Welcome, and Thanks! [New Posters In Particular, Please Read]

[Admin Moderator]

Yesterday was, by the measure of distinct posters, the busiest day ever in the history of Free Republic, as 4,282 distinct usernames posted. Fan-freepin'-tastic. This beat the previous record by a dozen or two.

Even more impressive, yesterday was the busiest day in the history of Free Republic as measured by total articles + replies, with a whopping 31,153. The previous record was somewhat below 30,000.

Signups had their 8th highest day ever, behind 7 consecutive days after the 2000 elections.

I would like to thank everyone on behalf of the rest of the staff for everyone's help in making things continue to run smoothly, for pointing out disruptors, and for keeping the discussion lively but (for the most part) civil. Abuse has not increased with load, and for that we are grateful.

To all the new posters, welcome. If you have questions about how things work, feel free to ask them on this thread. I am sure many freepers will be happy to chime in with help.

Some recent threads which might be helpful to newbies:

HTML help can be found on this thread and this thread.

At one time, someone had started collecting information for a Free Republic FAQ. The effort died, but there is some good information on that thread here.

Some information about graphics etiquette can be found on this thread.

The site's owner, Jim Robinson, has asked for some consideration regarding posting articles to the sidebars. More here.

Speaking of sidebars, this thread has all you need to configure which topics show up for you as sidebars, and in what order. More here.

What are vanities? They are posts that start threads, where instead of being an article from another source, the article is written by the person posting the thread. What do you need to know about vanities? This thread should help. It also has some words on types of posts that are not welcome here.

I forgot to add one of the most important things. Be careful about Loose Lips posts. Sometimes this gets controversial and some don't see the point, but we would rather err on the side of caution when it comes to our military. Thanks.

Welcome aboard, and God Bless our troops!

PS: Search before posting.

[jonatron]

How does one set a tag-line? thanks.

[Focault's Pendulum]

I really hope he doesn't. Last time he did that, we lost a Cisco router. Thanks, AM

That was just a short in my dryer.......tomorrow I'm working on the heating system.

[Gopher Broke]

Welcome new Freepers and lurkers!

Thanks for the (creepy)look into the comments of those FR haters...."your brain on drugs".

[Tunehead54]

Why do you have "fag" in the keywords? I thought we weren't supposed to mess with the keywords as the AM can tell who added a keyword? What's up with that?

[Admin Moderator]

When you reply to a post, you will see a field that says "Tag line (optional, printed after your name on post)". Enter the tagline you want there.

It remembers it for the next time you post too!

[Admin Moderator]

I think that needs to be directed to the department of dyslexia depatrmnet. That's not a fag, that's a faq (aka Frequently Asked Questions). Thanks, AM

[breakem]

You are negligent to not warn of the addictive properties of FR. Avery addictive substance and apparently legal.

[RooRoobird14]

How do you add a "tag line" after your nickname? (You know, a catchy saying which is automatically posted right after your nickname) I see a lot of posters who have them, but I can't figure out how to add one for me.

Signed, "Not a Newbie But almost as Helpless" (LOL)

[Tunehead54]

That's not a fag, that's a faq (aka Frequently Asked Questions). Thanks, AM

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Oh.

Nevermind ...

[cmsgop]

Good Read!

[gcruse]

Hah! I never thought to look at the AM profile page. Thanks for the pointer. Funny, indeed.

[yoe]

This has to be the best place on the net to really get the news. Good on Ya! Welcome new Freepers, you are in for an education and a whale of a ride!

[Admin Moderator]

See post 65. Thanks, AM

[Admin Moderator]

Welcome to Free Republic. This will help you get started.

[ArneFufkin]

Is there a 100,000th Freeper yet?

[rsnook]

I did not know George Carlin used it, but I know I read some of it, but you know, it fits and is pertinent to todays society and its ills.

[firewalk]

Thank you for those links Fiddlstix. (-:

Recently I was looking for the sandbox, and all the links I had were locked

[blam]

"Is there a 100,000th Freeper yet?"

We passed 100,000 a couple weeks ago.