Yes. I would like to see it.
Ask the ‘boss’ and see what he thinks.
It would get spammed or used against FR.
Oh look, a KKK robe for sale. See I told you they were a bunch of racists.
That and or a conservative business services section.
Are you interested in purchasing some land in Japan?
I’d dearly love to see that, but JimRob has made it abundantly clear that he intends to keep FR non-commercial.
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Uhoh, I see that you have made a suggestion to try to make FR better...get ready to be flamed. Alknowing admins have already created a perfect utopia here....
FReep-Bay !
I wish I knew how to set one up. Now that ebay is going to take a bite out of shipping as part of the final value fee, people will be looking for another auction port. Whoever is running ebay now must have Pelosi and Reid for advisers.
Why are you even asking this question? Jim Robinson has made it perfectly clear Free Republic is not a democracy. He lets you post articles and comments (or not). Last time I checked he was not looking for input about how to run the website.
We discussed several ideas in a very long thread during the last FReepathon and Jim Robinson made it pretty clear that any kind of sales or soliciting or anything even approaching that would not be allowed on Free Republic. It would completely change the way it is structured legally and would greatly interfere with the fair use copyright policies that FR uses to allow the posting of articles and pictures from so many sources.
So, sorry to rain on your parade but I don’t think that this will get very far. I’ve pinged JimRob in case I’ve spoken out of turn. OK?
If people could buy/sell here, I doubt honesty would prevail for very long...all it takes to become a member is an email address.
Definitely more trouble than it’s worth.
What would the legal ramifications of such a thing be?
Horrible idea that would lead to stalkers targeting specific freepers, or worse stalkers out to get any and every freeper they can find.
It wasn’t long ago freepers were being tracked by the Secret Service, FBI and other LEO clowns. Probably ungoing still, and I’m sure all FR traffic has IP traces running.
However, letting others set up traps in classified ads is a dangerous idea.
THe best suggestion would be for one of the FR entities that is a registered non-profit to set up associate links, such as an Amazon Associates link, so Freepers could go through a FR portal to do their online shopping with a small kickback to the FR nonprofit.
regards,
You may trust FReepers more than most groups, but remember, anyone can sign up. There is no vetting.
The “Adult Services” section would definately stune your beeber.