There’s a reason why the freepathons take so long now. The animosity toward anything new or blog posts, which are allowed, has driven many away and driven many to choose not to donate out of disgust.
How you know that many have been driven away because of the animosity toward blog posts?
There is no good reason to excerpt blog material when posting here.
JimRob, himself, has stated that he doesn't mind if bloggers post here, but he wants their entire material posted here so the discussion takes place here, on Free Republic instead of some random blogger's site.
Bloggers excerpt their own material in an attempt to drive traffic to their sites to make money through clicks and impression ad revenue.
Something FR doesn't do.
Like JimRob, I don't mind bloggers who post their material. I do mind when bloggers post excerpts of their own material to make money off my visit to their site.
Amen, brother.