Are the freepers in trouble?

[Lochloosa]

Donations needed to keep FR alive!!

:nopity:


"only a relatively FEW actually donate the funds to keep FR alive."

:nopity:


"Now, I'm not complaining, because we've always managed to meet our fundraising goals in the past, but it is taking longer and longer to accomplish the task. And part of that may be because it's mostly the same few dedicated FReepers providing the funds, and, along with the rest of us, I'm sure they're stretched to the limit. Sure would be nice if a few more FReepers and lurkers would lend a hand and send in a few bucks. Doesn't take much. I think our average donation is around $20, but you can send in $5, $10, $20, $30 or more, and make it a monthly contribution if you can."

:hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

1. It always seems to me thy fundraise 24/7

[Hawkeye-X]

2. Anyone wanna place a bet how long this FReepathon will last

Someone's gotta make RimJob happy with his brand new double-wide.

Again, here is the FreeRepublic's "justification" of cost. This was posted last year, and I'm sure it's relevant now.

To: All
Free Republic Monthly Budget
Once we get our monthly donations to the point where they will cover all of our expenses, we will not need to have fundraisers.
Est. Recurring Monthly Contributions $9,329.00


Monthly Expenses
Bandwidth and Colocation $2,430
System Administation and Programming 7,000
Administrative and Taxes 10,500
Legal and Accounting 1,000
Bank Fees, Credit Card Fees, Processing Fees 800
Equip, Maintenance and Repairs 300
Office Expenses, Rents, Insurance, Telephone, ISP, Supplies, Misc. 2,500
Travel Expenses 800

25,330.00



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Est. Monthly Shortfall ($16,001.00)



I'd question the office expenses, and the system administration/programming expenses

They haven't programmed worth SHIT since 1996.

Hawkeye-X

EDIT: Relevant DU link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5513848&mesg_id=5513848

[monmouth]

3. I'd say it will run to Memorial Day weekend but that's just me....n/t

[Cronus Protagonist]

4. RimJob needs his $96K salary and the admin expenses are his taxes

Surely there's not one freeper on the planet who would ask RimJob to pay his own taxes, right?

[KharmaTrain]

6. Add To That The "Administrative"

You know there's a slush fund burried in there...so that probably doubles your "System Administration" :rofl:

Plus this is the books they make public, if they're your typical rushpublicans, you never see the real ones.

Cheers...

[Call Me Wesley]

16. Programming $7,000/monthly?

Yeah, looks like it. They're keeping up to make it compatible with IE5. Takes a lot.

:rofl:

[dem mba]

17. $800 a month to travel ???

from where? The couch to the computer? It's a website, and a pretty static one at that. Where is RimJob going all the time?

[flvegan]

5. I like the 1995-ness of their site. Brings back the memories.

[formercia]

9. They save money on bandwith.

Freepers don't know the difference. Most of them can barely compose a sentence.

[mwooldri]

37. Probably because the Freepers are on dial-up...

and the rest of the world are on intelligent sites that can determine what type of connection an individual has and deliver content appropriately (yes my fave news site news.bbc.co.uk has a "text only" version).

[Call Me Wesley]

14. Did you overlook?

They invest $ 7,000 in programming monthly. The site is top-notch, it just has this retro feel which is highly maintained by adding new retro-style features like ... retro, you know. It's not cheap to update old crap!!!!111!!!!!

;)

[TheCentepedeShoes]

29. I like "retro" too

but my few old pieces of Fiesta Ware are more colorful that that place
:rofl:

[YOY]

7. I really wanna know just how they get more traffic than us.

Perhaps the train wreck analogy fits.

[Brother Buzz]

13. Google sends a lot of traffic in their direction

Somehow, a ton of Free Republic stories are disguised with proxy names; you don't know you are going there until the link opens. It's happened to me more times than I care to remember.

[Mike Daniels]

8. If they hadn't banned the posters who called the "birthers" out for the freaks they are

then perhaps they'd have more people who could donate to maintain their primitive web site.

[jberryhill]

23. And the Giuliani supporters....

...and those they've kicked out in a long series of purges.

They don't realize the fundamental problem with their mentality of intolerance is that it eventually narrows down to a circle of one.

[old mark]

10. It is not only FR - the Right in general-even the mighty GOP is LOW

on cash.
The RNC usually takes in way more in contributions than the DNC, but they are running about even this year and the GOP is spending it faster than it is coming in...this is why toe strip club, private airplane trips, shopping sprees, etc, really hurt them - potential donors see that their contributions are spent on nothing, rather than going to support their idiot candidates. Also, contributions are going to the very very RW instead of the RNC and real super RW pinheads who have NO chance of success are being financed by the 'baggers and others on the fringe.

It ALL hurts the GOP...ain't that a shame...:rofl:

mark

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

11. RimJob has a lot of medical problems

Getting a head removed from the rectal cavity procedure is big money.

[formercia]

20. After fisting, what is there left to do?

If he wasn't so hydrocephalic, it might not have been an issue.

[bulloney]

24. Must be at least a monthly thing, too.

[sufrommich]

12. He says that every time they have a fundraiser. nt

[Lex]

15. Maybe Sarah Palin will

throw them a few crumbs. HAHAHA. Suckers.

[DemoTex]

18. Freddie the Freeper might have to get his momma to raise his allowance ..

[malaise]

31. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

I love that pic. :rofl:

[brooklynite]

19. If EVERYBODY chipped in, wouldn't that be COMMUNISM?

[mr blur]

21. *Ding!* (nt)

[Lochloosa]

22. Nail meet Head!

[Blue Owl]

25. let the fucking "free market" save Freeperville

I'll sit back and watch it happen.


:evilgrin:

[jimlup]

26. Can anyone think of a way I can anti-give?

[samsingh]

27. sounds like they are having problems

[supernova]

28. Doesn't the RNC support Rimjob?

Doesn't some big anonymous donor make up the difference at the last minute every quarter?

And yes, I love how fr hasn't changed since 1995. Where does the money go, I wonder?

Hmmm.

[devilgrrl]

30. Should Rim Job use some of the money he gets from the government for disability?

The little charity case that he is.

[southernyankeebelle]

32. Let's help this poor baby everybody. Ea of us can send .10 cent and

we get 10 people we will have help them raise $1.00. I am willing

[formercia]

33. Send him a money order from a 7-11.

Something his bank (if he has one) won't accept, so he has to go down to the store to cash it.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

34. Awww....poor Rimjob

Not getting the love from the crazies anymore?

[11 Bravo]

35. Hey, Porta-Potty rental costs are skyrocketing! At 3 crappers per freeper ...

the bills pile up.

[Old and In the Way]

36. Surely, if the rubes can give Sarah Palin $12mm

then Jim ought to be good for $1MM.....keerist, it must be embarrassing to beg 24/7.

[Doremus]

38. Ha, and these are the people always carping that taking care of the poor and elderly should be a

voluntary charity.

They'd donate. NOT.

Asswipes.