Moe’s already discussed this, but I think it bears more scrutiny.
My four year registration anniversary is coming up next month, so I remember when RedState was a tiny site. It felt like there were only a handful of us commenters, and we all knew each other. Of course this was long before I was an editor.
There were so few of us that the war against Daily Kos trolls felt like a war of survival. There was a reason for that: If the communities from similar sites on the left piled on over here, they’d overwhelm us. Their traffic was so far out of our league that the sites barely seemed comparable.
Not so today.
Take MyDD. According to compete.com, a year ago they were ‘down to’ getting 25% more visitors than we had. Now? We’ve increased our traffic 150%, while they’ve lost almost 50%, leaving us with nearly 150% the traffic they get.
But they split, you say? Fair enough, Let’s add in Talk Left. A year ago they, too, were getting 25% more traffic than we were, so combined the sites were getting 250% the traffic we were. Now? We’re getting the same number of visitors that both sites combined were getting a year ago, 50% above their current total. RedState now has the combined weight of Talk Left and MyDD before the election, while they’re both losing readers by the month.
They’re not the only sites cratering while we’re growing, either. Look at “Screw ‘em” Kos’s site. Year-to-Year they’re down 12%. We’re still up 150%. What was once a 9:1 advantage is now a 3:1 advantage.
We’re no longer at risk of being squashed when they roll over. If President Obama keeps embarrassing himself and his nation whilst betraying the Netroots, we just might hit parity. They know it, too. That’s why threw a royal flaming tantrum at Moe’s post, and I’m daring them to do the same now.
You are crumbling, Netroots. We are rising. Stay the course, RedStaters. 2010 beckons.
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Some good info
Warner Todd Huston (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 9:14AM EST (link)That’s some great info there. I am just glad I wasn’t here for the KozKidz inundation! It would probably have made me quit coming here!
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Ah, you might have stayed
Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 9:19AM EST (link)Those were the days when Nick Danger, Macho Nachos, Moe Lane, streiff, and Thomas were booting trolls with wit and style.
Now Moe’s still at it, and we still get a streiff shot now and then, but I can’t touch Nick Danger, Thomas, and Leon. They’re the great ones and I’m the pretender!
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I miss Nick Danger (n/t)
Finrod (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 6:25PM EST (link).
Let’s get down to brass tacks here. How much for the ape?
Those were the days of
Flagstaff (Diary) Sunday, May 3rd at 4:08PM EST (link)creative pseudonyms.
“Nick Danger” was great in all respects.
“The press is so powerful in its image-making role that it can make a criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”– Malcolm X, Audubon Ballroom, December 13, 1964
Our troops are getting leaner and hungrier
smagar (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 9:14AM EST (link)Strength and honor, y’all!
“Who will stand/On either hand/And guard this bridge with me?” (Macaulay)
Neil is there stratified data?
Justin Spagnolo (standardcandle) (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 9:28AM EST (link)such as…
are we counting “moby” signups?
and…
The ratio of the average IQ of a nutroot, to a redstater…
I mean that must be what they’re really roiling about, its one thing to have more lemmings… its another to be up against a large group with a higher IQ….
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. “ -James Madison
These aren't signups
Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 9:30AM EST (link)These are visitors. So a moby who’s one-and-done barely registers.
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SoFiMil (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 9:41AM EST (link)Thanks to you, Erick, and all the others for your great work. I’ve been a long-time reader/lurker, and a great site has continued to get even better. I especially appreciate RedState’s language requirements. On the lefty sites, virtually 100% of the commentators are potty-mouths. While it’s important to know what they enemy is thinking, it’s painful reading.
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There have been significant changes here...
Bill S (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 9:54AM EST (link)that have made it a much more appealing place to be, and you, Mr. Stevens, are key to many of them. Site design, site infrastructure, tweaks to registration process (the 24-hr waiting period), and you and the rest of the moderators’ diligence in keeping the riff-raff down…have all contributed to the attraction to our brethren, IMHO.
Well done.
