I have no complaint if a good conservative blogger posts his own material to FR, not as an excerpt to drive hits and discussion back to his blog, but rather to impart useful information to OUR readers and to promote and join in on the discussion and conservative activism HERE on FR.
If so why didn't you understand this?
Eaker wrote: “Did you actually look at the links? QUOTING FR ADMIN: ‘I have no complaint if a good conservative blogger posts his own material to FR, not as an excerpt to drive hits and discussion back to his blog, but rather to impart useful information to OUR readers and to promote and join in on the discussion and conservative activism HERE on FR.’ If so why didn’t you understand this?”
Yes, I read the link — the entire post. I also know that the large majority of news articles here are excerpts, not full text. There are also some additional issues that are raised by that link by the administrators. That’s why, rather than guessing what Free Republic administrators want, I “pinged” the owner.
As the Admins wrote in the post: “As always, it is best to just ask. We can’t answer every note that comes in just because we can get overwhelmed, but we do try. We hope that answers some questions for this week.”
I think I just did that.
As I said a moment ago to another critic, if people on Free Republic want me to comment more on other people’s posts, that can easily be done. Likewise, I could start copying full text articles, and I can see some benefits to doing that.
However, the issue here is more important than full-text versus excerpts. My motives are being criticized. I’ve got a thick skin and I’m going to respond calmly rather than in kind, but that sort of criticism does require a response.