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You probably don’t appreciate just how hard it is to migrate a huge database from one format to another. It is a huge undertaking and can cost millions of dollars.
Sorry, but it ain’t broke so there’s no need to fix it.
Dear Jim,
Ignore this clown. This site is better because a minimum IQ is needed to post pictures and html.
Yes, the ability to edit after the post would be nice but, otherwise, don’t change a thing.
Oh, R'hlyeh?
If you haven't even figured out the "Private Reply" that's at the bottom of every post on FR,
then you pretty much are admitting that you don't know squat about this site.
This is the most readable format there is.
Screw those little pre-fab boxy things.
And ditch the phone.
Get a real computer.
This is just like the federal government. They kept ‘improving’ the cost of living calculation until there wasn’t any inflation.
Don’t improve FR until it becomes Facebook! YucK
keep the look the same- this site’s design is way better than 99% of the other sites which are too stinking confusing to wade through- this site here gives you the thread title and a brief description in an easy to scan, quick format- no flashing ads, no blocks no rectangles, etc- this site is far and above the easiest to scan through quickly and read just the articles you’re interested in-
WAIT!!! WHAT!!! Are you saying ALL FR’s that came in 2005 are WHAT???@!!!...I joined in 2005 and I’m NO TROLL!!! (weeping uncontrollable, you hurt my 72 year old feelings, WWWWWAAAAAA) 2005? Most horrible class of Free Republic. Don’t you trolls ever give up? You sure you don’t want a pony too? 51 posted on 12/19/2016 11:41:34 AM by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn’t matter!) lol. I agree with your assessment. Them ‘05ers cannot be trusted. Ban them, I say. 57 posted on 12/19/2016 11:43:12 AM by Responsibility2nd
Most of what you’re asking for is already built in.
Maybe the problem is with you needing things spoon fed to you.
FR works fine, it’s you I’m not so sure of.
I don’t want any of that, but I do miss one old feature and I wish they’d bring it back. When you’d use a HTML tag in a post and forget to close it out everybody who posted afterward had their posts in green or bold or blinking and then someone would yell “close yer tags!” or “Italians OFF!” and then somebody Italian who didn’t get the joke would start complaining about bigotry and the rest of us would all have a good laugh...I thought that was kinda cool...
It’s simple. The format and the usability work well for most.
As one poster said, if you haven’t figured out the private reply or mail functions, discussing how to add or improve functionality is kind of silly.
Now, on to some of your suggestions, let’s look simply at the base. A mobile platform is long overdue. But, Jim and his family run this board at a great personal expense. It’s a labor of love but is also a drain, and, if it is to be understood properly, I believe a loss center, even with the fund raisers.
If you want to improve things, and you happen to have access to a real computer, get in touch with the admins and find the SOAP/Rest address locations. They were building that out at one point years ago, and it kind of got stalled, but it should be mostly complete, if not finished. If it is complete, then go get a copy of Xamarin and create a multi-platform mobile environment. You’d do a native C# or Javascript call to the API’s and be able to write your own client. It would improve the readership of the platform, have more readers for the fund raisers and maybe end up making it easier for them to make some improvements they’ve long wanted to do. The other advantage is, if you wanted to have bold or other features, improved picture posting, or whatever, you’d have control of your client and how it sent the data to the Rest API’s.
In other words, if you want changes, do something, don’t just bitch when someone provides you a great environment and says “You can use it at will” and has to resort to requesting every quarter that people pay for it, but never demand.
FR
Doesn’t
Need
Changing.
I would like to go on record as saying this site is perfect as is.
Please do not change it.
It has several extremely important features that no other site has. Repeat: no other site.
It should be the same for elections and citizenship.
Those that care enough will work to be worthy and will put forth an effort that enables them to take part.
This ain't Twitter or Facebook, thank God.
The principle is “you have to care enough” to be worthy.
I like FR the way it is.
Oh please, can’t something good just be left alone? I recently joined Facebook and I hate the way it works, freerepublic is SO much better!
I come here for the content and excellent comments, not the format of the site. That said, I think some of your ideas have merit.
I love this format because it is QUICK on the downloads. I have a slow internet speed because of where I live and this format works great for me.
