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.
What I miss the most is the news article followed by the "vanity" (opinion) in comment #1. The article used to be the springboard for the discussion. Now, a good number of people no longer bother with that (in my opinion, fundamental) first step.
Yeah... you are right... but you are also wrong.
How am I wrong? Jim Robinson makes this site available as a news forum for conservatives. Anyone who joins is presumed to be a conservative and allowed to post, those posting PRIVILEGES continue unless the poster does something to indicate to Jim and/or the mods that they should no longer have those privileges.
As far as all posts be scrutinized beforehand, that is a practical impossibility, there are simply too many to review. However, OTHER posters review them and are free to hit the abuse button. This system has seemed to work just fine in the time I've been here.
The problem in the past month or so has been the deluge of vanities, often by people who are brand new. Vanities now and then are fine, but not when they overshadow the news.
Exactly! The "vanity" should be the FReeper's response to the article or what another FReeper has written. A few vanities now and then are okay, but half the threads on here have been vanities lately and almost none of them have been marked as vanities in the title.
As a former active-duty Marine who served 13 years to protect my, as well as others, 1st Amendment rights, I find it amazing that so-called "conservatives" on this site are so quick to jump on others for mere technical violations of some policy.
Knowledge is power, so spend less time doing the liberal, hand-wringing and bed-wetting over mere technicalities, and more time in vigorous political and social discourse - something Americans have engaged forcefully in since day one of our country's founding.
If you are offended by mere terse words and "yelling" (caps are "yelling" - how ridiculous), then grow up.
If the moderators would like to boot me for telling it like it is, then so be it.
And then there’s the Internet Hero . . . .
Yes, let’s get back to Basics. We need Chaaaaannnge!!
Dear God, Man. Where on earth did you find that picture of Hillary? [Shudder.] That’s gonna give me worse nightmares than I’m already having.
I speak for no one but I think perhaps your type of vanity is the “useful” type that Kristinn was referring to.
Amen!!
How about suspending vanities temporarily unless it is preceeded by a donation? I just signed up for a monthly, but have no vanity to post, merely replying to others. But I figure, once the Dems start pushing the “Fairness Doctrine”, they’ll look for ways to apply it to the ‘net, and their evil eye will be upon Free Republic. Thus, donations will also help if you require Constitutional Lawyers.
IT'S ØBAMA'S FAULT !
“Is this the vanity to end all vanities? ;)”
Or the “Mother of all Vanities”? :D
Here’s a suggestion, why not make a section for vanities? That would get them out of the other areas!
I agree, they just need to be reminded from time to time that vanities are not as necessary as they sometimes think.
Absolutely right. There have been as many mindless and useless vanities in the past week as there are illegal 0bama voters. (well it seems that way anyhow)
Yeah, the vanities are clogging up the forum.
No, this isn’t a vanity, it’s an “internal members’ input session relating to administrative matters.”
The forum is not a state entity, but a private one. It may do what it wishes with posts and threads. You don’t like how the forum operates, go find another one. That’s the free market.
So, deleting vanities in the name of clearing up the News & Activism Board suits me fine, it does not offend my conservative principles. In fact it is perfectly in line with them. It is a private sector remedy that convinces posters that their opinions belong in the Bloggers & Personals forum, which is a fine forum in its own right.
ADMIN: Thanks for all your work.
I am very curious about something referred to on Rush Limbaugh’s show last Thursday. Were there a large number of “lurkers” and libs from the Obama campaign signing up this year to respond to everything that we posted or commented on? I suspect there were a huge number who posted things to cause us conservatives to be disheartened by polls or reports in the media or on blogs.
Where is that? I turned everything on, I think, and I don't see it.
having the same article posted several times on each page doesn’t help either, use the search feature people
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