Free Republic Quasi-Official Blog Concept and Nomination Thread

[I Am Not A Mod]

Hi all.

I know that some people here are fans of Blogs. I am one as well. I had a brainstorm for something new here at FR, and Jim gave me the go-ahead to give it a whirl. The idea is for a quasi~official blog. The Freeper Island Blog.

Why Freeper Island? Because like Survivor, a blogger can be voted off the island.

Basically what I am imagining is that we will have a dozen people who are the designated inhabitants of the Freeper Island Blog. There will be a blog thread each day, and any of the twelve can add items to the blog (it would go in the article section of the thread. How we will handle updating it I need to work out. I have an idea but I need to talk to someone about it first). Anyone could reply to the thread, but only the twelve bloggers could add things to the article/blog portion of the thread. Each time an entry gets added to the blog portion of the thread, it would get bumped back to the top of either the Extended News or Editorial sidebar (this needs to be decided). The 12 islanders would have a month long term.

As the end of the month approaches, we would have a thread for voting for your favorite bloggers (all voting done publically). The 10 who get the most votes stay on (if they are willing).

Who gets to replace the two who didn't get enough support? We would also have a thread where people could nominate themselves (and give reasons why they should be voted on the island). And then a vote- again done publically on the thread. The two highest vote getters get a month on the island.

Who would be the original twelve? They would be picked by the same method- a nominating thread followed by a vote. Any replacements needed for emerging reasons would also be determined in this way.

Who gets to vote? To avoid problems, only Freepers with at least three months and at least 100 replies under their belt would be allowed to vote (or run).

These are my ideas for it. I figure we will give it a shot, and if it turns into a good feature we keep it and if not we won't.

Anyway, feel free to make additional suggestions, or if you are interested in being one of the first twelve, write up a nomination. I'll arbitrarily set Sunday at midnight as the cutoff for nominations, and will post a voting thread for Monday with each of the nomination writeups on it (order determined at random), with 24 hours for voting. You can nominate anyone, but only those who post to this thread saying they want to do it and why will actually make the ballot.

Cheers.

[Admin Moderator]

Asking nicely generally does the trick. Assuming you wanted the info, you have 1 article, 142 replies.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

If ya havta ask then you probably don'thave 100 :-) But you can have my two burped scotch bottle posts if it helps you.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks ! bttt . . .

[MeekOneGOP]

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

[Sally'sConcerns]

Thank you very much for the info!

This is also my contribution to keeping this thread bumped.

[Focault's Pendulum]

Just out of curiousity, how does one determine how many posts one has?

Ok. Everybody step back....give me some room...I got this one handled.

First off Sally, log off FR. Next shut your comp down and wait till the little fan stops running.

Next...disconnect your keyboard and mouse and leave them just outside your front door.

Having successfully done that...jump into your shower and wonder what's happening on FR....that you're missing.

After all this...put on your least revealing bathrobe and walk outside your front door...retrieving the keyboard and mouse as you do this.

Casually walk to your next door neighbor's picture window....taking the mouse in your right hand and the keyboard in your left....begin swinging them in a clockwise motion. (Note: If you're south of the equator...swing them counter clockwise...I'm not sure why...it has something to do with the way toilets flush.)

Once you are swinging as fast as possible...begin shouting as loud as you can....."How do I get my posts!!??" "How do I get my posts!!??!"

The people in the approaching flashing red light vehicle will be able to help you.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Good questions, but there are no real clique's here, just people with endless ping lists. So, if you run I will ping a thousand FREEPERS :-)

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

But what if she burps and her scotch bottle shuts down her 100 posts she just made at the same time like me?

[Sally'sConcerns]

Ah, thank you for the info. Now, do I have to speak French or will this break the Internet and how will I know if I'm logged in or not?

[TomGuy]

Just out of curiousity, how does one determine how many posts one has?

I probably wouldn't qualify. I tend to be somewhat shy about posting, so I doubt I have that many. sigh!

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

I am not sure but I think we all do it every day. Blowing our noses while typing to FR and eating and drinking?

[Consort]

Is this merely a way for FReepers to FReep FReepers? Will it be a neo paleo socio or other kind of blog?

[Timesink]

Good questions, but there are no real clique's here, just people with endless ping lists. So, if you run I will ping a thousand FREEPERS :-)

Okay, I'd be up for trying then...

[Focault's Pendulum]

Ah, thank you for the info. Now, do I have to speak French or will this break the Internet and how will I know if I'm logged in or not?

I gotta change my homepage one of these days.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

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[Pan_Yans Wife]

Very creative! Good luck with this idea. It will be really interesting to read, I am sure.

[Consort]

Exactly. You have a way with words.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Tom, are you a guy?

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

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[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

I think you are a mod cause the posts I asked to be deleted were deleted before I even askedted.