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Free Republic is Drowning in Vanity Postings--Please Stop (Mod note--we concur)
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 | Kristinn

Posted on 11/05/2008 8:11:28 PM PST by kristinn

Enough already. Please.

Vanities used to be well thought out, researched and/or funny and somewhat rare. Now the vanities consist of whatever crap pops in someone's head and they are drowning out whatever news is being posted.

I'm not the forum police, but please add you're rant, joke or pearl of wisdom to an ongoing thread.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: anothervanity; antivanityvanity; freespeech; irony; keywordsarefun; notmyvanity; ohthehugevanity; vanity; vanity4mebutnot4thee; vanity4usbutnot4thou; vanityandcolmes; vanityinsanity; vanityonvanities
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To: DocH
And then there's the self-appointed "Multiple" Posting NAZI (nevermind that some Freepers may have missed the first post or two)?

Don't forget the "I'm too lazy/important to use Search" person, and the "I can't tell the difference between FR and AOL Chat" person who defends them.

181 posted on 11/06/2008 5:35:04 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: kristinn
I agree....

does this count as a vanity post??? just curious. ;-)

182 posted on 11/06/2008 5:35:26 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspell)
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To: smokingfrog
I second the motion. All in favor say Aye!

Aye!

It is irritating to go on FR looking for news and finding half of it is vanity posts.

Admins, how about starting a Vanity Forum? Maybe limit word length. If they have a long diatribe or a book, have people sign up to receive it by email or send them to a link on a web page or to their personal info.

183 posted on 11/06/2008 5:38:36 AM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: usmcobra
I know just how much Kristinn has done and how much time he has put into our causes, but quite frankly it isn’t his job to tell anyone not to post vanities . . . .

Help me follow your logic (those of you who identified this thread as a vanity please chime in): we should feel free to express our opinions in threads of their own except when we express the opinion that opinions should not be expressed in threads of their own?

184 posted on 11/06/2008 5:40:01 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Right Wing Assault
There is a "Your Opinions/Questions (vanity)" topic. It's the topic most people do not click because their opinion is too important.

I know it doesn't make a difference, I'm just easily amused by watching it.

185 posted on 11/06/2008 5:42:32 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: kristinn

What is the purpose of a vanity? What is supposed to be posted there?


186 posted on 11/06/2008 5:42:39 AM PST by rodeo-mamma
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To: Red Steel
“Is this the vanity to end all vanities? ;)”

Already posted. ;-)

Better delete it because it wasn't. LOL

187 posted on 11/06/2008 5:46:12 AM PST by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: kristinn

I just gave someone grief in a vanity for complaining because it seemed like a suppression of free speech to me... but at the same time, I agree that news should be news, and one of the most important aspects of FR is that it IS a news forum.

At the same time, people do need an avenue to speak out, and FR attracts a lot of viewers because it allows that.
I don’t think it should be suppressed, and I don’t think they should be referred to as vanities.

I think part of the problem is the category title itself.
It mixes the very elements of both sides.

How about taking “Activism” out of the news category title, and renaming the chat area to include it?


188 posted on 11/06/2008 5:46:13 AM PST by Safrguns
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To: kristinn

Amen.


189 posted on 11/06/2008 5:48:49 AM PST by VaBthang4 ("He Who Watches Over Israel Will Neither Slumber Nor Sleep")
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To: kristinn

... well, at least you posted this vanity in Breaking News.


190 posted on 11/06/2008 5:50:06 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion ("I've got a bracelet too, Jim")
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To: Safrguns; kristinn
I just gave someone grief in a vanity for complaining because it seemed like a suppression of free speech to me...

What is this "free speech" you are referring to? Free Republic is privately owned, there is no right of free speech here.

191 posted on 11/06/2008 5:50:17 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: kristinn

192 posted on 11/06/2008 5:55:22 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: kristinn
Uh-oh...


193 posted on 11/06/2008 5:57:48 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Obama, you are NOT my President!)
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To: kristinn

Thank you. I emphatically agree.


194 posted on 11/06/2008 5:58:51 AM PST by Theo (Global warming "scientists." Pro-evolution "scientists." They're both wrong.)
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To: kristinn

agreed. many are trolls or just tangent threads to running threads in order to dilute the quality of threads.

We do not need a seperate thread to discuss ONE ITEM rush said if we have a live rush thread.

we do not need a seperate vanity to discuss somthing that derives from the morning talk thread.


195 posted on 11/06/2008 6:01:37 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: dragonblustar

no many vanities were “jammers” from opposition camps.


196 posted on 11/06/2008 6:04:29 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Safrguns

it will become oblivion. How will the self promoters get attention?


197 posted on 11/06/2008 6:06:29 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: patton

Dont be so gloomy. Our elected party and Obama voters had cancer. We decided the costs of treatment (loosing an election) was too painful and went for painkillers (GWB vetos, Jer Wright/Wil Ayers ads) to keep us going. Now we are in hospital finally healing, yes it’s costly, more costly than if done earlier. Next in January we go to gym and train and by April May we come out swinging again, first time in years. It’s over,. GWB curse will be gone. McCain needs to get on board or out with him. Renew, it had to happen, turn it positive.


198 posted on 11/06/2008 6:08:35 AM PST by sickoflibs ( Where were McCain's moderates and illegals on election day?)
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To: wagglebee

>>>What is this “free speech” you are referring to? Free Republic is privately owned, there is no right of free speech here.

Technically correct... so why allow FR members to post at all? Why shouldn’t members be required to contribute before they are allowed to post? Why shouldn’t all posts be scrutinized before being published? Who actually does have the right to post here? I agree... the owners ARE the only ones who have a true right here to say or suppress anything they want. So why don’t they just ZOT anyone who expresses an opinion that differs even slightly from their own?

Yeah... you are right... but you are also wrong.


199 posted on 11/06/2008 6:09:02 AM PST by Safrguns
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To: longtermmemmory

>>>it will become oblivion. How will the self promoters get attention?

Cat juggling?

Seriously... posting an opinion thread in a news category ticks me off too... I say if someone posts in the wrong category, mods should feel free to just delete the damb thing.
It won’t take long for them to get the message.


200 posted on 11/06/2008 6:14:23 AM PST by Safrguns
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