Fear not. I’m pitching in when I get my next paycheck.
More people are probably skipping donations to buy groceries.
It is LONG past time that this site accepts ads to other sites and products we all support.
That’s capitalism & how the internet functions, and I support it (without popups) wholeheartedly, vs continuously (literally) asking for donations. In this induced-inflation environment, I know full well the increased costs not only for FReepers, but the operators of the site as well.
I also have no objection to a modest membership fee IN ADDITION TO ads. The trolls have gotten WAY out of hand here; I firmly believe it would help on both fronts.
But things being the way they are, I fully expect the same reaction the last time this was brought up...
Let ‘er rip.
Well it seems some think that they are the cock of the walk and are the self appointed arbiters on whose opinions are valued, based on time here.
I have donated many times- this year is most important because this is my primary news source (both good and bad)
But the issue here is that too many millenniual entitled a$$holes have come here and ‘the moderators’ are letting it happen.
To many posts like “you’re an a$$hole” or “OK, boomer”, or “get a grip, Karen” when you post for someone to stop being a snarky jerk, or behaving like a liberal.
Too many posts that contain no content- no intellectual rebuttal. I expect people to never agree with me 100% but simple name-calling without refuting any points is useless. Mayb if you explained WHY i am an a$$hole, for giving my opinion that would be helpful.
But preferably an explanation of why I may be wrong would be appreciated. But just name calling is less than helpful. It makes the site and the particular exchange toxic.
And the moderators don’t stop it, so people leave and donations go down. I’ve been here since clinton was porking fat interns, just the have some millennial call me ‘karen’ because I ask them to stop swearing.
I warned a newbie that threatening a public official might get them a visit from the FBI and JimRob does not enjoy those either... and his response was ‘lighten up francis’
Name calling is getting out of hand. Becomeing impolite is now the default setting for millennials.
“ Too many freeloaders or snowflakes on here. Too many IF I hadn’t gotten a mean tweet post, I would donate. I get my widdle feelings hurt so I won’t donate. But yet they hang around and don’t leave. And keep posting. If JimRob shuts it down, will they be happy?”
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Lots of FREE RIDERS here who post INCESSANTLY but I see no visible evidence of them donating to support this wonderful forum. It will be America’s loss if it has to shut down.