is a Godsend -- it keeps things from bogging down, it doesn't distract, etc. etc. Yeah, there's an occasional glitch -- show me a server anywhere that doesn't cough up a hairball from time to time. I'm a System Admin, I know.
Maybe I'm an old-timer but I like simple pages of cleanly formatted text and a few graphics. It's like reading a book, only better. I absolutely LOVE the way the site runs!
In my opinion, Free Republic is the way ALL forums and commentary sites should be. Where the emphasis is on the content and information, not a bunch of ads and goofy unrelated crap. Easy to read, easy to search, no frills, just right.
I consider myself a guest in JimRob's living room, and try to conduct myself accordingly. In return, he provides me with more informative, entertaining, and thought-provoking content EVERY DAY than I can possibly get tired of.
FR rocks!