[FourtySeven]

You have stated you can troll blog-pimps and their defenders, and that anyone who disagrees with your tactics must be a defender. I am still waiting for that link.

The pimp-busters have acted in a way, like a gauntlet to weed out the spammers from people who want to be part of the community. We attempted to have a Free Republic ‘welcome wagon’ where new members were shown the ropes and welcomed into the community. This backfired. Personal squabbles followed those who wanted to be part of the welcome wagon and ‘pimps’ simply ignored them. The Pimp Busters seemed to pop up shortly after. Consider them a trial by fire. Is your skin thick enough to stand the debate here?...Are the Pimp Busters mods or have any official power? No. They are members like any other.

Note, this is from one if the same links Darksheare gave you earlier, one you claimed to have read.

Now in all honesty, no one is claiming they can "troll" blog pimps, but as that statement by the Admin Moderator shows, the self anointed blog police are tolerated here as they serve a function. And a clear function, clear that is to anyone without a pimping agenda.

Do I police the pimps? No. But I can see the "front line defense" they (the police) provide. Given today's blog heavy world.

This behavior shouldn't concern anyone. Simply ignore the smarminess if you don't like the police. I must admit though I find that picture of a kid dressed up as a pimp funny though.

Your suggestion is a good one certainly. Maybe the self appointed police will start doing it. If done en masse, I can see how it would discourage blog pimping here certainly.

My main point to posting to you though is to urge you to not fight against the "police"; they've become a force of nature around here, for good (or bad, depending on how one places one's discussion fora priorities I guess). But they aren't going anywhere, that's the point, and they do serve a function.

FR is a very kind hearted place once the "regs" get to know you. Until then, it's as the Admin said its trial by fire. (I leaned that lesson through my own such trial believe me haha ...maybe this is yours...)

[Darksheare]

csivils initially tried to claim that there was no policy about excerpting one’s blog.
That’s earlier in this thread.
Upon being shown he was wrong, he moved his goal posts and then spent the rest of the time contorting.

[csivils]

Thank your reading my post rather than a knee jerk response to what you thought I was going to write.

This may surprise you, but I strongly empathize with the fighting against partial postings/blog-pimping, and if I get to a thread before the more fire brand style blog-police, I’ll try to handle the post in the way I suggest.

It is my opinion that the blog-police have moved way beyond simply attacking the blogger into attacking other members on FR. Just my opinion, nothing special... but I’m free to express that opinion just like the blog-police are free to express theirs.

The situation can be handled in a way that is less hostile to other FR members, less disruptive to the on-topic discussion on FR and less likely to escalate.

From the same post you quote: “While not everyone agrees with what they do, we actually saw some value in keeping the leash a little longer for them.”

I’m not disagreeing with the need for blog-police, I’m simply stating my they are off the leash. I’m not new to FR, I’ve been posting for a very long time. The blog-police have moved beyond simply causing a small skirmish at the start of a thread into dominating the thread.