“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins
I'll ditto that one, bs. There were days when I never
janis (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 9:58AM EST (link)thought that the old ease of RedState 2.0 would return, but it has and it works wonderfully well, thanks to Neil primarily. The only quibble I have is that pesky recommend button……….
I've been able to miss out on the logistic problems...
penguin2 (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 10:22AM EST (link)but I have reaped the incredible rewards of reading and even participating on a site like Redstate. My family is amazed, knowing mom didn’t care much for “machines” (I’m a book fiend), but the election of last year has brought out a side of me I had forgotten about. Standing up and out for what is right, and fighting to save my country. I constantly share with others the wealth of information and intelligence mined from Redstate.
To me, one of the most important features, is the adherence to civil discourse. The use, by the virulent left and others, of trash language, only reinforces the cultural degradation our country has and is offensive to many. Manners can promote respect, very important for a civilized society.
I didn’t mean to get long winded, but it is hard to simply articulate the good Redstate is doing. It is an anchor in these times. Thanks to all of you .
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Recommend button hang
Erick Brockway (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 2:49PM EST (link)I found if I moosh it repeatedly eventually it unsticks and the recommend goes thru.
Helps also to squirt a lil’ WD-40 on your screen where the button resides
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WarEagle01 (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 10:24AM EST (link)I think best thing we can do is to keep telling people about this site and others like it. You would be amazed at how many people on our side still aren’t in the loop. I mentioned Redstate to a friend of mine who was one of the Tea Party organizers here in Montgomery. He had never been to the site before, which surprised me. BTW, I also plug the site whenever I call in to our local conservative talk radio program, which just went statewide on FM.
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Good work guys!
rick554 Saturday, May 2nd at 10:51AM EST (link)If it means anything, I turned my Mom onto REDSTATE and she loves it!
Keep up the good work!
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Alternative to the bias
smitch61 Saturday, May 2nd at 11:08AM EST (link)Congrats on the traffic increase. I found this site in October and I am now a daily reader. I believe many Americans are on to the press and seeking other avenues to get the real stories.
archive
observant Saturday, May 2nd at 11:56AM EST (link)as a late arrival, is there an archive feature planned?
How do you mean? (nt)
Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 11:57AM EST (link)RS contributing editor, technical administrator, and “a hardy variety of crabgrass.”
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I think observant means
TNJim (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 1:19PM EST (link)but I’m actually speaking for myself, perhaps a way to search for past diaries.
Perhaps searchable by author, topic, date, and/or tag. Maybe a last week’s section, last month’s, etc. I do know that there is a way to look for the last 20 or so diaries by an author by clicking on his/her name in a diary entry. It might be interesting to look back to see what was being said a year or two ago here to see how it compares to what’s being said today along the same subject. Yeah, I know such things require the bandwidth and server capacity, but if you have that already it might be useful to a newbie such as myself. It might be interesting to read Moe’s or Erick’s thoughts or whoever else was around when this site was gearing up. Of course, those diaries may already be gone, due to upgrades over the years.
I do thank all of you for a great repository of conservative thought. Keep up the good work and God bless you all.
They're all out there...to search...
Bill S (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 3:22PM EST (link)use Google. When you formulate your search argument, to search just on www.redstate.com, put “site:www.redstate.com” in your search arguments. To search both the current RS site AND the old 2.0 and 3.0 sites, use “site:redstate.com”. It sometimes doesn’t catch the most recent day or two, but is OK beyond that.
“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins
Thanks for the tip, bs
TNJim (Diary) Sunday, May 3rd at 8:34PM EST (link)Works pretty good, although an onsite searchable archive would be nice, too.
But those Google tips do ok.
google search work?
techsan (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 3:16PM EST (link)When I’m digging around for an article or comment, I generally use Google’s advanced search feature. If you include “site:redstate.com” in your search criteria, Google filters down to this site….and you can use other advanced Google search features to narrow down by time, if that helps. My assumption is the content is perpetual? Am I missing something?
In the end, all we have on our side of the debate are facts and history.
I admit I am totally biased
pac_NY (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 2:35PM EST (link)Having been a member for a few years, I have the highest regards for the consistent integrity of RedState.
