It also has the best forum format. I think those who complain need to try the other one’s i have been on.
No way to quickly see replies to your posts,
and that usually appear in small boxes when you post them,
and or you cannot paste preformatted text without the software messing it up when posted,
and or cannot use html,
and or cannot post links till you make 50 posts,
and cannot post more than 1600 characters,
and or comboxes have small font size you cannot change,
and or mods (vs. the best here) are eager to show their authority,
etc.
Keep it the way it is, while a Firefox ext. called BBCodeXtra can help if you want to make custom scripts to post as html.
Everything you bring up is absolutely true. There is so so much that is better at Free Republic that you’ve got to wonder if Jim and John are the software geniuses of the decade or the last century or both.
And then there’s the whole issue now of even being permitted to make a flippin’ comment on other websites. If you’re not a facebooker, or yahooer, or tweeter or whatever who can sign in with alternate registrations, then you can’t comment at all.
Register at Free Republic, and you get to comment to your heart’s content.
Unless you’re stupid. Then you meet the Viking Kitties.