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I'll tell you an 'inside' mod story. When we all first became mods, we were told not to associate with freepers as mods, so, being new, that's what we did. At first, we were considered the 'bad' guys. FR never had mods before, it was against the conservative process, and really, we didn't need them, or so the conventional thought was. But, over time, we learned, PR is really good. So, we broke those rules, and came out and started talking about being a mod. We will try to answer you questions as best as we can. Some of you try pushing our buttons, but we follow Jim's guidelines. Remember, they are guidelines, not set in stone rules, and we are a private enterprise and we always think, how does this remove liberals from office. That's our starting point.

Now, there are 11 of us plus Jim and we all work whenever our schedules allow us. We do not get paid, it's strictly volunteer. I can not see how Jim could do it on his own. The trolls are trying, it's only going to get worse as November approaches, you math folks, as the limit approaches November.... we are on them like flies on honey, and you're help is so appreciated. Sometimes there are 4-5 of us moderating, and we still can't keep up. It's physically impossible for us to follow posters around, read posts and threads and monitor new sign ups.

There are things you all don't see, like newbie sign ups. Today for example, there was "Yourfacemyass" and "jimroblovescock" as new users you'll never see or know about, these are mild screen names.

There are trolls that get by, but Jim's rule is, let them post, we can sort them out later. But, those types of names listed above are auto delete. That's just the tip of the iceberg.

You all bitch and moan, this thread has been posted a gazillion times, but, check this, there were 25,643 replies posted, and 11 of us moderating on a voluntary basis. It's physically impossible for us to moderate that. We depend on your help, and if we can't get to it within a couple minutes, remember, we are limited resources.

But, we really appreciate all your help, without you, this forum would sink to the DU levels. Thanks, AM