So, What Sort of Free Republic Should This Be?

[Lead Moderator]

"Pantless driver charged over kiddie porn"

Dr Who fans to mark anniversary (40 years!)

DRUDGE "THE 'LOVE' LETTERS TO 'RUBBA' THAT MAY DESTROY JACKSON"

Seeking Help for a Computer Problem (Vanity)

'Can YOU Be A Porn Star?'

Oklahoma U. Qualifies for College Football Title Game

Man tries to smuggle bologna in shape of car seat over border

Posner is a fraud........

Screenless TV's Picture Floats In Thin Air

Syphilis Cases Rising In Idaho - many of the victims are pregnant

Michael Jackson: Take me to South America! (Midair meltdown as he returned to CA)

Teenager narrowly escapes crocodile attack

Dixie Chicks Singer Still Speaking Mind

All of the above were originally posted to news. That means that for a person having their settings for 50 threads at a time, their latest posts page would have had all of these.

All have been moved to chat.

[byteback]

I agree that the news forum has become the catch all forum. The Campaign Threads need to move back to Campaign central (now that it's no longer campaign 2002). I'd like to nominate one more catagory and that is JohnHuang2 and Kattracks personal spam area. There is a difference between posting an article for discussion and seeing who can post the most next day's Washington Times articles first.

[TankerKC]

LM likes to think he's savy throwing around words like "source code" and "software" when speaking of html.

[Polybius]

To: Lead Moderator

"Proceed with the moderator bashing on this thread as is customary for these threads."

Those dang moderators.

posted on 11/22/2003 7:27 PM PST by Admin Moderator

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Now, I'm familiar with "Admin Moderator". However, when I check "Lead Moderator's" profile, there's a bovine's rear-end staring back at me.

Question: Is "Lead Moderator" a real moderator or a disrupter-imposter moderator?

If the answer is the latter....Bring out the Viking Kitties!

If the answer is the former let me add the obligatory statement that you are doing a great job, Lead Moderator! :-)

[folklore]

Maybe if everyone would just grow up, we would not have these problems.

[kitkat]

BUMP

[maui_hawaii]

All have been moved to chat.

BUMP!

I am sick of Dixie Chicks, Michael Jackson, the Lacy Peterson case, and to some extent Kobe's troubles.

If people want to talk about those things, thats fine. But let it be known that I fully support getting back around to the basics.

[Prof Engineer]

Am I the only one here that uses the FReeper Beeper?

What is this? I've lurked/posted here 4 years, and haven't heard of it.

[Gracey]

Cool, I want to be Titanium Moderator.

Why not PLATINUM Moderator? Then you'd be expensive.;-)

[sweetliberty]

"maybe instead of making each forum exclusive, let posters be able to view 1 or more forums at a time"

I've always thought this was the way to go. I am often interested in topics in more than one forum, but tend to stay on the news forum. If it isn't there, I don't see it usually. It would be nice to have that browsing option.

[Howlin]

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/notify?detach=1"

[Yasotay]

....Broadly stated, the goals of this site are to further conservatism, expose political corruption, "and recover a truly constitutional form of government".....

Does that sound familiar to you? .... It is the "answer" to your question ... and we should be FREE to not have the "Moderator" censor you on the 4th of July when a basic question about the Declaration of Independence is asked.... about when a citizen is required to do his duty!.... :)

[Admin Moderator]

I didn't realize that. Thanks.

[Gracey]

BTW, it's nice to know you guys have a fine sense of humor.... considering the thankless job.

[Admin Moderator]

The best way right now is to let us know. We know there is title abuse, and it's not right to those who abide by the posting guidelinse. We can fix them though. Thanks

[Lancey Howard]

Here is a list of "topics" that posters choose from when posting an article or thread. Certainly, many of the threads which were moved to chat fall under one or more of these topics. Like it or not, the Michael Jackson story is news. And the 40th annivesary of JFK's assassination (today) makes threads pertaining to that event relevant.

General Interest
Activism/Chapters
activism Activism, protests, news and business of Free Republic Chapters.


Business/Economy
business Business, industry, financial, markets, trade, banking, budget, debt, taxes and economy news.


Constitution/Conservatism
constitution Discussion of conservatism and conservative principles and issues.


Crime/Corruption
crime News and discussion of crime, corruption government abuse, power grabs, and scandal.


Culture/Society
culture Discussion of health, education, welfare, drugs, abortion, environment, housing, unions, employment, social security, religion, arts, humanity, sports, and other cultural and societal issues.


Foreign Affairs
foreign News and discussion of international politics, foreign affairs, diplomacy, national security, war, military, defense and armed forces issues.


Government
government News and discussion of all branches of government, departments, agencies, law, policy, legislation, processes and judiciary.


Miscellaneous
misc Anything which doesn't fit into another category.


News/Current Events
news News and discussion of current events.


Philosophy
philosophy Discussions of philosophy and ideology.


Political Humor/Cartoons
humor Funny stuff


Politics/Elections
elections Discussions of politics and elections.


Unclassified
unclassified Articles awaiting re-classification.


Your Opinion/Questions
vanity All non-sourced non-news threads are posted here.



Highlights
Announcements
announcements


Breaking News
breaking


Editorial
editorial


Extended News
extended


Free Republic
fr


Front Page News
frontpage



Hot Topics
Anthrax Scare
anthrax


War on Terror
wot

[Admin Moderator]

He's a troll, we've tried nuking him, but it doesn't work.

[sweetliberty]

FReeper Beeper

[Sidebar Moderator]

We're fine, thanks for asking.

[Stop Legal Plunder]

The lighter stuff, such as the live sports threads are terriffic. They blend well with the serious stuff and gives the board a sense of community. Segregating these topics creates a sterile vibe. There's plenty of good, serious discussion on this board.

One possible way to address this is for the "Latest Posts" page to display the latest posts for all forums combined (rather than just the News/Activism latest posts, as it is now). In addition to the macro latest posts, individual fora could also have "latest posts" as the default display. That way those who want to see only the latest news/activism posts could do that by going straight to News/Activism, and those who want to see the latest of all kinds of posts (including religion, which has been sidelined into a ghetto, and vanity) can do so as well

Drawing the "Latest Posts" from all of the forums provides a much more realistic picture of the whole FR community. It's also much more flexible for those who want to be able to flit back and forth among forums.

Another advantage of this approach is that it would greatly lesson the temptation for vanity and chat posters to post improperly in News/Activism just to be sure Freepers will see their thread.

[Admin Moderator]

Bookmark this. It will notify you of pings and mail. John had it posted on a thread a while ago.