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Do Not Post Images From Rotten.com and Foo.ca

Posted on 01/03/2004 5:51:16 AM PST by I Am Not A Mod

Edited on 01/03/2004 9:23:56 AM PST by Lead Moderator. [history]

Hello everyone.

Occasionally we have had to point this out to people on threads, but I don't think the word is getting around because it keeps happening.

Some Freepers like posting images on Free Republic, which is fine by me. Some are absolutely hilarious.

And some Freepers like to go to Rotten.com to look at the graphics there, and then decide to post them to threads here.

The problem is that Rotten.com hates us, and hates conservatives. Whoever it is over there likens us to nazis.

When one posts an image from rotten.com on a thread, it may look normal on that user's computer, if the image is in the user's cache. However, for all the other users, the image won't be what the poster intended. The rotten.com server sees that the img request came from Free Republic, and swaps it out with something else. Sometimes it is porn (of the more vile sort, to be honest). Sometimes it is a picture of a rotting corpse with some text calling us gun-freak nazis who love female corpses.

So please do us a favor, and yourself a favor too since others might think that you intended to post whatever graphic ends up being displayed, and avoid rotten.com when posting to Free Republic.

And if you want to still give them your traffic by visiting their site despite the fact that they hate your guts, that is your own business and I really couldn't care less.

Thanks!

Update: While Rotten.com does indeed do this to us, and while rotten.com was the source of the picture that was involved, the site that did the switch this time was foo.ca.

Here is the image they swapped:

Click to see it- warning, it is gross.

Given the name of the URL, I am guessing it was the pic of the lady golfer kissing the trophy she won.


Got a freepmail that has a good tip in it:

"When one posts an image from rotten.com on a thread, it may look normal on that user's computer, if the image is in the user's cache."

A slick and foolproof way to avoid this problem with any site is to search for images with a different browser than the browser in which one is posting.

I search in Explorer and post in Safari. Nothing from Explorer goes into my Safari cache, so whatever image I preview in Safari will be exactly as the rest of the forum will see it. Works for all browsers and all websites. Also provides protection against the Red X, "hosted by tripod," etc.

I thought of posting this on the thread, but it's already 100 replies, and would probably get lost. Perhaps a re-edit wit this tip might be useful.

Thanks to the always helpful Sabertooth for that handy tip!


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To: lonestar
If you spit on the floor at home, go home to spit.

Thanks, Mom.

41 posted on 01/03/2004 6:21:41 AM PST by Glenn (What were you thinking, Al?)
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To: AppyPappy
You're being to damn technical for those of us who are pre-caffinated.
42 posted on 01/03/2004 6:21:53 AM PST by Rebelbase (If I stay on topic for more than 2 posts something is wrong. Alert the authorities.)
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To: I Am Not A Mod
Yeah....so what. I've noted that a lot of freepers compare Howard Dean to Fidel Castro. It is called political invective and both sides use it.
43 posted on 01/03/2004 6:21:56 AM PST by Captain Kirk
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To: Lead Moderator
yes I did, a couple of weeks ago. I don't remember if it was from Rotten.com, but it was pretty risque anyway ...
44 posted on 01/03/2004 6:22:42 AM PST by fnord (Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence)
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To: hellinahandcart
(Oh. You're right.)

But I wanna see the switcheroo.

45 posted on 01/03/2004 6:22:56 AM PST by William Terrell (Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
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To: William Terrell
Me too, I'm hangin' around on purpose to see it (and I'll probably be real sorry).

Their webmaster must be asleep.
46 posted on 01/03/2004 6:24:50 AM PST by hellinahandcart
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To: grimalkin
Maybe the people that own and run this site.

In disguise?

iamnotamod certainly isn't the owner.

47 posted on 01/03/2004 6:25:06 AM PST by Glenn (What were you thinking, Al?)
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To: Captain Kirk; Glenn
Did your local grocery store have a sale on Wizzinmy Cornflakes this morning?
48 posted on 01/03/2004 6:25:31 AM PST by Neets
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To: William Terrell; Lead Moderator
It's true! Five minutes ago, this was a picture of Paris Hilton.

Now look!


49 posted on 01/03/2004 6:27:14 AM PST by SkyPilot
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To: Lead Moderator
there used to be a way to upload images to FR serversm but I can't seem to find the link now.
50 posted on 01/03/2004 6:27:35 AM PST by fnord (Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence)
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To: I Am Not A Mod
The problem is that Rotten.com hates us, and hates conservatives. Whoever it is over there likens us to nazis.

Their website name defines their mindset and anyone who would get jollies collecting pictures of mangled corpses, birth defects, etc. is a ghoul who would find some admiration in the handiwork of real Nazis. They are just projecting again.

51 posted on 01/03/2004 6:27:40 AM PST by weegee
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To: Neets
Did your local grocery store have a sale on Wizzinmy Cornflakes this morning?

Clever girl.

I simply tire of the Puritannical brigade on FR that believe the rest of us actually need instruction on where we go and what we do. In short, these sorts of posts piss me off.

52 posted on 01/03/2004 6:28:23 AM PST by Glenn (What were you thinking, Al?)
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To: Glenn
Maybe you didn't know this, but "I Am Not A Mod" means "I Am Not A Mod At This Particular Moment In Time, But Most Of The Time I Am One".

Hope that helps.
53 posted on 01/03/2004 6:28:46 AM PST by hellinahandcart
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To: fnord; Fzob; William Terrell
Can you describe it here? Was it a split image, with a dead woman on the left, body decaying and blood running out of her mouth, and a scene on the right that looked like the aftermath of a massive shooting or suicide bombing, with text that said "I am a corpse loving neo-nazi gun freak"?

Because that is what was there this morning.

Just ask fzob.

fnord, you are not in trouble here. You didn't know. Most didn't know. That is why I posted this thread.

But I guess some like Glenn think I am lying. That is their perogative.

William, the reply that fnord made was on the 23rd of December. We got the abuse report today. It could have been switched any time in between. We have seen it happen as short as a few minutes, and as long as a few months.

54 posted on 01/03/2004 6:29:13 AM PST by Lead Moderator
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To: Glenn
My, but WE have a chip on our shoulder this morning, don't WE???
55 posted on 01/03/2004 6:29:41 AM PST by RightOnline
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To: hellinahandcart
Hmmmm... claiming to have inside info on I Am Not A Mod.
56 posted on 01/03/2004 6:29:53 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Death before dhimmi.)
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To: hellinahandcart
That settles it!!! I knew it all along sweetie...YOU ARE NOT A MOD!!!
57 posted on 01/03/2004 6:30:50 AM PST by Neets
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To: Lead Moderator
well, that's not what I posted.

if you give me the link to upload images to FR, I will show you :-)
58 posted on 01/03/2004 6:31:14 AM PST by fnord (Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence)
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To: Glenn
In short, these sorts of posts piss me off.

Then you can well imagine how those Cornflakes feel.

59 posted on 01/03/2004 6:31:35 AM PST by Neets
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To: fnord
Given the subject of the thread, I bet that would be worth my while :-)

But right now that service isn't available. John's reworking it, I think.

60 posted on 01/03/2004 6:33:02 AM PST by Lead Moderator
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