Posted on 02/28/2013 10:40:05 PM PST by neverdem
FReeper cgk used to maintain a local, state, regional and miscellaneous lists of those who kept ping lists here. That was almost five years ago. cgk hasn't started a thread in four years or made a comment in two years.
I have made a ping list for every state except Rhode Island. It's on my homepage here.
In the two months or so of making it I haven't seen anybody hailing from Rhode Island when I clicked on their screen name.
I compiled screen names mostly from comments on my threads. It's in alphabetical order except NY. That's for my convenience, although it is separate and is identified as such.
Although they are not explicitly labelled, scan the list of screen names about a dozen names from the start of that state's list, if the list is long enough. It becomes fairly obvious.
I started it a while ago with NJ & PA, two of my neighboring states. I gradually expanded it to a few other states.
I have kept the freepers named in cgk's states lists. It starts after my combined microbiology/immunology ping list.
With the pitiful condition of our BS media that ignores so many stories, I thought a list of 48 states, minus NY and RI, that you could copy conveniently would be handy for really important stories. We're on the honor system. It's not for chat. It's for real news or important history in any state as well.
If you want to be added to or removed from your state's list, please FReepmail me.
yours truly, neverdem
If you are a FReeper in Rhode Island, please let me know.
Thx for the work.
BUMP for great freeping. Thanks for doing this.
Bookmarked.
bttt
Google search:Good Luck! Good work! ;-)Your search - "Rhode Island" AND live OR work OR travel site:freeerepublic.com - did not match any documents.
Great to know that there are a good handful of us FR’s Conservatives in the Bluest (with commie Red inside) state of MA!
I’m very curious though how it works. I see groupings of FR handles separated by “;”s, ready to go into the post “TO:” field via cut-n-paste, but without a state identifier.
How manual or automated is it when these lists are used? What’s the mechanism to grab, say, the Nth group representing state XX? Can a list be used by anyone wanting to post to the current ping list of a particular state?
Just guessing there is probably an automagic way to put an abbreviated pointer into a post or reply to use it...
Ping
Lol. At this point you can click on my state flag! Never thought I’d see the day! but prob better to do by your own account, then hit the prototype link at the top. There are some great nooks and crannies here.
Rats just deleted whole msg. Freep mail info confirmed. Good effort.
Sorry, but to me your list is confusing.
My name appears twice but in neither case am I identified as the caretaker of the South Carolina list.
May I make a suggestion: two columns, state abbreviation followed by screen name, like this:
SC upchuck
etc.
I’m in Illinois but I really don’t want to be on any state ping lists.
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/profiles2?location=87;m=member-list
take a look there
RI members of Freeper
This gets into privacy (and etiquette) issues, but this information comes from a Freeper setting his/her “location” in preferences, thus some prefer to list “United States” instead of pinpointing.
At top of page, click on “Account”
scroll down to “My Locale”
that gives a hyperlink list of states and locations.
RI shows 75 Freepers currently. Clicking on the state gives the state bulletin board: http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/profiles?location=87
State boards are great way to spread news of state and local interest, but it’s not private. Some bds are obviously more active currently than others, but times are changing.
heh, earlier delete was heartbreaking!
At the top of the state page is the hyperlink with the members list info, by state/location (eg, United States, Colombia, etc).
In this case, RI: http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/profiles2?m=member-list;location=87
Again, this is set by individual members at their preference from their HOMEPAGE self-set info (stressing that is under individual control).
www.CSPOA.org
Problem is, you have obsessive posters like seekthetruth who think they alone have the only important information on FR, then spams *every* State message board, not just his/her State of Residence.
A lot of Freepers don’t want dozens of messages wasting their time every day so they remove their State flag.
Compare Rhode Island and Florida message boards for an example.
Ever notice how one person ruins things for everyone else?
Perdogg Ping!
Add me to the Tennessee list please.
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