BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES! A plea to all FReepers... mostly new, a few old

FreeRepublic ^ | 11-7-04 | Red State Denizens & me

[WKB]

I didn't have to read your name to know it was your question



Why ?
Because it was so articulate and ask with such
insight and fore thoughtn?

[onyx]

It was the forethoughtn.

[WKB]

I am taking a half time break

AL 17 Miss State 7
This is one of those games I wish they could
both lose.

[onyx]

LOL!
Well go ahead and root for State.

[Nita Nupress]

But how do you get the newbies to read this?

I don't know, but they NEED this, especially that part about this not being a blog and about not posting vanities.

How about we take away their first-born until they can pass a multiple choice exam?

[Nita Nupress]

many of us (not all) do not consider FreeRepublic a Blog. Because the MSM has labeled FR as a blog, doesn't make it so.

your every thought does not need, nor sometimes deserve its own thread.

Worth repeating. THANK YOU.

[Revolting cat!]

Dude, that's, like, ironically self-referencing.

Dude, we're, like, postmodern! Jacques Derrida may be dead but his heartbreaking, uhm, did I mean groundbreaking, ideas, like, live.

More on pets peeved. Cliches, and worse, cliched thinking are as common here as there are among the DUmmies, I'm afraid, even if the hearts maybe in the right places. But thoughtless one or two sentence vanities are the scourge of the place and should be ridiculed, if that's the least we can do. Another classic one comes to mind (again, from memory) "What did I hear Rush just say?"

[MeekOneGOP]

BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES!
A plea to all FReepers ... mostly new, a few old

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.

[MeekOneGOP]

bump!

[searchandrecovery]

Jacques Derrida may be dead

I heard there was a team working to deconstruct his death (trying to bring him back to life). Sorry, know nothing about Derrida or deconstruction. Got any good (simple, overview) links on the subject?

I disagree with the part about 2 sentence posts. I think the messiness and rawness here (and the ability of the mods to keep things in check) is a strength. That having been said, I can only hope that other strong conservative websites pop up in the next year, catering to different aspects of conservatism and posting methods (academic, moderated, brutal left/right mixed sites, etc.). I think it's great a lot of people (left & right) were engaged by this election, and hope everyone stays involved, engaged, and actually debate the issues of the day. Communication is a good thing.

[Bahbah]

Here is a ton of information.

[Revolting cat!]

Here's an excellent critique of Derrida by Roger Kimball.

I didn't make myself clear on the one, two sentence posts. I didn't mean "posts" - I've made a good share of posts that aren't even a full sentence - I meant threads, that is to say initial, starting posts such as the examples I cited. "what did I just say Rush say"? Is that an intelligent thought to start a discussion?

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[xJones]

But how do you get the newbies to read this?

You can go to their first posts that are vanity threads, and mention that vanities aren't all that cool. Then you'll be jumped on by well-meaning Freepers that think you're being a grouch and not welcoming the newbie.

Personally, I'm almost ready to post a vanity about my upcoming dental teeth-cleaning appointment and I'd bet it would get 100+ sincere replies.

[Happy2BMe]

Good post, good tips, good advice.

I like this one the best:

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Suggested Solution: Notify the Admin Moderator or Sidebar Moderator about the Duplicate post by PROVIDING THEM THE LINK TO THE MAIN THREAD, so they can "lock" the thread and direct all future responses to the "Main" thread. This will help all of us from trying to follow news events on sometimes up to 8 or 9 threads. It stands to reason that if we help the Moderators out by providing the links for duplicates, things will proceed much more quickly and smoothly.

[searchandrecovery]

I meant threads, that is to say initial, starting posts such as the examples I cited. "what did I just say Rush say"? Is that an intelligent thought to start a discussion?

Good point - completely agree with you. Also, thanks for the link - I'll check it out.

[DanTheAdmin]

UPDATE:

ARAFAT HAS DIED AGAIN!

Please standby for his next death, which will be announced promptly.

[DanTheAdmin]

If you've been over to DU lately...

Please make sure you wash your hands before you return to Free Republic. ;o)

I suggest a long, hot shower...

[Rightly Biased]

Post that vanity and I'll send ya here ;^)

I wish there was a "time limit" on your tenure before you could post.

[Rightly Biased]

With a day like I had yesterday with my oldest I would have given FR my firstborn to sacrifice to the gods of zot;^)