Free Republic Down on Election Day

[MineralMan]

It's true. As of 6 a.m. or so, the site is inaccessible. It's still down at 8:30 CST.

What will the FReepers do? What will they do?

[gratuitous]

1. I'd surmise they'd go nuts

But they're already there.

[hobbit709]

8. They're WAAAY beyond ordinary nuts

[ET Awful]

Then they'll go . .. nutser

:P

[hurtsolong]

9. I don't think their website is down.

I think they are blocking out those who have not registered with their site. I'm maybe wrong!

[hobbit709]

15. You have to get TO the website to log on

It won't come up at all.

[Vickers]

2. Maybe the basement flooded.

:P

[RedLetterRev]

23. Or the squirrel running that Commodore 64 finally died n/t

[FarLeftRage]

3. Who gives a rat's ass?

I don't really care...

[hobbit709]

4. The only comment I will make

:nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
:nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[ThatsMyBarack]

20. Uh, ditto.

:D

[crim son]

5. I tried to go there about ten minutes ago and you're right,

it's down. Hmmmmm.

[gizmo1979]

6. OK which one of you

is responsible for this?

[lpbk2713]

7. They have given up and have thrown in the towel.

The FR Admins have gone fishin'.

[Mike Daniels]

10. I wonder if Jimbo is afraid of the FBI or Secret Service coming down on him due to volatile posts?

[Virginia Dare]

12. Bingo....n/t

[FreakinDJ]

22. Ding Ding Ding - We have a winner folks

[treestar]

24. That would not be surprising

And that he expects them to get worse with the election results.

[pipi_k]

36. That makes sense to me

especially after what I heard some DUers reporting back about what people in there were saying re: Obama's grandmother's death.

Vile...just vile

And yeah...if it looks like Obama is going to run away with it, they could start up with some really seriously crazy shit

Like...the FBI showing up at their front door crazy shit....

[southpaw]

11. I wonder if it is legitimate technical problems

Or is RimJob trying to avoid all the wailing and gnashing of teeth?

[Stinky The Clown]

13. Don't gloat. We will be at least to DefCon 1 if not offline tonight our own selves.

[drm604]

14. Still down at 9:34

They probably think that it's down due to some sort of conspiracy against them. I'll bet that the truth is that he took it down due to all of the ugliness that was being posted.

[Liberal In Texas]

16. Oh great. Does that mean they'll be over here trying to troll around? n/t

[lpbk2713]

21. OK Freeper types. Here's your magic word for the day ...

LOOSERS!





**FR spelling, of course.

[Turbineguy]

29. Ace:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npqzBtJ2Gco&feature=related

[NNN0LHI]

17. They are all out buying machine guns and lipstick

[malaise]

18. They're shredding paper

destroying hard drives, worried that the cops are coming for them.

[mwb970]

19. OMG you're right.

FR and Fox "News" are a big part of my election night plans! I hope they get it working soon.

[johnnycap]

25. All the Freepers are Here!!!

With nowhere else to go, all the freepers are over here checking out the chatter. As for why Free Republic is down, it's Obama's civil security forces doing a thought police dry run. Cheers and don't forget to vote!!!

[SpiralHawk]

31. "Smirk." - Commander AWOL (R)

[Turbineguy]

26. Maybe the RNC shut it down

Load Shedding Activated!

[FSogol]

27. Wailing and gnashing of teeth plays havoc with most computer servers. n/t

[liberalhistorian]

28. Maybe their claims that Obama killed his

grandmother to prevent her from revealing where he was "really born", or that he was really attending her funeral and only announced her death the day before the election to get the "sympathy vote" and other really horrible vile disgusting sludge finally got them shut down. Or at least convinced rimjob to shut them down for the time being. One can only hope.

I think, however, it's more a matter of their servers not being prepared for the enormous increase in traffic and postings that would be normal for a day like today.

[orleans]

30. link? on edit: on second thought: forget the link. fuck them. n/t

[City of Mills]

35. Hahah I know what you mean

It's not down, I can get to it, though not the usual way :evilgrin: I'm not posting spoilers...

[meisje]

32. They know the outcome and want to save the bandwidth fees!

[for-q-bush]

33. why waste your time there?

[daggahead]

34. It's up, but loads slowly. n/t

[lpbk2713]

37. They need to put a few more hamsters on the treadmill.

:rofl: :rofl:

[greguganus]

38. It loads fine for me, but I think the members are in mourning. n/t

[MineralMan]

39. Back Up

But loading slowly. As for why watch it...it's fascinating to see the FReepers squirm and wiggle.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

40. It's Not Down. The Mods Had To Delete Every Inappropriate Post And There's Simply Nothing Left!

[Wilber_Stool]

41. My guess is that

everyone in the cyberverse is signing up just so they can piss all over them. I might do it myself.

[Orsino]

42. Fringe sites with miniscule membership rolls can't afford big iron or reliable hosting.

Don't be surprised if they're AWOL for part of the day. But it's okay; they're rugged individualists who don't need groupthink to get by. :eyes:

[TWiley]

43. Their base is mobilized ..... they are out there stealing votes

[proud2BlibKansan]

44. Great! Now they will all come here to play

:evilgrin:

Better stock up on pizza, folks!

[paparush]

45. See! SEE!?! Its started already. Obama is taking away their guns..er..no..um... their churches..um..

er..no.
Obama is converting the world to radical islam..um..er..no.
Obama took away their website!

i'm sure the story will be spun into a "RADICAL LIBERAL ENVIRONMENTALIST FRINGE WHACKOS WHO HATE AMERICA AND LOVE SATAN AND WANT DRIVE THRU ABORTION CLINICS LAUNCH PEARL HARBOR LIKE SNEAK ATTACK ON THE BASTION OF REAL AMERICAN MORAL WHOLESOMENESS FREE REPUBLIC dot COM".

[johnfunk]

46. "The server at www.freerepublic.com is taking too long to respond."

The server at www.freerepublic.com is taking too long to respond.

The requested site did not respond to a connection request and the browser has stopped waiting for a reply.

• Could the server be experiencing high demand or a temporary outage? Try again later.
• Are you unable to browse other sites? Check the computer's network connection.
• Is your computer or network protected by a firewall or proxy? Incorrect settings can interfere with Web browsing.
• Still having trouble? Consult your network administrator or Internet provider for assistance.

Gee, those FReepers sure get their money's worth for their quarterly $66,000 or whatever it is snookerthons fundraisers!

:rofl: