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most threads end up with half or less of the volume of posts if only conservatives were allowed to post?

So it's quantity and not quality that this conservative site is after?

I dare say many true conservatives do not post because they do not want to spend their time arguing w/trolls. If we want lies, we'd watch TV for propaganda or read a rag or two. This is an example of leaving the borders open - it has a damaging effect.

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So it's quantity and not quality that this conservative site is after?

When it comes to the internet, quantity is of the utmost value.

Sure, FR is a subscriber paid website. It doesn't depend upon advertising for its existence. However, with fewer people as members, the dollar support also dwindles.

Also, if a website doesn't have the high traffic to flaunt on the internet, then there will be a lot of people who won't even bother to visit, and with less visitors comes a lower number in the membership ranks, and with fewer members and fewer posts, you won't have too many in the rest of the internet or in the outside world coming to your site for quotes or for finding out how the "conservatives" feel about a particular issue.

But, when it comes to the quality part of it...

Why would it be of higher quality just because you have strictly "conservative" members and conservative viewpoints on the site? How would most posts sound if most of what you were to get were agreements amongst the members? It would get very boring very fast, and boring is not quality.