Kudos surely to those who have dedicated their time to maintaining this site’s quality standard certainly not generally seen on the Left.
I continue to be impressed with the thoughtful as well as thorough commentary by the many regular contributors on RS, and not to leave out those here who often write with rapier wit and accuracy.
May RedState’s excellence continue.
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I found this place via RSS reader on my phone
Erick Brockway (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 2:56PM EST (link)Several years ago I had something I downloaded to my phone primarily to read RSS feeds. One site included with the default ones was Red State, and I was hooked.
I quit using the RSS reader and Oct or Nov finally registered, but still take time to check out the latest via cellphone, using Opera mini. I WAS using the wap site, but the database says “not found” today.
Be nice to see the RedState Mobile finally go wheels and flaps up.
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techsan (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 3:14PM EST (link)Beyond an agreement with the viewpoints here in general…the key features of value to me…well-sourced articles, well-reasoned posts, respectful dialog (provided the posts start with a respectful tone…and even sometimes when they don’t)…and, well, content, content, content! In the end, there’s a lot of eye-candy and syrup on many sites. That gets old in about a day. Content is king, and I appreciate the effort put in by many on this site. A big “Thank you ” to all content-contributors, front-pagers as well as diary-writers.
In the end, all we have on our side of the debate are facts and history.
Same In My Case!
papalee Sunday, May 3rd at 10:49PM EST (link)He had wonderful things to say about the writers and the accuracy of the information. And, no surprise, he was right.
I add to the hit count
Darin_H (Diary) Saturday, May 2nd at 3:36PM EST (link)even though my posting has gone way down since the birth of my son 3 months ago, at least I’m still able to read pretty much daily.
I’m just thankful there are no 500 Errors anymore
and Neil, I’ve always got you beat by 6 months
A visionary coward says that anger can be power, as long as there’s a victim on TV – Flat Top, Goo Goo Dolls
Glad to do my part as well Neil...
conservativemusician Saturday, May 2nd at 8:48PM EST (link)Even though I’m more of a lurker than a poster here most of the time (I often find that others post what I’m thinking before I can respond, so I choose not to waste the bandwidth since I’d be saying basically the same thing).
Thanks for a great site – by far one of the best conservative sites on the web.
Regards, CM
P.S. If I could make a small suggestion, it would be helpful to have more tools readily available when leaving comments (like bolding and all the advanced features many other posters here use). Have you thought about doing this for the less computer literate schlubs like me?
Is there a place where I can get this info? Please advise.
Soon I will be restoring the HTML help pages.
Neil Stevens (Diary) Sunday, May 3rd at 3:44AM EST (link)WP doesn’t make it easy to add the buttons for comment layout though.
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Great, Neil!
Flagstaff (Diary) Sunday, May 3rd at 7:53PM EST (link)Even if it were only easy to bold and italicize, that would help a lot in comments.
And I used to have a template to help me do links and indents the snazzy way, but I’ve lost it.
Somebody mentioned a Firefox toolbar, but I haven’t found it, either.
“The press is so powerful in its image-making role that it can make a criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”– Malcolm X, Audubon Ballroom, December 13, 1964
I just found the toolbar.
Flagstaff (Diary) Sunday, May 3rd at 8:17PM EST (link)[b]Let’s[/b][i] try[/i] [u]it[/u] out.
or
Let’s try it
out.I didn’t know whether to us BB or HTML.
“The press is so powerful in its image-making role that it can make a criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”– Malcolm X, Audubon Ballroom, December 13, 1964
HTML it is. nt
Flagstaff (Diary) Sunday, May 3rd at 8:18PM EST (link)“The press is so powerful in its image-making role that it can make a criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”– Malcolm X, Audubon Ballroom, December 13, 1964
Ahh, I see you found it Flag.
TNJim (Diary) Sunday, May 3rd at 8:43PM EST (link)For some reason it’s still version 0.1.4.7 on Firefox.s add-ons page but the developer’s site has version 0.1.4.10. If anyone else is looking for it go here.
