Posted on 09/27/2026 8:18:00 AM PDT by for-q-clinton
FR hasn't really changed much over the decades I've been on it. And I know many people have supported it directly financially (I have in the past as well).
I'd love to see them use some of that money to improve the service. I'm not knocking them for wanting to make a profit on what they developed, but complacency leads to death. As our crowd gets older we need newer users to join to keep the community growing.
So what features would you love to see FB add that you'd be willing to donate to get?
Mine are in the first comment.
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Faster speed. FR goes down too much.
And tell them what? Leave the modern platform for an outdated model that will remind you of the 1990s/early 2000s of internet forums?
The uniqueness is that we use words and ideas mostly. Pictures have a role but old school is thinking skills and writing skills.
MAGA. It is old school ideas to go back to.
Why become like everything else?
The technical problems increase dramatically whenever the fund raiser isn’t doing well. Weird, huh?
Well said!
You can't see it now (page says 404) but they used to have a breakdown where the money went. I think the majority went to "admin". If I remember right it was around 14k a month.
X = Town Square
FR = Living Room
Both are useful.
Different functions.
I send in $$$ to keep FR the way it is
I used to post photos all the time, but for the past few years, no matter how many different methods I try, they don’t post.
You forgot about Parler
It’s fine just the way it is.
Yep and there is nothing more the libs would like better than to get us shut down
I would like to see a better overseeing of the entries. We have religious posts on political boards all the time and many times repeats of posts on the same topic with the same information being displayed, sometimes by the same poster.
wy69
I’ve been counting the # of new posts between the hours of 10 pm PST and 6am. Been doing it for awhile now. I was used to counting 40+ every morning. Last night it was 24. A trend.
:-(
Last night, FR was sllloooooowwww .... but, I hear ya.
No thanks
A mute or ignore button to filter out the jerks.
How about a search function that actually works? Novel concept, I know...
One nice thing about FR is that it is open to those who wish to view its contents without requiring people to register. Obviously, posting requires registration, as well it should be.
Most of us lurked here for a while before registering while we learned (or leared) what it was all about.
A “like” button. Don’t go too far with photos. This is a thinking man’s site. Other sites brawl with pictures, we do it with words. It’s like we’re Waffle House and the others are IHOP. You get the same thing, but if you come here, you better know how to throw hands!!!
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