TRUTH comes out: F.R.'s RimJob doesn't want to "go commercial" because it would "invite scrutiny."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

This is a follow-up post to what another DUer posted here yesterday.

RimJob lays out his manifesto (including his snappy signature line, "Rebellion is brewing!! Nuke the corrupt commie bastards to HELL!!").

It would be terrible if anyone started reporting his current violations, as outlined above, while he's running in "stealth mode"...wouldn't it?

:evilgrin:

Anyway, here are some nuggets of wisdom in tough economic times from a true pie-O-near of the Internets, Mr. Jim "RimJob" Robinson.



:eyes:

FR was started on zero capital. It was a hobby that has grown terribly out of control. It was a one man shop when I set it up. Amy came in later to help me administer it, then John took over the programming a couple years later and redesigned and rewrote it all at least three times since. He built the servers it runs on. Now it may be that if we had the money we could order all new equipment and redesign and rewrite the software again with an eye for making it all bullet proof, but that would require lots of money and probably hiring some additional talent and it would require time. But we have no money and no access to money. And we are reluctant to take on any additional debt.

Now we could go commercial. We could sell ads. We could sell subscriptions or memberships, We could sell t-shirts and hats. But the moment we do, we invite scrutiny and copyright lawsuits. Before going commercial we would have to scrub our archives of any possible copyright violations. And we’d have to tighten up our current operations to make sure no one posts anything that could get us into trouble with any publisher of stories, photos, images, etc. And with sharks like Righthaven swimming around, there will always be room for trouble. And going commercial still wouldn’t guarantee enough income to build and maintain a paid staff, bullet proof software, redundant systems, etc.

I’m an old dog and I like to keep it simple. We have a nice little system here. We are comfortable with the hardware and our software and our providers and it works fairly well. Actually, very well. We have some occasional problems and have been down a few times but as I said, there are no guarantees that if we had double or triple the size of our hardware or our staff that we still would not suffer some downtime occasionally. It happens.

And we’re perfectly comfortable with donor funding at a shoestring level. I’d hate to complicate the thing by going commercial. We are grassroots and it makes sense to me to keep it all grassroots and uncomplicated if we possibly can.

588 posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 9:37:01 AM by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Nuke the corrupt commie bastards to HELL!!)

[Hannah Bell]

1. coulter looks like a meth or crack user.

[madrchsod]

2. both...with a chaser of smack

[FreakinDJ]

6. I didn't notice any thing past the Huge Adam's Apple in her/his throat

[yellowcanine]

12. Or a washed up hooker.

[SharonAnn]

17. Boy, she hasn't aged well. She looks like a caricature of herself 30 years ago.

[Ernesto]

3. works for me!.... nt

[Mudville9]

5. "It's a Good Life"

A lot of the mouthbreathers over there are saying that if Rimjob didn't ban 80% of their posters, it would certainly bring in more $$ during the Snookerthons. I love how some of them are actually questioning why it costs so much to run a hayseed website.

Time to grab a blanket and cover yourself, Emperor RJ.

Plus, apparently Rimjob is like the kid Bill Mumy played in that Twilight Zone episode called "It's A Good Life." When somebody says something that rubs him the wrong way, even slightly, he banishes them to the horrors of the "cornfield."

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[kestrel91316]

4. That man looks like he done been rode hard and put away wet.

[hwmnbn]

7. and rimjob ain't looking so hot either!

[hootinholler]

8. Yeah and RimJob looks a mess too.

Nice to see he put on a sports jacket to meet the celeb.

-Hoot

[blondeatlast]

11. Hmm... I think he looks more like he wishes he was what you said...

:evilgrin:

[pacalo]

9. Hahaaa! I'm reading this through the eyes of Skinner, Earl, & Elad! John, his programmer,

actually re-wrote the program for that pathetically hard-to-read site THREE TIMES!

:silly:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

10. John Robinson, his programmer...and his brother. Genius runs in the family.

Owner Jim Robinson
Created by Jim Robinson, John Robinson
Launched February 1997
Revenue Donations (not deductible)
Current status Active

Founded in September 1996 as a sole proprietorship by Founder, Chairman and President James C. "Jim" Robinson of Fresno, California, Free Republic opened to the general public in February 1997. Robinson filed for LLC status on September 11, 1998. It has always been a for-profit company and donations have never been tax exempt.

Free Republic gained popularity during the Clinton impeachment from 1997 till 1999, a time when it was linked on the Drudge Report as "Whitewater Archives," when protests and write-in campaigns were organized through the website. Many were also introduced to the site through an impeachment rally in Washington, attended by over 3000 participants, called the "March for Justice," broadcast live on Halloween 1998 by C-SPAN. Featured speakers included Alan Keyes, Bob Barr, Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson of B.O.N.D. and Larry Klayman. Ann Coulter, Lucianne Goldberg and Matt Drudge also attended.<9> Other Free Republic events over the years have also been televised by C-SPA

Drudge dropped the link to Free Republic by February 1999, "because they were doing racist stuff over the (imaginary) (Clinton love child)... I click on and I see this headline, "Nigger Baby."" Drudge quickly restored the link, but later dropped it again for unknown reasons. As of April 2008 the Free Republic link is back on Drudge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Republic

[pacalo]

13. I know you're a computer whiz, AV, but it was Clinton's impeachment that

inspired me to teach myself how to use a computer. I was afraid to touch the wrong keys, but I sat down & began to fumble myself through letter after letter. I've learned a lot because of that terrible time, & here I am, typing this on my own iPhone! You have no idea how much we amateurs respect the abilities of computer experts!

:hi:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

16. I learned because I got sick of dialing "800" numbers.

For anyone who's never purchased a Dell computer, here's how it works.

New customer: great service

End-of-service period (maybe a month left): Support people start copping an attitude and telling you about all of the things they're not going to do for you for "free."

So I decided that the more I taught myself, the less "outside help" I'd need to seek.

In school, I pulled consistent low Cs in math and science, because I hated both, and As in English, Arts and History, because I love them. So the computer thing didn't come naturally to me, but it was a means to an end, so I did it.

:hi:

[mrcheerful]

14. So does this mean he is closing the cess pool down or is he just demanding

more cash to run his 1999 state of art site?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

15. His "followers" are making the demands for him

There are a number of people in that thread who are suggesting that people shouldn't be allowed yo post unless they are donating members.