Posted on 05/09/2009 10:08:27 PM PDT by Tzimisce
Most people on Daily Kos are (painfully) aware of Free Republic, the bottomless digital repository of bigotry, authoritarianism and hatred for most other Americans, all wrapped in 90's-era HTML. Usually, sane people who stop by there to check it out, find something utterly appalling within a few minutes of browsing, and close the page, never to return. Thus, there isn't a lot of detailed knowledge of Free Republic on Daily Kos.
One important feature of the site is that it is community-supported through donation drives called "Freepathons." In 2008, Jim Robinson, the site founder, seems to have decided to purge the archives of all but the current and most-recent Freepathon threads. This is a wise decision on his part because you don't have to go back very far to see that Free Republic is struggling to meet its modest fundraising goals.
Rubbish, keep hope as long as it’s part of the hopenchange.
LOL. Could be!
I cherish my FR Pajama Patrol Deputy coffee cup with my screen name on it...wouldn't trade it for nuttin'...
Welcome to the gang.
I’ve been to Kos, and it’s what you would expect. Not mere liberal, but absolutely lefty blather at which sight is to alternately gag and wonder.
Color me puzzled. What would a so called Facebook friendly FR look like? I hope it wouldn’t be cram full of slow, hard to read, busy, and cross-browser unfriendly web code.
Oh, and as good a place as any to go evangelize is townhall.com. It’s chock full of liberal trolls, almost always with almost no censorship. FR experience is invaluable in knocking those fools down again and again.
First of all, Rush Limbaugh supported Romney during the primary so that means Rush is "not a true conservative". Secondly, conservatives aren't usually reliant on handouts from others. I pay around $50 a year for my premium EIB membership. Maybe JR should consider charging. Those of us who think it is worth it will pay and stay. Those who don't will be banished to lurker status.
Were not dead yet”
We’re feeling better! (holy grail skit theme..bdum dum!)
*dusts off the DU banned-bench*
Have a seat over here with me!
“(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)”
AHH, but the Lady Wisdom from Proverbs dispensing Wisdom from her “seven Pillars” can be the basis of Godly just govenment, indeed!
Ah, another Lynx-aware FReeper! Haven't used it much lately, but it used to save my butt regularly on limited-bandwidth networks.
Our main problem is not these kooks but congress and the FCC which has wanted to shut down the internet the same way they want to shut down talk radio and the constitution. We are living in dangerous times. These people are out to establish an authoritarian socialist state and I fear that by 2010 they will have completed their mission. They have some 500 + days to go. Just look at what they accomplished in the first 100.
FreeRepublic is very fast and very readable using Lynx. Sometimes I use it even when I can use a graphical browser fro that reason.
October 01, 2008
Top 10 Political Websites
Interesting data from Hitwise, ranking the top political websites in terms of market share:
Rank Website Market Share
1. www.huffingtonpost.com 8.55%
2. www.realclearpolitics.com 6.26%
3. www.politico.com 4.9%
4. www.barackobama.com 4.53%
5. elections.foxnews.com 4.24%
6. www.freerepublic.com 3.44%
7. politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 3.33%
8. www.dailykos.com 3.24%
9. www.johnmccain.com 2.23%
10. www.townhall.com 1.92%
Free Republic.com is Dying
Hey Kos, how does it feel to have your ass kicked by a
dead man.
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