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The Proper Care and Feeding of the Free Republic Keyword Feature
Posted on 09/20/2006 6:06:39 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
Edited on 09/20/2006 6:54:12 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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The Free Republic keyword feature serves a valuable purpose, it alerts posters to topics that they are interested in and supplements those topics which aren't already listed as available topics.
1. Please do not add words like "and" and "the" to the keywords. And PLEASE do not add every word from your title to the keywords, that's just plain annoying.
2. Please do not use keywords to troll posters. The mods can see who adds keywords and you're only going to get yourself in trouble.
3. Please do not add keywords to bump old theads. The purpose of keywords is to alert posters to current threads about the topic they're interested in. Adding a keyword to a thread from 2003 defeats that purpose.
4. Keywords on troll threads are exempt unless they contain profanity or an obscenity.
5.We are aware of several posters who abuse the keyword feature and we would appreciate it if they would stop.
Thanks.
TOPICS: Free Republic
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To: Admin Moderator
It's the keyword spammers who are the problem. They'll add a keyword to 30-40 old threads on the same day to get them noticed.
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scribbling notes here,, I always wondered where some of those weird keywords came from...
and you say there is a bad mod and an evil mod too? and one of the mods is a guy.. I thought we had an all lady mod squad..
Thanks for the thread, it's always good to have some refresher threads on proper and acceptable use of the forum features and such.
How you all keep up with the whirling macdervishes that frequent this place is a testament to the volunteer spirit that helps make this an oasis in that vast internetosphere so many of us call home these days.
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posted on
09/20/2006 9:44:01 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ......Help the "Pendleton 8' and families -- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
To: bannie
Fun, isn't it?
:)
142
posted on
09/20/2006 10:42:31 PM PDT
by
Sweet_Sunflower29
(I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.)
To: Admin Moderator
Whaht about posters who do not know what the proper keyword is?
143
posted on
09/20/2006 10:42:41 PM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: DoughtyOne; cgk
"There have been a few times when I joined in to load the keyword feature of certain threads...."
Like this troll ZOT thread? I saw this one go down. Funniest thing I had seen at Free Republic up to that point. 
144
posted on
09/20/2006 10:47:47 PM PDT
by
Salem
(FREE REPUBLIC - Fighting to win within the Arena of the War of Ideas! So get in the fight!)
To: b4its2late
FOODFIGHT!
Cannot be used as a keyword.... ;-)
No, but FOODFIGHT (sans exclamation point) seems to work just fine.
:)
145
posted on
09/20/2006 10:48:10 PM PDT
by
Sweet_Sunflower29
(I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.)
To: Fresh Wind
I am laughing so hard. Post #20 was so funny.
To: Fresh Wind
I must bookmark this thread for a recurrent good laugh.
To: Admin Moderator
Keywords on troll threads are exempt unless they contain profanity or an obscenity. Could you add a proviso to this...Anyone who posts the annoying list of several hundred keywords in the zot threads will be subject to 40 lashes?
148
posted on
09/20/2006 11:09:24 PM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
("Now they will know better than to fight a martial arts master who is also made of gelatin!")
To: Fiddlstix
To: Gordongekko909
"This guy are sick"
Can't resist a joke. Young hillbilly math student returns home from college. Father asks "Tell me some of that mathematics talk son. Son replies, "Pi r squared." No, no, son, you are wrong. Pie are round, cornbread are square.
To: cgk
Thanks for the ping. Oftentimes I've noticed the keywords can be quite funny.
To: Admin Moderator
Illuminating thread. Policy is always a good read. But you have to admit those keywords are funny. I always read the keywords, it's like seeing how to be funny with the lowest amount of keystrokes.
152
posted on
09/21/2006 5:11:57 AM PDT
by
Graymatter
(TV-free and clean for 3 years, 4 months.)
To: cgk
153
posted on
09/21/2006 5:35:46 AM PDT
by
E Rocc
(Myspace "Freepers" group moderator)
To: Donna Lee Nardo
154
posted on
09/21/2006 8:29:41 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking it's heritage.)
To: Salem
Now that's my kind of thread. LOL
155
posted on
09/21/2006 8:34:14 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking it's heritage.)
To: Admin Moderator
No more fun of any kind.
To: DoughtyOne
You mean, like this?
157
posted on
09/21/2006 12:38:53 PM PDT
by
GretchenM
(What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
To: Fresh Wind
Well, of course I had to click that link. What a hoot.
158
posted on
09/21/2006 12:44:10 PM PDT
by
GretchenM
(What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
To: Admin Moderator
How about keywords that are snide remarks directed toward people who don't know how to use the search feature? One of my pet peaves is duplicate threads or un-needed threads (and yes, I've been guilty of this myself). I admit to using keywords like "searchbeforeposting" or "trysearching" or "doasearch". Is this OK?
To: EveningStar
No, that's not ok and we remove them when we 're alerted to them.
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