When I initially was posting my ClashDaily.com columns here on FR, I would post an excerpt, for two reasons, 1. I had no clue there was a gestapo organized against such a practice(I haven’t read posting rules since maybe once when I was on FR back in 2004), and 2. I did want to drive readers to the site, but really only out of vanity—I get no money at all from traffic, but I get encouragement to continue writing if my columns get lots of “likes” and “shares” and Tweets from the page itself. Thus began the onslaught from ruthless Freepers accusing me of all manner of transgressions, which took me awhile to process...
Then, I ran into a gang-swarm of the same hostility/got zotted earlier this evening when I posted what I believe to be a HUGE bombshell breaking scandal on the Zimmerman case, and dared link to a blog...whew
What you should keep in mind is that for every innocent ‘sharing’ by YOU, there are a hundred blog pimps who try to invade FR to use it to provide revenue by directing traffic to their blogs.
When the Gestapo police find that someone is just sharing a find on a decent blog, and not the ‘owner’ , or you straight out make that CLAIM in your first post, then you won’t have any problems like you describe.
Yes, things have changed. Pimping Blogs is a way of life. We have to have a defense. You are just learning to get through it. You are not the only one that has had to ‘stand trial’.
Welcome to our Nightmare.