Posted on 06/12/2002 7:05:36 AM PDT by postingprivilegesrevoked
Jim,
It's your forum so do what you want, but you aren't getting another dime from me until you fire your moderators!
This smells like conspiracy and looks like conspiracy Jim.
Paid or not paid, fire your moderators now!
Jim sez: "Sorry folks, but I love the job the moderators are doing and they're here to stay. We are equal opportunity pisser offers. We whack 'em all."
In #737, I observed: "But, the problem is, in any population, there are vastly more bogus people than cool people. When you start squashing the good along with the bad -- as the moderators do and as Jim actually brags about -- then in a very short time you've squished all the cool people right out of the picture and you're still left with tons of bogus people..."
The only addendum I have to add to this is the question: Will Jim still love his moderators and the changes to the forum IF the quarterly fund-raisers start taking longer and longer?
I haven't seen anyone post any figures on how fast the money has been raised in the past versus how fast it is raised now, but those would be interesting stats to compare.
Secondly, even if Jim makes all the money in the world, in a very real way, that would kind of make Jim Robinson the internet forum owner version of George Lucas.
Jim Robinson/George Lucas. Creator symmetry.
Star Wars/Free Republic. Creation symmetry.
Both continue to be big successes. But neither is what it was. And neither is what many believed they could have been if the creator had just tempered his "personal vision" by adapting to the "emergent" situation that had sprung up around him... (One could make the case that that would have been a more conservative thing to do, even if one has the obvious right and option of doing otherwise... )
I think that's all I can think of saying about this topic. I'm sorry I rattled on so much after my initial post began by saying that PEOPLE SHOULDN'T COMPLAIN.
I hope Jim won't be pissed at me for comparing him to George Lucas...
-- KotS
Agreed, neighbor... and I swear, you'd think 83,000+ members could cough up a buck every quarter to keep the site afloat, wouldn't you?
You're all a bunch of globalists. You're all a bunch of statists. Right-wing facists! Bushbots! Wackos! Druggies! Nuts!
Hi Yehuda, good to see you.
His Opus Broadcast:
Free Republic could've been a great place to liberate the country if only Jim would keep out the Rinos. FRee Republic could've been a great place to help elect more Republicans if Jim would only keep out the druggies. Free Republic could've been a great place to take back America if Jim would've kept out those who would let America be overrun by immigrants. Free Republic would've been a great place if only Jim would keep out the racists. Free Republic would've been a great place if Jim would quit banning the "Great" ones. Free Republic would've been a great place if only Jim would've allowed complete freedom for us to discuss the NWO and the CIA conspiracy to rule the world. Free Republic would've been a great place if only Jim would keep out the NWO fruit cakes. Free Republic would've been a great place if Jim would only keep out those who bash religion. Free Republic would've been a great place if only Jim would stop the insults and flamewars. I won't refer any more of my friends to FR because Jim allows all kinds of nuts to post here and I'm embarrassed. Free Republic could've been a contender if Jim would only get rid of the moderators. Free Republic could've been great but Jim allows too much racism and gay bashing. I ain't gonna give another nickle to FR unless Jim bans so and so. I ain't gonna support FR anymore as lomg as Jim keeps banning people. Why do you allow these scumbags to post here? Why do you ban all the great ones? This place ain't what it used to be. It was great back in 1998. No flames back then. Why do you keep banning me? Why do you allow those "The South Gonna Rise Again" nuts to post here? Why do you allow people to bash Abraham Lincoln? Why do you ban all the Southrons? Why is FR so P/C? You're all a bunch of NAZIS. You're all a bunch of globalists. You're all a bunch of statists. Right-wing facists! Bushbots! Wackos! Druggies! Nuts! Free Republic is financed by right-wingers like Scaif. Free Republic is a globalist front. Free Republic is a CIA front. Free Republic is a Jewish front. Free Republic is financed by the Republican Party. Free Republic is a Democrat front. Why have ALL the GREAT ones been banned? I'm leaving FR, folks, and I ain't coming back. Don't make me click on that FR link! Why do you keep banning me? WAAAAHHHHH!!! WAAHHHH!!!!
The rest of us will pledge monthly to FR to encourage those like this whacko to do their final/last/ opus!
We'll get back to you!
BTW, I looked at your profile page. You & I are the same age!
CD
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