A Right Pain (New Bump Lists)

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[toenail]

It's a right pain to notify FReepers in another state of an article or event that may interest them. The state-based "My Locale" is great for communicating with others in your state. But to notify someone not in your state, you have to switch your locale, post, then switch your locale back. Or, you could find someone from that state and ask them to post it to their "My Locale."

So, I added the 50 states + DC to the FR Bump List Register ( http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list). So, if you see an article that would be of particular interest to a certain state, just bump the state. For instance, if you post an article concerning an upcoming event and potential FReep in Vermont, just post a reply to *Vermont. This thread is a good example of what this might alleviate.

The state bump lists are formatted as: asterisk, full name of the state, with spaces replaced by underscores. And *Washington_DC.

*Alabama
*Alaska
*Arizona
*Arkansas
*California
*Colorado
*Connecticut
*Delaware
*Florida
*Georgia
*Hawaii
*Idaho
*Illinois
*Indiana
*Iowa
*Kansas
*Kentucky
*Louisiana
*Maine
*Maryland
*Massachusetts
*Michigan
*Minnesota
*Mississippi
*Missouri
*Montana
*Nebraska
*Nevada
*New_Hampshire
*New_Jersey
*New_Mexico
*New_York
*North_Carolina
*North_Dakota
*Ohio
*Oklahoma
*Oregon
*Pennsylvania
*Rhode_Island
*South_Carolina
*South_Dakota
*Tennessee
*Texas
*Utah
*Vermont
*Virginia
*Washington
*West_Virginia
*Wisconsin
*Wyoming
*Washington_DC

Unless it's going to cause some horrific database problems, this should make it a little easier to keep up on issues concerning your state.

[callisto]

Thank you for implementing such an awesome idea! I believe it should get quite a bit of use.

[toenail]

By the way, this was posted under "Normal" and not "Breaking News."

[MeekOneGOP]

Kewl. . .

[MeekOneGOP]

Toenail:

So let me make sure I understand this right. I've just "pinged" every FReeper that flies the Texas flag??
. . .uh-oh! I'm in trouble now. . .

[toenail]

No, but someone can just click on the *Texas bump-list and see this article in the index. Or should, anyway. It doesn't appear yet.

[Constitution Day]

"So let me make sure I understand this right. I've just "pinged" every FReeper that flies the Texas flag??

"Don't mess with Texas!" 8^)

[Pete53]

Unless I have met you in person or I regulary respond to you in threads, please refrain from bumping me.

[toenail]

I didn't bump you.

[Constitution Day]

Great idea!

We North Carolina FReepers will certainly use it.

[Walkin Man]

Thats a great idea toenail, thanks!

[toenail]

"Massachusetts always does things differently. We've had a running Mass_List for a few months now, so it would be nice if people used that when indexing Massachusetts-related items."

Didn't see it. It saves a lot of time remembering how to spell it.

[toenail]

P.S. This should come in handy come election time.

[Constitution Day]

I have had a running North Carolina list under the name *Old_North_State for some time now.

I think *North_Carolina will be a lot easier for most to remember.

[piasa]

good idea

[codebreaker]

Great idea, should be under Breaking News!