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Posted on 08/26/2002 7:21:32 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Most of you know that a battle has been raging over the last several weeks between me and BadJoe regarding some of our moderating policies. Looked pretty bad there for awhile. Joe was going to resign from Free Republic and there was even a dust up regarding the monthly donors and how the records would be turned over to a new credit card service.
I am happy to report that today that battle has officially ended and Free Republic may have avoided being fatally damaged in a disastrous train wreck. As it is, the only losses suffered were a few black eyes and a lost ear or two. Fractures and abrasions were suffered, but no major bones broken or organs punctured. Hurt feelings, bruised egos, dampened spirits, damaged bodies are now all on the mend. A satisfactory agreement has been reached between all warring parties as to how we will continue forward in our fight for Freedom.
Summary of today's agreement between BadJoe and JimRob:
We will be working on a moderator policy manual (the boilerplate guidelines) and will post it as soon as completed. For now, I will say that we do not want racist material, anti-Semitism, religion bashing, tin-foil hat material, leftist propaganda (used to smear or bash conservatives), profanity, vulgarity, pornography, excessive flaming, insults or feuds, liberals, leftists, marxists, etc., are generally not welcome as are multiple screen names, disruptors, anti-FReepers or returning bannees.
Said material may be deleted as discovered or reported and posters may be warned, suspended or banned depending on severity.
But the standing moderator policy is to go as easy as possible on the posters. Many flame wars and insults and even some minor violations of other rules may sometimes be ignored. It depends entirely on the situation and the posters involved. Posters with unclean hands might as well avoid using the abuse button. We do not want to wade through hundreds of posts looking for who is at fault. We do not have time for it and do not want to act as nannies anyway. The general rule of thumb for a moderator is to always give the poster the benefit of the doubt. If there is any doubt, then we do not delete and do not ban. I'd rather bend the rules than stifle the debate. And now that we have a smokeybackroom forum, we'll suggest that people take their feuds and flame wars there and unless it gets too nasty the moderators will look the other way.
Believe it or not we do not like deleting or banning. We want to attract as many new people as we possibly can, but we also want to run a clean board. And we want to advance our conservative causes while not assisting the leftists propaganda artists in their dirty work.
I know this does not cover everything, but we'll be posting more as we can.
Also, we are in the process of contracting with one of the major nationwide credit card processing companies. Joe has been processing these for us for the last several years, but the job has gotten to be a huge task and a burden on him. Joe will assist us in making as smooth a transition as possible to the new service.
As always, I thank all of you from the bottom of my heart and we are all very appreciative of your support and understanding. I'm sorry for this recent turmoil and hope it is all behind us and we can get on with our FReeping!
God bless you all and God bless America!
Jim
Just because the lady is wearing red does not mean that I look like that in the morning! Besides, you don't really think I let Chadsworth eat at the table do you? His dish is in the floor of course!!!!!
YOU TRYIN' TO GIT ME IN DEEPER TRUBBLE----BOY????
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SHE MUST STILL LOVE ME, I get my shots regularly, she gives them to me with an upholstery needle.
These Democrat-narcs do not try to entice people to vote for their scumbags. They know that won't happen here. No, their singular goal is to prevent as many Republican votes as possible.
So I hope that the essence of "moderating" on this forum includes the awareness that because Free Republic represents a serious political problem for the rats, the rats will do anything to neutralize its impact. Anything.
God bless Jim, and God bless America.
Regards,
LH
If my pal gets '86'ed from a pub for reasons I think are unjustified, I'm not going to go back there every night and whine incessantly to staff and patrons about the injustice and bias of the action and venue. They'd boot me too, that's disruptive to others, and fundamentally disrespectful of their prerogatives. I'd join my pal at a different bar with a more just approach. This forum is more tolerant of cantankerous characters, impolite discourse and unpopular viewpoints than any other I've seen. Left wing political operators, not here to debate with the objective of restoring a Constitutionally dedicated government, are the only folks who get an immediate hook in my observations over the years. You've got to be a real jackass, nutcase, demonstrated fraud or agent provacoteur to get bounced from here. Even then, you get a first and probably a second warning.
If you don't feed the trolls, they will go away. Think before you post. Do you want your mother to read it? Do you want your spouse or boss to read it? Do you want your children to read it? Do you want the next person you interview for a job with to read it? Be proud of the messages you post. This is Jim Robinson's site, but the quality of discussion is what we make of it.
Jim, it might be a good idea to hunt down a copy of Emily Postnews' Guide to Etiquette from Usenet and perhaps link to it on the posting form. All the guidelines apply here every bit as much as they apply to Usenet.
Young man, you'll have to explain just exactly what you meant by "ambiguous" - is it what I think you mean??
Is Joe back?
Chadsey was the one with the "big butt" cracks!!
I was just a poor innocent by-stander saying what I was told to say.
(See what you started, lsee!!)
There is a rare saying that actually came from Texas - long tme ago ( don't ask) that says --
" The longer your needle is, the more likely you are to stick yourself with it!"
Cobby aint got no needle, he has a Samari Sword!!
Thanks for that definition. I'll have to bookmark that.
And AMs, as a great President once said, "blessed are the peacekeepers" too!
Uh....chadsey, she mentioned that she might have to start giving you those shots in a different place.
Uh.....around on the other side.
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