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.

[jern]

Ok. So what about the 1,000 Scott Peterson threads?

[Lead Moderator]

Maybe.

[Dog Gone]

Can you please quit calling "General Interest" chat??

The link doesn't say "Chat." Most people don't know how to find "Chat."

Change the link, or call it what it is.

[dogbyte12]

Darryl, do you have a brother named Larry, and another brother named Darryl?

Signed,
Curious.

[Admin Moderator]

I have it from authority, it's sourcery.

[Lead Moderator]

You can either go to the "General Interest" forum and then hit "post", or you can use this link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post_article?forum=chat

[dubyagee]

Post the news of the weird and the tabloid stuff and such over in chat...

Maybe if you rename chat... "News of the weird and tabloid stuff"???? there would be more interest.

At this point chat may as well be renamed Hobbit world... 8 * )

[paulklenk]

We need a broad "news of the weird" category which must be opted-into, hiding this garbage. You are correct (and I'm just as guilty as anyone, except Michael Jackson).

[mystery-ak]

Is Lead Moderator your boss...who is he/she?

[maxwell]

So are you Daryl or Daryl?

Anyways bud, what is up with this Lead Mod shiznit. This is making my widdle head hurt. Lay it on us about Lead Mod's purpose in life and whatnot. Lay some cash on us too because we want some Coor's Light and some cheezits.

[jellybean]

So, what're you??? The posting police????

[oceanview]

while some of these may be silly, examination and commentary on the popular culture has a direct bearing on the political forces changing, or trying to change, our country. the Michael Jackson case, as tabloid as it may seem, is relevant to what is happening to our judicial system, and the moral climate of the country.

[Lead Moderator]

The dang URL says chat, and when we move it we type in "chat". It would be nice if the URL matched the text and what we typed matched the label, but until then I'll try to call it "General Interest" and you try to remember that "chat"="General Interest", fair deal?

[Peach]

Good - I was afraid FR would go the way of Fox News. You know - all tabloid, all the time.

[TomServo]

The dang URL says chat..

Hey - you're the LM. You're allowed to say 'damned'.

[Lead Moderator]

Which brings me back to my original comment, where I tried to anticipate that point. The fact is that 99% of the comments on those threads have nothing to do with what you are speaking. And the 1% that do can't be found because of the other 99% (I'll have the spam spam spam spam spam and eggs and spam and spam spam and spam hold the eggs).

[Admin Moderator]

Over on the right hand side of the main thread page, look for this:

My Forums

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Campaign Central
General Interest
News/Activism
Religion
RLC Liberty Caucus
The Smokey Backroom
VetsCoR

Click on general interest to post or search for an article in general interest, or 'chat'. This will work exactly as the news forum, except you will be in the 'chat' forum. Works with all the other forums as well. Thanks

[Admin Moderator]

We didn't have specific forums then, you're correct. FR has gotten to the point where Jim decided to seperate the type of articles.

[ErnBatavia]

Exactly...before a general "Platoon Ass Chewing", look inward to the mechanics of the site, and make it a little more user friendly. You've got a zillion registrants now, so maybe a little upgrading is in order.

[RLK]

There has been a tendency for some trivial frivolity here. However, items such as
Syphilis Cases Rising In Idaho - many of the victims are pregnant make a serious statement about the condition and decline of our culture under liberalism. I'm old enough to remember the '50s when syphilis was almost wiped out. A physician would go years without seeing a case of it. The so-called clap was also a rarity. With the rise of counterculturalism 20% og women coming into college health services have papiloma virus, a uterine cancer precursor. It's something to think about. It's your site. Do what you want.