[CheshireTheCat]

I recommend reading it. I will post the link below. Unfortunately, the poster was never really active beyond that. Too bad. I really would like to know how he is doing and what his experiences have been during these several months. He posted before the ‘rona madness. I wonder if he has at least been lurking here on FR.

[CheshireTheCat]

Part One, My #Walkaway Introductory Post.
07-21-2019 | DGravalloni
Posted on 7/21/2019, 6:38:05 PM by DGravalloni

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3765704/posts

[usconservative]

Congratulations on your de-lurking and your two year anniversary. Good post. Keep 'em coming.

Signed
USC (Member since 1998)

[Nateman]

I have a better idea. Donate money. This site is ad free so We The People keep the lights on.

[Bullish]

I posted replies on my first visit... 23 yrs ago, and pretty much everyday since.

Nothing to be bashful about. Everyone post away... We’ll sort it out.

[ten18]

I found FR while looking for some sanity after 9/11/01. Finally joined in 2004, but have been a “lurker” for the most part. FR occupies probably 75% of my time on-line. It’s an amazing and irreplaceable resource.

[pnut22]

Although it’s not required, it’s nice to make a small donation (or large) to pay for a vanity post.

[libh8er]

You will be surprised how many of the lurkers are leftards from left wing websites, news organizations and various “watchdog” groups. If they posted here they would get zotted in a nanosecond which is always great to watch.

[\/\/ayne]

[higgmeister]

Oh, the huge Vanity!

[Pilgrim's Progress]

I also hope that more lurkers will join and become active on FreeRepublic, BUT . . . only if they truly and honestly stand with Jim Robinson and subscribe to his vision for America. If they are wokeists . . . continue to lurk ONLY . . . and perhaps they might learn something.

[The Right Edge]

I did and have... However... It seems as though there are some who simply want to run some of us off as though we don’t belong. This is their “territory”... like a biker gang that waltzes in and takes over a bar, runs off any paying customers, drinks all the booze(without paying) and then sets fire to the place before they set off to destroy something else. They pretend to have some sort of authority, like they have some badge(that they don’t have). Part of me feels sorry for them... but ultimately they are a nuisance and annoyed people seek other venues. If they are NOT “actual moderators”, they need to be put in their place. As a young man, I had to thrust off bullies with physical violence. It worked. But! in a venue like this, they just know that they can bully and never get their nose bloodied. I recognize them, hell I grew up having to contend with them. I could name some names(monikers), but what would be the point? A bully is a bully and everybody knows who they are. I don’t care about them AND they sure don’t scare me! If they are not willing to meet me “face-to-face” and try to bully me, then I just see them as what they are “cowards”. However! These cowards will run off a LOT of willing paying customers who simply don’t want to deal with these bullies.

[USS Alaska]

To this end, I am calling on lurkers to de-lurk and take the plunge, get an account, and start posting. Many of you may have come close to doing so at one time because you saw something you wanted to respond to. Maybe you had an answer to a question or important insight to offer a discussion because of what you do for a living or where you live.

Before you all start to "offer a discussion because of what you do for a living" try DONATING A $100, and then I'll be more interested in how writing code from your home is so demanding.

[AppyPappy]

Congrats

[Pollard]

I would think that in these times with the new KGB hunting us online, people will be more apt to start lurking than to stop lurking.

[meyer]

Happy Anniversary, FRiend!