Posted on 10/23/2012 3:58:44 AM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark
The 4th and final of the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates have come and gone for 2012.
Here are the three things we can walk away with.
- Romney can't lose a debate coin toss, going 3 for 3. Which of course means nothing.
- Obama gets more moderated debate time, going 3 for 3 in the time column. Which of course means nothing.
- Free Republic crashes before any debate and doesn't get back to normal until dawn the next day.
I would like to state that I have been here since the 2004 election season. I can't lay claim to being an old timer here compared to some of the posters here. I can safely say though that I am not a spur of the moment account meant to come here and spam, insult and run away.
Here's my point; Free Republic is in danger of not being relevant and it's purely because of technical reasons.
I know your technical team or advisor is trying like mad to isolate why this site is unavailable for hours on end surrounding the debates this year. It's not working.
This debate season for Free Republic has been the equivalent of having a TV network go out for a wild card round, divisional round and conference or league championship. The network knew the times of the contest, they knew tons of people would be watching, they knew where the technical problems might arise yet failed 4 times over the course of every scheduled event.
Now the Super Bowl of American politics is 2 weeks away and the same team that has aired loading screens for every head to head political contest this year must realize this simple fact; if you're not up and running on election night 2012 you might as well close the door on any thought of continuing your political relevance.
Online communities do not build themselves overnight but they can collapse overnight. As inconceivable as it may be this could be a swan song moment that you were warned about, tried to prevent yet ultimately could not control. If your traffic can't get to your site, you have no site.
If you fail in giving voice to this community during what should or could be a glorious night for America your role in history will be noteworthy, just like print edition of Newsweek's coverage of the Presidential inauguration in 2013. Non-existent.
History will indeed be made on November 6th because of the nature of the event. The question Free Republic needs to determine is if it is going to report history or become part of it.
Without a doubt FR can actually be too busy, myself I avoid the rush hour topics such as debates, maybe its because I drive a big slow commercial vehicle during the day and I have actually witnessed accidents of yahoos trying to either pass me going up a hill, in the fog, around a blind corner etc and nearly killing others.
So my comments don’t have any revelations or secret insights, thus because I feel my contribution would at best be just a sentence or two I just stay out and let the pros arrive.
In summation when the traffic gets really heavy I avoid FR, or when it got sluggish last night, I tried to follow the comments on the Live Debate thread, didn’t help much to me as I had to watch the debate on a recording, I just did a 12 hour shift driving a concrete mixer in Alaska.
So many things life much, much more important.
If FR goes down, do something else like read or talk to a family member.
I don’t think they really want to fix it. It’s easier for Jim and his brother to keep the $ 85,000 given to them every 3-months and claim that operating costs leave nothing left over.
This site needs a complete overhaul. Even on regular days it’s response time is slow. And the hoops you have to jump through just to post an article are laborious...sometimes I don’t even post an article just because of the red tape involved.
The original poster is right. If FreeRepublic does not do something soon, it will not be around much longer.
JR has no brother involved with FR.
We disagree. No big deal.
I agree 100%.
I HAVE been here quite a long time... one of the endearing qualities about FR has ALWAYS been it’s ability to delivery FAST, in the moment, NEWS... along with, interesting commentary. It was like Twitter, before there was Twitter... only WAY BETTER than Twitter.
With NO FR available... I’ve been forced to go learn how to use Twitter. So far, I still don’t like it. But, if I ever figure it out.... ?? Who knows.
If JR’s health is an issue... we all need to pray. Because this country NEEDS this site, and it’s founder, to be relevant.
What are you doing here, Grandma?
The way I understood your post, you are calling Mr.Robinson a crook.
I agree 100%.
I HAVE been here quite a long time... one of the endearing qualities about FR has ALWAYS been it’s ability to delivery FAST, in the moment, NEWS... along with, interesting commentary. It was like Twitter, before there was Twitter... only WAY BETTER than Twitter.
With NO FR available... I’ve been forced to go learn how to use Twitter. So far, I still don’t like it. But, if I ever figure it out.... ?? Who knows.
If JR’s health is an issue... we all need to pray. Because this country NEEDS this site, and it’s founder, to be relevant.
Being upset that you can’t get on to a website a handful of times; is a rather bizzare distoration of priorities.
Some people have an overinflated value of the need to post their opinion within minutes of having that opinion.
The answer is, take a breath, step away from the computer, do something real for a small amount of time.
The conservative cause won’t be hurt if FR is slow for 2 hours after a debate.
Unfair, huh? I don’t know how many times I’ve seen the ‘ol, if we don’t get the $85,000 then this site will not be here. Oh, come on. Think about it. This site has NO graphic content, streams NO videos and still, it’s slower than a turtle even though all that money is donated every 3-months? Uncork your nostrils, pal. Something stinks.
Obviously... the problem is not 100% fixed... STILL getting double posts, because I had to wait SO LONG, I couldn’t remember if I actually hit POST or not...... wow
Hardly, I’m simply saying where are the improvements in performance?
I’m sorry. The ol’ “this site is just a big money making scam” issue died the first three times it was trotted out in the ‘90s.
You will have to be more original to get special “high-five” points.
The real question is: What website do you want to meet up at to discuss election night?
“FR has a problem. Problems are fixable. Problems are solveable.’
I’m guessing they know that!
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No claims whatsoever for network expertise, but it would appear that if sabotage is behind this, it's occurring either within one or more Shitcago hubs, or one of the several hops between IL & CA.
Further examination by some true geeks might be warranted re that ntt.net outfit ?
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