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Massive Free Republic Changes
Posted on 12/21/2001 4:19:13 PM PST by John Robinson
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To: WHATNEXT?
To: John Robinson
First, an article will be indexed into many topics. So instead of a pulldown to select the topic, there is a field where you can list as many topics as you feel appropriate. And at any time later an article can be added to additional topicsThis sounds really neat (along with all of your other promised improvements.) I hope I am really busy on the 27th so that I don't miss FR too much when it is down. :(
Thanks for all you do.
To: John Robinson
The topic system in general will be completely changed. Good move. The present system has "bothered" me for a long time. The basic conflict is between "News", and everything else. Something can be news, but at the same time be related to "Business" or "Government" or "Philosophy", etc. I'm glad you have addressed this logical inconsistency.
Fixing the "Search" feature will be a blessing. As much as I like google.com (which, unfortunately I am forced to use to find older articles), it has different "priorities" than I have in mind. I can do a google search for something that I know is in your database, but their engine simply doesn't find it many times.
The "memory" [posting of full articles] function of Free Republic is one of it's best features, but if you can't find an article from six months ago, then what good is it?
Here's wishing you and your Dad have a happy holiday and a prosperous new millenium.
To: John Robinson; Snow Bunny; Alamo-Girl; Republican Wildcat; Howlin; Fred Mertz; onyx; .30Carbine...
Most important, on the 27th, Free Republic will be down while I move my network along with Free Republic to a new host.
(((PING))))))
Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my ping list!. . .don't be shy.
To: Broomhilda
**Ping**
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posted on
12/21/2001 5:09:06 PM PST
by
TwoStep
To: John Robinson
How will the archives be handled, when and if they come back online John?
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posted on
12/21/2001 5:09:42 PM PST
by
kylaka
To: RonDog
It works great. Just found what I'm looking for.. Thanks
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posted on
12/21/2001 5:09:45 PM PST
by
VinnyTex
To: John Robinson
I'm pleased to see that you're dumping SpewSpewNet. They account for about 10-15 percent of my total spamload, and I'm glad that they won't be receiving any more of your money.
Well done.
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posted on
12/21/2001 5:09:59 PM PST
by
strela
To: John Robinson
Thanks, John.
To: John Robinson
Private forums at FR? Pretty shady. If anyone has something to say, they should say it to everybody.
To: John Robinson
With all of the new bells and whistles, ot would be better, by far, if FR went back to the way it used to be; mostly articles, editorials, political cartoons. This didn't used to be a CHAT ROOM, with teen threads, rockband threads, religious threads ( that aren't political, but PHILOSOPHICAL ! ) , " singles " / flirt threads, T&A threads, bash women / men / regions / Lincoln threads, " what's the best line in a movie, rock song,etc. thread, and the rest of that dort of thing. The way things are now, these threads overwhelm " hard news " !
To: John Robinson
Third, the posting of an article and a comment have been decoupled.It will be possible to host many forums within Free Republic. Each forum would have its own management features, user list (with independent user levels), moderators, etc. Some forums may be private, some may be created for special projects, some may just be alternatives to Free Republic.
Whew.... massive, yes. I see that you are pressed for time, but when you get time, I would be interested to know why these changes are being made, why would you want to "decouple" articles and comments, and what's this about "private" forums? Could end up getting a little "cliqueish" around here, no?
Anyways, good luck with the move.
To: afraidfortherepublic
Of course, the big questions are...
Did Ted Nugent come up with this idea?
And:
Will we be logged in?
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posted on
12/21/2001 5:14:20 PM PST
by
Poohbah
To: John Robinson
i'm glad you didn't go to 'network 54'.
what a sKrewed up mess that place is!
To: John Robinson
Sounds good to me. You must be some kind of Internet genius.
Your father must be proud to have a son like you.
I would be.
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posted on
12/21/2001 5:16:43 PM PST
by
LibKill
To: John Robinson
I like to use these types of threads as a good way to get some good FR info out
Useful links
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posted on
12/21/2001 5:18:43 PM PST
by
smith288
To: John Robinson
Wow! Great. Keep up the good work.
To: VinnyTex
Please ohhhh please bring back the archives. All the way back to Feb of 97 if possible.I second that. I have tons of empty bookmarks that I leave in place just to keep a record of the thread title, just in case all the archives are ever resurrected.
To: let freedom sing
We've been talking about you behind your back for several weeks now...that's why you didn't get invited to the Christmas Party in Denver.
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posted on
12/21/2001 5:21:25 PM PST
by
harrowup
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