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Let the Free Republic site create the Title, Author, Date, and Source, given the Source URL
vanity | January 9, 2022 | me

Posted on 01/09/2022 5:57:58 AM PST by karpov

I'd like the ability to post by entering only the Source URL, clicking a button and having software populate the entries of Title, Author, Date Published, and Source. The user would still supply Topics and Keywords (if any). This would be optional -- the user could still fill out the fields as is done now.

It's good to have diversity of sites. Free Republic is text-heavy, which makes it easy and fast to scan many posts. But I do think the suggested feature would make it easier to use, like Reddit, where if you enter a URL, it generates a title.


TOPICS: Focus Software
KEYWORDS: diy; learnhowtopost; vanity; whiner
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To: Ezekiel; karpov
Certainly the poster must be knowledgeable about the many chess variants that exisit.


121 posted on 01/09/2022 11:11:44 AM PST by Daffynition (*This admin tells us *A* story; but they don't tell us *THE* story* & :) ~ D Bongino)
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To: cantfindagoodscreenname

:)


122 posted on 01/09/2022 11:25:27 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: BiglyCommentary
Because most people have lives and do not look at every post to Free Republic.

Duplicate posts are helpful in that more Freepers can see the material.

Important articles should be posted 10-15 time to gain the most Freeper audience.

Most posts die on the vine within hours.

I love duplicate posts and hope they are allowed to continue.

123 posted on 01/09/2022 11:38:29 AM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 45 days away from outliving John Hughes)
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To: SamAdams76

“Most posts “die on the vine” within a few hours.

So duplicate posts increase the chances of Freepers getting the most important information.”

If it wasn’t so prone for selfish people to abuse, having popular high traffic threads bump back to the top would be cool. But the problem is self bumping just to keep their thread up in the limelight even though it doesn’t deserve to be there. The few mess it up for the whole.

This abuse of that system creates a whole lot of animosity between posters, and heartache and work for admin because of folks self bumping their own threads, or bumping threads the majority WANT to slide off and go away. lol :)


124 posted on 01/09/2022 11:39:43 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: PeterPrinciple
No response, was a response.

Not when it was an actual problem.

125 posted on 01/09/2022 11:44:29 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐Public hangings will wake 'em up.⭐⭐)
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To: Daffynition; Phinneous

I want one!

Have you been reading my mind again?

I was just thinking this morning that the world is a chess game, filled mainly with... puns.

I can count on you not to shy away from this adventure, because it’s “game over” at checkmate. So as I pondered...

... a “bustan” is a Persian garden, and the game of chess comes out of Persia.

As such, the very word “checkmate” comes from Persian:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA#Persian

shah (shaw) + mat

Which is “amazing” per those etymologies because that’s like the old place name upon which Boston was founded.

A while back I found a very detailed etym. study. The author had made a compelling case for the “old Indian name” of Shawmut meaning the smaller “neck” of the peninsula; i.e. the isthmus where Middle street runs (Hanover —> Middle—> North Sts).

You can see where the canal cut right across the neck, going to/from Mill Pond.

Map:

https://www.boston.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Town-of-Boston-map-1722-280850.jpg

So your chess board is analogous to the Boston Stone located at Shawmut, where the “king is dead” as if his head had been cut off by the canal. The ferryman Thomas Marshall kept pretty busy!

Have we hit critical “Mass.” yet? Because the sign at Rachel’s square (pointing down Moon St. to the Scared Heart Italian Church, with dates/times for Mass) says,

“Welcome to the North End, Where Italians trace their roots.”

Or as ancient root meanings and concepts go,

“Welcome to the hidden place, Where the living trace their roots.”

It’s like the story out of Persia, the scroll of Esther aka “The Megillah” which = 93, the same as the “central artery” in that same location, which was purposely hidden by the Big Dig. Massive cost overruns.

(”The king is amazed” — Checkmate!)

The pun is mightier than the s-word.

“Let the Free Republic site create the Title, Author, Date, and Source” ;

Where’s my prize for playing? ;)


126 posted on 01/09/2022 12:02:24 PM PST by Ezekiel ("Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars.)
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To: daniel1212

Yes, but it no longer shows how many times it has been read/viewed.


