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.

[tbg681]

So that's what ZOTS means!! ;-)

Hey, congrats FR!

LETS ROLL!!!

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[SpookBrat]

Um, my name is Michal Perkins and I am typing a disclaimer. I did not make those posts. That's too funny.

ROFL!!!

[SpookBrat]

Kinda scary really. I hope none of my friends read that and thought it was me. Just want everyone to know, who knows me....I'm innocent I tell you! Innocent! That's not me.

[MeekOneGOP]

ROFL !! What a dirty trick, huh ? . . .

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL!!!! Thanks for making me laugh. I needed that.

[SpookBrat]

I'm freaking out over here. Course, they spelled the name differently, but wouldn't that be a dirty trick? I can think of some "real" names that could make some great comments. ROFL

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL, I know what you mean. Anyway, I hope Saddam is dead.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Welcome to Free Republic!

Heheeeeee

[MeekOneGOP]

:O)

[Frank_2001]

Victoria, I think he may well be dead, after that cruise missile/bunker buster attack. Let's keep our fingers crossed!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Not yet, argh! He is going to be speaking in a few minutes.

[Frank_2001]

I missed the speech, but it seems the "Saddam" that spoke appeared suspect...there's some discussion about that on other threads...remember he has many doubles!

[Victoria Delsoul]

I know, but I've also heard that Saddam has a very distinctive voice and in fact that was him. Yikes! Well, we'll get him next time.

[photogirl]

bump

[I'm ALL Right!]

bump for newbies

[Admin Moderator]

And, sadly, the 100,000th signup was someone who signed up merely to advertise their website, and was accordinly nuked right off the bat. What a waste.

[blam]

"And, sadly, the 100,000th signup was someone who signed up merely to advertise their website, and was accordinly nuked right off the bat. What a waste."

Yup. How many do we have now?

[Admin Moderator]

104,209

[blam]

Thanks.