If you use Firefox, they have a text formatting tool bar
mbecker908 (Diary) Sunday, May 3rd at 8:36PM EST (link)that can be found here. It’s the one referred to below. It’s really easy to use and a great add on, you just push the buttons on the tool bar and you get HTML or BBCode (RS uses HTML). I think it’s indispensable. Oh, and Firefox has a built in spell checker.
If you’re using IE, switch to Firefox. It’s light years better and the add ons make it very functional for the stuff YOU care about.
Hey conservativemusician...
mbecker908 (Diary) Sunday, May 3rd at 8:37PM EST (link)the above is for you…
Oops, sorry becker
TNJim (Diary) Sunday, May 3rd at 8:46PM EST (link)Didn’t realize you already posted the link. But going to Firefox’s ad-ons site gives an older version. For the latest go to the developer’s site. See my reply to Flagstaff above
Nothing to be "sorry" about.
HappyBunny Sunday, May 3rd at 9:00PM EST (link)And thanks for the new link.
Yes, Mr. 908.
Flagstaff (Diary) Tuesday, May 5th at 1:03AM EST (link)I used your link to find the darned thing. I still don’t understand web talk, so I have to take a lot of stuff on faith. I trusted your recommendation. The info at the site didn’t even confirm to me that it would work on my Mac, but it seems to be fine.
“The press is so powerful in its image-making role that it can make a criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”– Malcolm X, Audubon Ballroom, December 13, 1964
I'm a Mac user too Flag
TNJim (Diary) Tuesday, May 5th at 1:08AM EST (link)and I’ve not had any problems with it yet.
Keep it up...
givemeliberty Saturday, May 2nd at 4:25PM EST (link)I came by last summer after Glenn Beck mentioned the site on his radio show. I am now a daily reader. You guys do a fantastic job and I would be far less informed if not for Redstate. Keep up the good work.
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” -Thomas Jeffereson
I just passed the 4-year mark.
Flagstaff (Diary) Sunday, May 3rd at 4:05PM EST (link)The whole thing is obviously addicting.
Does that membership timer go all the way back to Redstate 1.0?
“The press is so powerful in its image-making role that it can make a criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”– Malcolm X, Audubon Ballroom, December 13, 1964
Congratulations Flagstaff...
JadedByPolitics (Diary) Sunday, May 3rd at 4:13PM EST (link)I used to throw up a birthday cake but I still haven’t gotten the swing of how to do pictures etc very quickly on the new RS so close your eyes and envision a cake and blow out the candles
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Ah, the "good ole days"
MrsNachos (Diary) Sunday, May 3rd at 7:28PM EST (link)Back when Neil thought I was a troll.
I remember them well. Sweet post, Neil. It was worth taking the time to log in to read it.
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So how goes the book learnin', Mrs. Nachos?
Jack_Savage (Diary) Sunday, May 3rd at 8:16PM EST (link)And has Mr. Nachos been subjected to any testing related to your field of study?
that would be Abnormal Psych?
David Hinz (Diary) Sunday, May 3rd at 8:45PM EST (link)I’m pretty sure that is her field of study! Which explains a lot if you think about it
The Minority Report — The HinzSight Report — TMRB.tv — MFOB “Miss Tagart, do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It’s resentment of another man’s achievement.”
Exactly
Jack_Savage (Diary) Sunday, May 3rd at 9:43PM EST (link)She has ample case studies here. : )
My Profile:
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Registered: 4 months, 6 days.
Conservative since birth.
Vocal conservative since ~last September
(Dems duck any and all responsibility for credit crunch and use it to advance a leftist agenda.)
I suspect I’m not the only one.
email communications between members
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Sunday, May 3rd at 11:44PM EST (link)Direct email communications… it would be nice if RS had a email redirect system so each user had an Email of their Userid@redstate.com so we can communicate minor disagreements, Local Activism arrangements, and/or sharing Personal information, behind the scenes and not in Public/Open-diary. We can only communicate with a few of you RS Leaders and you with any all of us, but we can’t communicate with each other. A behind the scene email to clarify things is sometimes helpful so they DO NOT develop into Open Diary challenges and later to GRUDGES and/or open warfare in Diaries.
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