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Who reads FR? How many accounts on FR? What does FR stand for? Where is FR going?
01/19/11 | Jim Robinson

Posted on 01/19/2011 10:00:05 AM PST by Jim Robinson

Edited on 01/19/2011 10:21:38 AM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]

I'm placing this in breaking news, because there have been several breaking news complaint threads recently. Guess there are a lot of people not understanding the facts about FR, or what we stand for, where we're going, etc.

First of all, who reads FR and how many accounts do we have? I honestly have no idea and the exact number does not concern me. We currently have over 369,000 registered accounts on FR, but as someone pointed out yesterday, not all of them are active and I have no idea how many are active.

Many years ago we had less than 30,000 accounts registered. Then we hit a hundred thousand, a hundred fifty thousand, then two hundred thousand and three or four years ago we approached and went over 300,000. Every few years as we hit a major milestone in registered accounts, I updated our home page with the current number of accounts on FR. I'll probably do it again after we go over 400,000, then 500,000, etc, and maybe I won't. The number of registered accounts doesn't really mean much. And our growth in the last few years has tapered off anyway for various reasons.

Who actually reads FR? Again, we have no idea, but there are hundreds of thousands maybe even millions of readers. All kinds of people read FR. News hounds, liberals, conservatives, politicians, talk show hosts, religious types, atheists, you and me brother and everyone in between. We serve over 1,000,000 pageviews per day.

So why has our growth tapered off? Well, probably the primary reason is we've narrowed our point of view lately as we've moved away from just talking about the issues and have actually started becoming constitutional activists.

The time for talking is over. Now we need to walk the walk. Our focus has become closer to working on our primary goal which is a return to constitutionally limited government and a full restoration of our God-given unalienable rights.

We can't do that by being big tent, all things to all people, non-principled, two-talking politicians. If we are truly interested in advancing our traditional conservative pro-God, pro-family, pro-life, pro-country, pro-liberty principles and positions then we must reject the politicians and people supporting the other way.

As an organization, we cannot be both for and against homosexuality, abortion, big government, border and national security, etc. I don't know about others, but if we must choose, I choose to be on the right side of each and every issue. Why should FR use its limited resources to allow liberals, homosexualists, abortionists, big spenders, big taxers, big government solutions advocates, gun grabbers, pacifists, isolationists, environmentalists, open-borders lobbyists, etc, ply their trade on FR? Well, more and more lately, we don't. And, apparently, that has pissed off a lot of big tent, true blue RINO types and the herd is stampeding. Let them go.

We who share our common traditional conservative principles, values and goals will be better off in the long run. We need to build on our strengths and attract more traditional conservatives to our viewpoints than to water down and weaken our own. It just doesn't make sense to me to support politicians like Giuliani, Romney, Gingrich, et al, who have RINO/liberal track records. It doesn't make sense to allow abortionists, homosexualists, gun-grabbers, big-government solutionists, etc, to have free rein on FR to target and lambast us daily with their repugnant bile. Let them go.

FR will continue on the traditional God, family, country, life and liberty path. If it means fewer accounts or less growth, so be it. If it means we receive fewer in donations, so be it. We will adapt, improvise and overcome and I believe prosper (God willing) in the long run. And, hopefully, someday we can say that we helped restore our beloved republic and our Liberty!


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To: Jim Robinson

I read FR today to learn what will be on Drudge tomorrow.


201 posted on 01/19/2011 11:30:52 AM PST by Hoodat (Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
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To: Pan_Yan

I believe you’d be right about that. I wish we still had FR’s poll function; it’s the one thing I really miss since the Great Crash. I’d like to see a poll asking FReepers who they favor as a presidential candidate with these choices: Jim DeMint, Allen West, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann and maybe a few others. If those were the choices we were given, along with an “undecided” option, I think “undecided” might win.

Since no one knows yet if we’re going to be provided an acceptable alternative to Romney, Huckabee, Gingrich, et al, it’s way too early for sharply divided battle lines to be drawn imo.


202 posted on 01/19/2011 11:31:49 AM PST by lonevoice (Where the Welfare State is on the march, the Police State is not far behind)
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To: onyx

Now you’re going to have to explain the bouncing burgers, its’ meaning is way to deep for me or did you just run out of graphics ;^)


203 posted on 01/19/2011 11:32:16 AM PST by The Cajun
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To: onyx

204 posted on 01/19/2011 11:32:23 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: machogirl

I’ll keep you in my prayers that you find a job soon!


