I saw this in the Breaking sidebar, and opened it, dreading what the rest of the story might be, but hoping for the best. What I found was some of my fellow FReepers making light of the situation, and trying to be humorous. I still don’t know more than what’s in the headline.
I’ll find the rest of the story elsewhere. I shouldn’t have to. I used to be able to get a good overview of the day’s news, right here, without wading through a sea of irrelevant or misleading comments. It didn’t used to be common for FReepers to use the possible deaths of American military personnel as a backdrop for their dry humor.
I appreciate the many good FReepers who still provide quality content here. It’s a shame some people have to foul the nest.
Agree.
Thank you for your observation about some posters who
can’t resist showing off - not much of worth.
Decades ago, FR was my go-to! I could read FR more often now, but weigh available time, these times are different. There is a lot more completion for eyeballs, since FR began.
I’ll continue to wade through pages of posts to find real sharing of thoughtful opinion, knowledge or news. Somedays
it feels like searching for that pony in a pile of ??
I don’t have a solution to the pollution problem, without
stepping on ‘free-speech’ on FR. A pity.
Oh but it has been that way for awhile now. No matter how serious the subject matter there are always people trying to impress with sarcasm or jokes. Never quite understood it. I don’t much care for the overly cynical viewpoints either.