What is really killing FR is not getting rid of the jerks that get on here and insult posters for every little faux pas.
That is getting really old.
I've seen it both ways. Someone will jump on someone else for minor spelling or grammar mistakes. Then I've seen where a fellow Freeper tries to help someone dial in their posting of a thread because they screwed it all up and left important things out (I could go into detail if you like) then the person gets all offended and thin-skinned about it and insults the person trying to help. People need to chill and take some constructive criticism with class and dignity. None of us where born knowing everything. The goal is to keep the posting of news articles in a uniform format; the kind we are all used to seeing. Things like making sure there is enough information under the title so the reader knows whether to check it out closer or move on to something else. The goal is to do it right; not how many can be posted in a single day or be the first one to post a given article.
I have no idea what kind of costs are associated with keeping a site like this running. I have a tiny little site I put together at a free site so it doesn't cost me a penny but of course it doesn't get the traffic this does. I think it would be helpful if the folks understood what it cost to keep FR up and running per year. People deserve to be paid for their services and time too and just coming up with this idea that took off at the right time and place. I also understand the concern lately. The site during the past year has gone down hard frequently. The previous 19 years might have been great but this past year has not. It would help to put the folks mind at ease to know these issues are being addressed and how without getting too technical.
It would be cool to know how much traffic (hits) this site gets per day, per month, and per year. It would be enlightening to know how much bandwidth it uses and a ballpark figure on what that cost is per month and per year. These small things would go a long way in stopping speculation like what's in that freepmail.
Those freepmail don't start in a vacuum; they originate because there are concerns and questions not being answered. All businesses have their costs, profits, etc. listed somewhere for the public to look up. Is there a place where Freepers can go to see those numbers for FR? If not; why not?
Hopefully no one gets offended by me playing the devils advocate but I bet someone will. I see a lot of cheerleading going on in this thread which is great, I feel the same way, but I can see the other side too. FR is easily my favorite site.
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What ever noob! ;-)
You got some data on that or are you just blowing smoke?
And crude language.
Profanity is used quite regularly these days. In fact, many FReepers’ see nothing wrong with using profane and scatological references. Sewer talk is becoming more and more acceptable on FR and it should stop.
In the past profanity was not allowed and FReepers would self-censor and use alternate spellings or use their creative language talents to express themselves.
Not so today, and that is sad.
Left-wing sites use/permit profanity, after all, those sites are intellectually lazy. We are better than that.
There’s one jerk in particular who doesn’t post threads/articles on any subject, and never posts articulate comments or analyses of the thread topic. He does precisely what you described; “insults for nothing” especially women and suggests many people should kill themselves...really.
He has probably caused many to abandon FR and stop donating. I almost joined that group very recently.