To: Admin Moderator

Thanks. I'll stop doing it.

161 posted on 09/21/2006 1:26:17 PM PDT by EveningStar

To: Howlin; onyx; Clemenza; Petronski; GummyIII; SevenofNine; martin_fierro; veronica; EggsAckley; ...

162 posted on 09/21/2006 1:49:11 PM PDT by EveningStar

I don't mess with keywords.

163 posted on 09/21/2006 1:51:28 PM PDT by onyx (1 Billion Muslims -- IF only 10% are radical, that's still 100 Million who want to kill us.)

164 posted on 09/21/2006 1:52:12 PM PDT by Finger Monkey (H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)

To: Admin Moderator

165 posted on 09/21/2006 1:53:40 PM PDT by Finger Monkey (H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)

The vast majority of keywords I've added have been for the proper purpose: to index the thread in a helpful way. However, there have been a few times in the past... :)

166 posted on 09/21/2006 1:55:23 PM PDT by EveningStar

To: Admin Moderator

I have no idea what this all means .

167 posted on 09/21/2006 1:55:28 PM PDT by TET1968 (SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)

I guess it good that you're not Keyed up about this. :)

168 posted on 09/21/2006 1:56:54 PM PDT by EveningStar

LOL --- I hate the spamming of keywords. Makes me MAD!

169 posted on 09/21/2006 1:58:52 PM PDT by onyx (1 Billion Muslims -- IF only 10% are radical, that's still 100 Million who want to kill us.)

To: onyx; EveningStar

I must confess, I added "SOCKLESSGOOBER" to the runaway bride threads. *shrug*

:)

170 posted on 09/21/2006 2:01:39 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)

To: BigSkyFreeper

Of course, but that was not a serious thread.

171 posted on 09/21/2006 2:02:49 PM PDT by onyx (1 Billion Muslims -- IF only 10% are radical, that's still 100 Million who want to kill us.)

I had it bookmarked just in case some new runaway bride story came along, and I could quickly refer to them. LOL

172 posted on 09/21/2006 2:04:37 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)

To: BigSkyFreeper; onyx

173 posted on 09/21/2006 2:07:16 PM PDT by EveningStar

To: Admin Moderator; cgk

174 posted on 09/21/2006 2:08:23 PM PDT by TET1968 (SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)

Thank you, EveningStar -- I've already added my two cents to this thread. Additionally, I added the word "keyword" to the keywords. ;>

175 posted on 09/21/2006 2:16:51 PM PDT by Alia

To: Admin Moderator

4. Keywords on troll threads are exempt unless they contain profanity or an obscenity.

Had me worried for a moment.

176 posted on 09/21/2006 3:03:48 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)

Hope I don't get put in the clink.

Some of those threads posted by the sky-is-falling buy gold!housing bust! types are nigh on irresistable.

177 posted on 09/21/2006 3:12:34 PM PDT by A Balrog of Morgoth (With fire, sword, and stinging whip I drive the RINOs in terror before me.)

To: Admin Moderator

[Admin Moderator:] 2. Please do not use keywords to troll posters. The mods can see who adds keywords and you're only going to get yourself in trouble.
[EveningStar:] How about keywords that are snide remarks directed toward people who don't know how to use the search feature? One of my pet peaves is duplicate threads or un-needed threads (and yes, I've been guilty of this myself). I admit to using keywords like "searchbeforeposting" or "trysearching" or "doasearch". Is this OK?

[Admin Moderator:] No, that's not ok and we remove them when we 're alerted to them.

...unless, of course, the keywords are childishly attacking Freepers who are science-literate, in which case the double-standard kicks in, and absolutely nothing is done in response to insulting or trollish keywords -- the keywords are left in place, and no action is taken.

For example, last week I submitted an Abuse report that read in part:

Additionally, there's some keyword abuse on the thread: "EVOSWALKONFOURS" is a childish slur on anyone who accepts modern biology (gasp!), which includes a very large proportion of all Freepers, and "FAIRYTALEFORADULTS" is pointlessly insulting and provocative as well. Such keywords would be rightly removed from a religion thread, and equally have no place on a thread discussing a serious subject like science.
This kind of behavior reflects very poorly on FreeRepublic, only gives ammunition to those who buy into the stereotype that conservatives are anti-science throwbacks, and also tends to make the undecideds cause to ponder whether there's something to the stereotypes after all.
I've got nothing against ongoing debates on this or any other topic, but keeping it on something resembling an adult level would help the goals of both FreeRepublic and conservatism in general. Looking like a conservative version of the DemocraticUnderground playground does our cause no good whatsoever.

The trollish/abusive keywords were allowed to stand by whoever was on Mod duty that day.

Since then, additional abusive keywords have appeared on that thread, including the insult "EVOBOORS", the sarcastic "SKULLPIXPROVEIT", and the testifying "THEBIBLEISTRUTH" (on a thread ostensibly about science, not religion).

This is just the latest example in an ongoing pattern.

The moderation for the many years I've been on FreeRepublic has been mostly remarkably even-handed and fair, but in the past year or so there has been a very notable double standard in place. I don't know if it's a result of a shift in policy, or the work of a single moderator following his/her own agenda, but it has had a chilling effect on the forum lately, has driven away many valuable longtime contributors, and has shifted the forum from a free exchange of conservative views to a place where those with certain views are allowed unbelievable amounts of leeway, while those with differing views are sent constant signals that "their kind" is less than welcome and will not be afforded the same considerations as the Annointed.

This kind of "doctrinal purity test" is not good for either FreeRepublic, nor conservatism.

178 posted on 09/21/2006 3:13:51 PM PDT by Ichneumon (Ignorance is curable, but the afflicted has to want to be cured.)

Oh, how can you refer to those two darling fishies as chum?

LOL

179 posted on 09/21/2006 3:51:08 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking it's heritage.)

To: Ichneumon; Admin Moderator

I see that those keywords are still on that thread. :(

I don't care for homophobic keywords either.

180 posted on 09/21/2006 3:52:36 PM PDT by EveningStar

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