Get Yer Ya-Yas Out [FR Moderating Gripe Thread]

[I Am Not A Mod]

LM here.

It's been a while since we had a thread along these lines.

I can tell from comments I am seeing in threads, on abuse reports, and in Freepmail that some people are unhappy with various policies and their implementations by the staff here.

I've seen allegations that certain factions are picked on. I've seen allegations that the moderators have killed activism. I've heard rumors that we killed Kenny, and even that we killed the radio star. I see certain personality conflicts acting up, and know that one (or both) sides in it feel that we aren't doing what we should.

So let's open this can of worms.

This thread is for making your grievances heard. If you think something stinks or is wrong, make your case here. Back it up with facts. Let the audience at large weigh in on your evidence.

I'll read the thread. Jim will too in all likelihood. So will the other moderators. Depending upon how well you make your point, and depending on if you can convince Jim, me, the other moderators, and/or the world, maybe you can change things. And if you don't, then it might make you feel better to have vented, so it won't make this thread a total loss.

I'm not going to reply to this thread for quite a while. Rather, I am going to sit back and watch to try and get a feel for the general tenor. I encourage those who are both happy and unhappy with things to particpate in this thread.

Let's rock.

[nopardons]

Don't you know it! I only wish I had 1/1,000 th. of the power, these people ascribe to me. :-)

[Howlin]

You were banned and have come back as somebody else?

[Texasforever]

They are into incest too?

[xzins]

If you think something stinks or is wrong, make your case here

I think John F. Kerry Stinks.

Fact: His wife owns a Ketchup Factory and not a Deodorant Factory.

Fact 2: If it were the other way around, you could be putting Right Guard on your french fries.

[nopardons]

What do you mean by "some of the attributes of stalkers"? Some of them STALK me here almost every day!

[onyx]

Are we having fun yet?
I need to know.

[upchuck]

Yeah, I got five gripes:

1. Can the stuff in the right hand area of the articles page be dated? Some of that stuff is two or three weeks old. Or maybe the stuff could just "disappear" after, say, four days?

2. Need a full text search engine.

3. Duplicate posts drive me crazy. Wish there was some way of trapping them before they get posted. 14 versions of an Ann Coulter piece is amusing, but a horrible waste of storage space and bandwidth.

4. Lazy FReepers who won't post the entire article when the article does not have to be excerpted.

5. Could you somehow encourage FReepers, when posting an excerpted article, to link to the "printer friendly" version of the article? Many of us are stuck in 56K dialup hell (in fact, I bet if you took a survey, you'd find most of us have dialup) and the printer friendly version loads much quicker as it typically doesn't have 67 ads averaging 27KB each and five pop-up windows :)

[onyx]

Tamsey,
I've heard of Tupperware parties,
but the sheep might be a new thang
especially for the LP'ers.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Yeah, me too. I'm the most powerful, influential FreeRepublic nobody I've ever heard about. LOL

[The Westerner]

You missed my point. Occasionally I look at other forums. I found those threads on private property on the Liberty Caucus Forum. I'm asking that you increase the seriousness with which you take intelligent threads and put them back in the news forum. Surely you cannot think that those belong in the backrooms when you justify the absolute idiocy that parades as "news" for lack of a better word on the regular forum. I never believed you should divide FreeRepublic into forums, just for this reason...There is no rhyme or reason to your placements, which just generates griping, like this. Anyway, I realize that my request won't be acted upon, so no need to reply.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

you have freepmail

[nopardons]

Thank you. I can't tell you how very much I appreciate that. :-)

[Tamzee]

Whooops, you're right... I forgot.

Think they share DNA with cows, too?

[Texasforever]

Are we having fun yet?

I haven't had this much fun since the hogs ate my little brother.

[nopardons]

I am a lady, you are NO gentleman, but you are a poltroon.

[little jeremiah]

I was making a complaint to the Moderators about why they tolerate his homo-promoting and bashing of scripter. My points were directed to them. They asked for complaints.

[Tamzee]

It was just the facts, ma'am ;-)

[tpaine]

Texasforever
Well this old "biddie" can stomp a Texas sized mudhole in you and eat lunch at the same time.

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You left off "I've got chunks of guys like you in my stool."
906 -DOAIJV-


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Please stop! -- My wife is concerned that my laughter may be heard by the neighbors.

Thank you 'Vet' babe. That was the greatest put down I've ever seen tex suffer from all his phony blustering over the years.

Great stuff..

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Uh, I wasn't insulting Tex. I was trying my hand at enhancing his reply. (Not that he ever needs any help. He's one of the best.)

[Tamzee]

My YaYas are fine and dandy, thank you, no complaints here. You all do an incredible job given the number and wide range of passionate opinions here :-)

And You Are Too A Mod