Free Republic Quasi-Official Blog Concept and Nomination Thread

[I Am Not A Mod]

Hi all.

I know that some people here are fans of Blogs. I am one as well. I had a brainstorm for something new here at FR, and Jim gave me the go-ahead to give it a whirl. The idea is for a quasi~official blog. The Freeper Island Blog.

Why Freeper Island? Because like Survivor, a blogger can be voted off the island.

Basically what I am imagining is that we will have a dozen people who are the designated inhabitants of the Freeper Island Blog. There will be a blog thread each day, and any of the twelve can add items to the blog (it would go in the article section of the thread. How we will handle updating it I need to work out. I have an idea but I need to talk to someone about it first). Anyone could reply to the thread, but only the twelve bloggers could add things to the article/blog portion of the thread. Each time an entry gets added to the blog portion of the thread, it would get bumped back to the top of either the Extended News or Editorial sidebar (this needs to be decided). The 12 islanders would have a month long term.

As the end of the month approaches, we would have a thread for voting for your favorite bloggers (all voting done publically). The 10 who get the most votes stay on (if they are willing).

Who gets to replace the two who didn't get enough support? We would also have a thread where people could nominate themselves (and give reasons why they should be voted on the island). And then a vote- again done publically on the thread. The two highest vote getters get a month on the island.

Who would be the original twelve? They would be picked by the same method- a nominating thread followed by a vote. Any replacements needed for emerging reasons would also be determined in this way.

Who gets to vote? To avoid problems, only Freepers with at least three months and at least 100 replies under their belt would be allowed to vote (or run).

These are my ideas for it. I figure we will give it a shot, and if it turns into a good feature we keep it and if not we won't.

Anyway, feel free to make additional suggestions, or if you are interested in being one of the first twelve, write up a nomination. I'll arbitrarily set Sunday at midnight as the cutoff for nominations, and will post a voting thread for Monday with each of the nomination writeups on it (order determined at random), with 24 hours for voting. You can nominate anyone, but only those who post to this thread saying they want to do it and why will actually make the ballot.

Cheers.

[I Am Not A Mod]

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

[I Am Not A Mod]

Merely? MERELY? Such an insulting word. Merely. How would you like it if one of your ideas was dismissed as being merely something. It isn't mere. It is grand.

[Consort]

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Touché. You took the words right out of my mouth.

[Consort]

Really? REALLY? You could have said it was merely grand, but you missed it.

[Nam Vet]

My Dad always told me that I was pretty sharp for a dull kid. ;^}

It would be interesting to see how your idea develops.

Nam Vet

[pointsal]

no you need TIME and coordination to TYPE

[madfly]

maybe we should have to pass a typing test to be on Blog Island :)

[maxwell]

Huh? What? Say all that again very slowly?

Well I want to be the first to vote for myself. In any capacity.

And I ain't buyin' yer screen name, bud...

[WaterDragon]

Go for it. Sounds like it could be a blast.

[WaterDragon]

No, no, no, no, no, not Freeper Island Blog. That has the acronym FIB

ROFL!

[WaterDragon]

I'm sure I'd miss all the good stuff, like this thread, without your pings, MnM! Thanks!

[Mr. Mulliner]

The only reason Dog brought up my name is because I have been trying to get him to do a blog. He's the perfect blogger because he finds all kinds of interesting stuff and keeps a keen eye and ear open to items of interest here at FR.

I nominate Dog.

[WaterDragon]

Since it is his idea, he certainly should be the first named. Maybe even have a permanent hut on the island. But no grander than anyone else's, of course. Must keep it egalitarian.

[MeekOneGOP]

My pleasure, as always ! :O)

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

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[P.O.E.]

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[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

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[amom]

Ohhhh boy! This is going to be fun!

[T'wit]

>> that could be catchy in an ironic sort of way

It would get stuffed down our throats. The Left will go for a cheap, crude smear every time. They think name-calling is witty. Please think of another name.

Would Jim allow "Free Republog"?

[Kip Lange]

Ping...

If you've got the time, this is right up your alley.

I guess I've been nominated. I accept. ;-)