Vanity/Time Travel: 11/27/97 - FreeRepublic Contemplates Possible Registration Form

FreeRepublic/Whitewater Forum ^ | 11/27/97 | IncPen

[IncPen]

In response to troll activity, 23 years ago Jim Thompson decided to register the FReepers. This is what it looked like.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Talk about “back in the day “!

[Caipirabob]

Jim’s house, Jim’s rules.

[Fiddlstix]

Bookmark

[crusty old prospector]

I always wonder what percentage of freepers from those days are still active.

[Jane Long]

A LOT of posters used their emails as their nick.

Thanks for the time travel stroll!

[Dan in Wichita]

I am still here! Registered on 11-28-97, same day as Jim Robinson.

[srmorton]

Looks good! I will do whatever I have to do to stay on this forum because it is the only thing that has saved me through the LONG years of Obama and the days since the Democrats stole the 2020 election. I even tried to register and it told me that my user name and email were already in the data base! :)

[crusty old prospector]

I was a chronic lurker for about ten more years.

[StACase]

I would have registered a year or two earlier
but at that time my hotmail address was not
acceptable. I didn't register until I was hired
at a new job and could use the new company's
email.

Steve Case
Milwaukee, WI
stacase at hotmail dot com

[Mark]

Interesting, but who is this Jim Robinson fella? We all know that the owner is Jim Thompson. Come on Man!

[notaliberal]

I even tried to register and it told me that my user name and email were already in the data base! :)

Me too! Been here since '98

[itzmygun]

Didn’t realize til just now that I missed my 20-year anniversary. Registered 11/11/2000.

[ImpBill]

“Ash”. A masterful troll. How many flame wars did he instigate?

Man a long, long, long time ago.

[crusty old prospector]

Dang. You old timers are getting long in the tooth.

[ImpBill]

SOL

Sniggering out Loud.

[missthethunder]

I like this part.

Purpose: The Free Republic forum is intended for Conservative users who wish to have a serious discussion about political events, conservative principles and the elimination of government corruption and abuse. This is a news and information site not a chat room. Please stay on topic. Free Republic is a supporter of free speech on the Internet but we believe that along with the privilege of free speech comes the responsibility to respect the rights of others.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3910397/posts https://freerepublic.com/perl/register

Note to posters who post whole Threads of dog videos.

[Abby4116]

It says my email is already in the database. Do I need to do anything else?

[Larry Lucido]

Just need to add “I agree not to spam FR with my own blog more than ____ times per week.”

And maybe “I agree to NEVER post any thread from Gateway Pundit (or any blog for that matter) that begins with ‘BOOM.’”

[PGalt]

The payback machine. Before my time. Thanks CBS.