Pardon me, I'm trying not to ROTFL. Free Republic has gone through so many migrations, and the funny part is that the people that leave so often think that their passing will doom FR.
There's something about FR, people always come back to it, with it's free-wheeling saloon atmosphere - except, of course, when the latest round of pesky moderators are driving us nuts.:)
It's home base, and nothing will take it's place. Do you know of a better alternative website? I don't, and I've been looking around since 1998.
Agreed, FR will always have a place in my web browsing routine. The difference these days is how often I participate, and in what threads. I stick to the sports and tech threads these days.