127 posted on 01/09/2022 12:35:39 PM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Textide

I agree with every word you wrote. This site is supported by users, and many simply do not contribute as it is. It’s highly unlikely users would support an expensive overhaul without major grousing and a number of opuses.


128 posted on 01/09/2022 1:38:03 PM PST by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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To: Ezekiel
Your prize. It needs your green thumb.


129 posted on 01/09/2022 1:52:06 PM PST by Daffynition (*This admin tells us *A* story; but they don't tell us *THE* story* & :) ~ D Bongino)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter
"You have aptly summarized the issue. Thanks for the reminder to all FReepers who need to take the time to clearly post a news article."

Thank you. Some violators do not take such exhortations too kindly.

130 posted on 01/09/2022 1:55:34 PM PST by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save + be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: Bikkuri
" Yes, but it no longer shows how many times it has been read/viewed. "

You are right, and I vaguely remember that feature. But did you know that FR will tell you (Account, top) how many replies you have made? To give God the glory, who is the author of all that is Good.

131 posted on 01/09/2022 2:02:09 PM PST by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save + be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: Daffynition

You find the best inspiration!

I need that kind of can-do motivation. When ya gotta paint, ya gotta paint. It takes time to mask everything off and move stuff out of the way.

Then the project becomes so overwhelmingly tedious just to think about that nothing gets done.

As for the plant — looks like it just needs a little tree topper. That’s as far as I got this year. After hassling with the lights I got the tree topper installed.

I’m going to save it like that so next year I can get to the decorations part.

I wonder if anyone mistakenly thinks I’m joking? About any of that? :)

Ramblin’ Rose,
Ramblin’ Rose
Why you ramble
No one knows
Wild and wind blown
That’s how you’ve grown
Who can cling to
A Ramblin’ Rose?
Ramble on,
Ramble on...


132 posted on 01/09/2022 2:16:46 PM PST by Ezekiel ("Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars.)
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To: karpov

That would help eliminate duplicate topics as well.


133 posted on 01/09/2022 5:01:03 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: poconopundit
Enjoyed the polar bear images — best I’ve seen.

Thanks!

Smugmug is a great way to show pictures. There is a Lightroom plug-in...so posting pics is one click of a button.

Wildlife photography is a fabulous hobby and a great way to stay active.

134 posted on 01/09/2022 8:18:00 PM PST by FtrPilot
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To: roving; daniel1212; DoodleBob; TomGuy

I don’t particularly mind the way FR runs now, but it’s whistling past the graveyard.to pretend 20+ year old software is going to last forever, no matter how many freepathon funded pieces of chewing gum and bailing wire are applied.


135 posted on 01/10/2022 4:25:03 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines (Their side circles the wagons. Our side revs up the bus)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
"I don’t particularly mind the way FR runs now, but it’s whistling past the graveyard.to pretend 20+ year old software is going to last forever, no matter how many freepathon funded pieces of chewing gum and bailing wire are applied."

To the contrary, I have been on many forums, and this is overall the best despite the wish list. Tell me which forum you think is better and maybe we can compare.

136 posted on 01/10/2022 4:34:54 AM PST by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save + be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: cyclotic

“I love the simplicity of Free Republic.”

Agree. It’s easy to follow conversations — prior posts and later replies. I avoid other sites because you’ll read someone’s post but have no idea what he’s responding to.

Simplicity.


137 posted on 01/10/2022 4:35:11 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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To: daniel1212

You just completely misread my point. Old software breaks down, loses vendor support and compatibility with other systems and eventually becomes unusable. It has nothing to do with what I like or don’t like. .


138 posted on 01/10/2022 4:39:41 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines (Their side circles the wagons. Our side revs up the bus)
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To: Tennessee Conservative

“I’d like a post edit/delete button.”

Good idea — being able to delete or edit your own post. In the end, it would mean less work for administrators.


139 posted on 01/10/2022 4:41:39 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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To: SamAdams76

“duplicate posts (on important subjects) are welcome.
... Most posts ‘die on the vine’ within a few hours.”

I agree. I’d have missed a lot of info over the years without the benefit of duplicate posts.


140 posted on 01/10/2022 4:56:09 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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