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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOK. Who killed freerepublic?
https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/freerepublic.com.htmlEdit: From their facebook page.
"Bad news. We were not able to bring the system up remotely. John is now on his way to the computer center to get hands on. We may be down for several hours. Sorry."
Claritie Pixie
(2,199 posts)TidalWave46
(2,061 posts)Their server has been down for fifteen hours.
I added the link to isitdown to my op.
Aristus
(66,327 posts)Shit. They were just a step above the telegraph with their website.
hlthe2b
(102,234 posts)NCLefty
(3,678 posts)SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)for the squirrels
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)Hekate
(90,659 posts)demmiblue
(36,841 posts)TidalWave46
(2,061 posts)live love laugh
(13,101 posts)targetpractice
(4,919 posts)... Just after joining DU. I checked it daily, but then the extreme stupidity took over.
I didn't even know it was still a thing.
I do remember they tried to do a platform change like 10 years ago and the users revolted... True conservatives... can't tolerate change.
live love laugh
(13,101 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)targetpractice
(4,919 posts)Cartoonist
(7,316 posts)I spend some time there. I don't get past the first page before being disgusted. Lately I've noticed some rumbling. They support Trump, but some feel uneasy.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,311 posts)They spent 2 decades wanting a president as ignorant and bigoted as they are, and have found out that when they get that, he claims to be above the law, so he gives them neither Freedom nor a Republic.
TidalWave46
(2,061 posts)Vogon_Glory
(9,117 posts)berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)Kaleva
(36,294 posts)JHB
(37,158 posts)Until they get some hamsters for their hamster-wheel power source, they're dead in the aether.
BumRushDaShow
(128,897 posts)denbot
(9,899 posts)I hope the little Hammie had pet health insurance. Oh wait, the poor guy toiled at FR.. Poor thing.
FarPoint
(12,351 posts)They never pay their bills...it is known.
lpbk2713
(42,755 posts)They should keep in mind how little maintenance is expended
the next time JimBob has a bleeding heart fund drive.
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)They're worse than PBS and public radio.
keithbvadu2
(36,783 posts)Initech
(100,067 posts)crickets
(25,963 posts)Initech
(100,067 posts)LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)TidalWave46
(2,061 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,548 posts)Grasswire2
(13,569 posts)good times, good times...
lastlib
(23,220 posts)where you dump your trump.
blm
(113,047 posts)ramblin_dave
(1,546 posts)Archae
(46,325 posts)Grasswire2
(13,569 posts)Next will come a super fundraising plea
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,500 posts)sakabatou
(42,152 posts)and the site still looks like shit?
Poiuyt
(18,122 posts)jcmaine72
(1,773 posts)I actually went there about 6 months ago and the site looked just like it did when I last visited it around 2007 or so. It was perfectly preserved, like Lenin's corpse or something. I just figured they were keeping that site up as an embalmed tribute to the past.
live love laugh
(13,101 posts)Ilsa
(61,694 posts)jcmaine72
(1,773 posts)That would definitely explain the 1980s Usenet vibe of the place.