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Who reads FR? [FReepathon thread 9.6]
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| Jan 18, 2011
Posted on 01/18/2011 9:22:15 AM PST by bezelbub
At www.freerepublic.com, we find the question Who reads FR? to be answered in the following way:
Over 300,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic since inception in 1996 and our forum is read daily by over one hundred thousand freedom loving citizens and patriots from all around the country, and all around the world. We're currently delivering over thirty million pageviews per month to over one million visitors.
This number of 300,000 users is sometimes quoted (i.e., "On one conservative Web site, Freerepublic.com, some of the site's 300,000 registered users have recently used discussion threads to encourage votes for Bristol." - www.people.com), and adorns the front page of freerepublic since Dec 2008 (waybackmachine.com).
But it was wrong then - and it is still wrong now. So, why aren't there 300,000 freepers?
When registering for posting privileges, any user gets an identification number. The user normally doesn't see this ID, it is only used for internal purposes. Jim Robinson got the number 1, the number 100,000 is taken by The 100,000th FReeper! Unfortunately, these consecutive numbers seem to have been assigned at the beginning of the registration process, not after a successful creation of an account. So each failed try to register increased the used ids, but not the number of accounts. Both numbers diverged pretty fast, but the bug wasn't mended until Feb 2010, when the new mile-stone of 350,000 attempted registrations arrived. By then, the two numbers differed by roughly 100,000. In fact, when freerepublic announced to have 300,000 registered users for the first time ind Dec 2008, the number really was closer to 230,000 - and today, it is less than 270,000. ![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3Me9X7ZKI14/TTXIAOgiomI/AAAAAAAAAFw/P_1qK8kc_9w/s400/fr-1.png)
And what has been done about it?
The way the powers-to-be have chosen to get the numbers right is obvious: they wait for the reality to fit the stated fact. The number of created accounts wasn't updated for two years, and probably won't be changed for another two years, until the number of registered freepers meets the announcement on the front page. Just for the record: I think that the number of pageviews and visitors are correct. And I doubt that the makers of the site willingly inflated the numbers of created accounts. It seems to be just an honest mistake, and an easy one to make. But when they found the bug, wouldn't it have been the right thing to change the number, as they knew that it was false?
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KEYWORDS: bobbymcgee; faq; freerepublic; livetocomplain; statistics
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To: r-q-tek86
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I guess I misunderstood... I thought this was a post useless information that doesnt really matter thread. My bad. Not at all. It did start out that way. But you notice it quickly morphed into something else entirely. "Thread Morph" can be a wonderful thing, when the energy is harnessed for Good.
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posted on
01/18/2011 3:48:46 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: abbyg55
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...would be like asking General Washington to order his men to stop fighting and count their bullets. Awww, geez, there ya go, giving him ideas... ;-)
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posted on
01/18/2011 3:49:59 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: Allegra
They’re the great pingless majority.
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posted on
01/18/2011 3:53:31 PM PST
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: abbyg55
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posted on
01/18/2011 3:54:18 PM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
To: Allegra
That’s why we love you.
You’re one of us.
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posted on
01/18/2011 3:54:37 PM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer (biblein90days.org))
To: dayglored
It's gotta be some seriously fine grovelling, though. The Blogger Overlord has very high standards for acceptable grovelling. If post #174 ain't the finest groveling you've ever seen, then you ain't been the royal court very long! LOL
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:05:01 PM PST
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Windflier
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If post #174 ain't the finest groveling you've ever seen, then you ain't been the royal court very long! LOL That is indeed some mighty fine grovelling. I would say the Overlord will be pleased.
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:14:22 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: bezelbub
I’m curious. Why did you post this as a FReepathon thread?
To: DejaJude; bezelbub
Im curious. Why did you post this as a FReepathon thread? They didn't. FR PTB added it. Everytime someone posts a complaint thread, donations go up. :-)
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posted on
01/18/2011 5:05:04 PM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
To: humblegunner; onyx
Woo hoo!!
And this just in:
$20.00 from Never Never Land
$20.00 from Pennsylvania
$100.00 from Arkansas
$20.00 from New York
Thank you all very much!!
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posted on
01/18/2011 5:05:40 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Rebellion is brewing!! Nuke the corrupt commie bastards to HELL!!)
To: bezelbub
Hu reads FR? Also, Hu visits US.
To: wyokostur
Hello??? {{tap tap tap}} this thing on?
To: bezelbub
1. Just by looking at the IDs and by counting valid accounts.
2. John Robinson should be able to check the numbers with ease. In fact, I’d rather appreciate if he takes his time for this task: it should be a simply query on Freerepublic’s database.
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When you donate enough $$$$ to pay for John’s time to do this research you can probably ask him to do so. I think it’s probably around $1,000 per day based on the number of attacks this site comes under, the number of server issues and the number of crazy things people want him to do.
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posted on
01/18/2011 5:34:03 PM PST
by
leapfrog0202
("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
To: DJ MacWoW
They didn't. FR PTB added it. Everytime someone posts a complaint thread, donations go up. :-) What is "FR PTB"? I get FR, but what is PTB? I lurked here for years before signing up. I guess I'm still a newbie. I go to many sites, Hot Air, Michelle Malkin, etc., but FR is the only one that I've signed up for or donated to.
To: DejaJude
Powers That Be. :-)
Don't know if Jim or a Mod modified it.
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posted on
01/18/2011 5:46:14 PM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
To: dayglored
That is indeed some mighty fine grovelling. I would say the Overlord will be pleased. Whew! Hopefully, I'll at least get my email account back! LOL
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posted on
01/18/2011 6:21:06 PM PST
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Jim Robinson
Its helpful that you have paypal
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posted on
01/18/2011 7:08:55 PM PST
by
daniel1212
( "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out," Acts 3:19)
To: Jim Robinson
Happy 13th Drudge/Monica Birthday!
I had been listening to Rush talk about FreeRepublic in late 1998, and he was referencing you re: Monica Lewinsky.
That’s when I decided to learn how to use the interwebs so that I could see first hand what he was talking about. ;o)
I owe you so much.........thank you!
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posted on
01/18/2011 11:59:58 PM PST
by
dixiechick2000
("First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Gandhi)
To: dixiechick2000
Thank you very much, dixiechick2000!!
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posted on
01/19/2011 12:05:49 AM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Rebellion is brewing!! Nuke the corrupt commie bastards to HELL!!)
To: Jim Robinson
;o)
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posted on
01/19/2011 12:14:59 AM PST
by
dixiechick2000
("First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Gandhi)
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