205 posted on 01/19/2011 11:33:10 AM PST by pillut48 (Israel doesn't have a friend in President Obama...and neither does the USA! (h/t pgkdan))
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To: Jim Robinson

Amen to that!!


206 posted on 01/19/2011 11:34:34 AM PST by Clump (the tree of liberty is withering like a stricken fig tree)
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To: Sidebar Moderator; RedMDer
Yacht too? Well, yew sound lucky! Cain't help but to point out to yew RedMDer's generosity to our FReep-A-Thon...lol.


Click the pic for yer chance of gettin the Penthouse!



207 posted on 01/19/2011 11:34:34 AM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: Misterioso

yep, sorry.


208 posted on 01/19/2011 11:34:45 AM PST by palmer (Cooperating with Obama = helping him extend the depression and implement socialism.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Thank you for addressing my concerns! Now I will put forth my quartely $100 donation.

Thank you!!


209 posted on 01/19/2011 11:34:49 AM PST by TrumpisRight (Proud Moose head....)
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To: The Cajun; RedMDer

I swiped it from RedMDer, so you’ll have to ask him.
*Whew*!!! One less explanation for me....LOL.


210 posted on 01/19/2011 11:36:22 AM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: Jim Robinson; onyx
Jim Robinson said,

The time for talking is over. Now we need to walk the walk. Our focus has become closer to working on our primary goal which is a return to constitutionally limited government and a full restoration of our God-given unalienable rights.

We can't do that by being big tent, all things to all people, non-principled, two-talking politicians. If we are truly interested in advancing our traditional conservative pro-God, pro-family, pro-life, pro-country, pro-liberty principles and positions then we must reject the politicians and people supporting the other way.

As an organization, we cannot be both for and against homosexuality, abortion, big government, border and national security, etc. I don't know about others, but if we must choose, I choose to be on the right side of each and every issue. Why should FR use its limited resources to allow liberals, homosexualists, abortionists, big spenders, big taxers, big government solutions advocates, gun grabbers, pacifists, isolationists, environmentalists, open-borders lobbyists, etc, ply their trade on FR? Well, more and more lately, we don't. And, apparently, that has pissed off a lot of big tent, true blue RINO types and the herd is stampeding. Let them go.

A sincere thank you, to you, JimRob.
It is an honor to post here, and to support your website -- the best conservative site on the world wide web!

B T T T ! ! !

Click here to contribute to FReerepublic.
We need it now more than ever.

211 posted on 01/19/2011 11:36:33 AM PST by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: Jim Robinson
Works for me.
212 posted on 01/19/2011 11:36:51 AM PST by ladyvet ( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
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To: onyx
*Whew*!!! One less explanation for me....LOL.

Ah, now I see your strategy....well played!

213 posted on 01/19/2011 11:39:43 AM PST by The Cajun
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To: Jim Robinson
Hallelujah!
214 posted on 01/19/2011 11:40:24 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Government does nothing as economically as the private sector. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Jim Robinson
our primary goal which is a return to constitutionally limited government and a full restoration of our God-given unalienable rights.

I'm with you all the way, Jim.

215 posted on 01/19/2011 11:42:15 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (The future? Imagine Cass Sunstein's boot stamping on Lincoln's beard, forever.)
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To: Albion Wilde

1 ) This website is an example of what one person can do
(THANKS!); and

2 ) forgive me for saying it, but with a million views a day,
this site could reap a mint in ad revenue.

(might be an avenue to explore...as distasteful as it is...)


216 posted on 01/19/2011 11:42:25 AM PST by CondorFlight (I)
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To: NoGrayZone
Amen! Protect and defend.






217 posted on 01/19/2011 11:42:39 AM PST by Lady Jag (Double your income... Fire the government)
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To: Jim Robinson

Amen!

I’m staying the course.


218 posted on 01/19/2011 11:42:40 AM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (*********************End automatic pay raises for congresscritters**)
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To: Jim Robinson

God Bless FR and Jim and John Robinson!!!!!!!!!!


219 posted on 01/19/2011 11:43:14 AM PST by marmar ((Although, I may look different then you....my blood still runs..RED, WHITE, & BLUE. RETIRED USAF))
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To: nikos1121
The other camp may agree with what she says, but find her disaggreable as a candidate. They criticize anything and everything they can about her and find her a weak presidential candidate. Charles Krauthammer is in that camp along with several others...

...including Newt Gingrich, who imagines he has a shot at the nom. As if...

220 posted on 01/19/2011 11:43:39 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Government does nothing as economically as the private sector. - Ronald Reagan)
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