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Hi there, MetaFilter!

Welcome to your monthly Site Update! You can find the last Site Update here.

Reminder: I will be the only mod actively monitoring this thread so please be patient. I’ll reply to your feedback and questions at least twice a week. I’m looking forward to your feedback and questions!
posted by loup on Dec 20 at 2:45 PM - 131 comments

The Wiki's There Is Help page is a great service. It offers links for emergencies, mental health, grief, homelessness, general survival. But it was last updated in the summer of 2020.
posted by tangerine on Dec 12 at 2:57 PM - 11 comments

I want a single chronological list of posts -- blue, askmefi, meta, fanfare, whatever -- all pouring down and intermingled in the order in which they were posted. Let me just select or clear a checkbox for each channel that's possible to include in the combined list. Can we do that? Would others be interested in browsing like that?
posted by pracowity on Dec 29 at 8:29 AM - 28 comments

Everyone needs a hug, especially those under-appreciated comments we liked so much last year. As seen previously: "Let's show some love for the hidden-gem comments that made you laugh, cry, or cheer [last] year, which you immediately recognized as genius, but somehow slipped under everyone else's radar. As is traditional, please try to stick to comments that received 12 or fewer favorites, and no self-links."
posted by MonkeyToes on Jan 2 at 4:05 PM - 19 comments

I've noticed that MetaFilter pages are coming up slower than usual for me, here on the east coast of the US. It's regularly taking between 2 and 18 seconds for content to show. This is isn't the case for my connection on other web sites. So, I ran some page load measuring tools that try to get a sense for how things load from various places in the world.
posted by ignignokt on Jan 5 at 11:06 AM - 15 comments

Ian Thorpe the swimming wombat has been released back into the wild. Just fyi.
posted by The otter lady on Dec 27 at 1:09 PM - 6 comments

This year we are holding our tenth annual (yikes) Christmas Video Marathon, at https://cytu.be/r/Metafilter_MST3KClub. The enormity of that number is not lost of us. From the noon (Eastern time) of December 22nd, and all through December 23, 24 and 25, that's 84 straight hours of irreverent Christmas comedy and specials, along with other fun things, all produced with the intent of giving you something to unwind to during stressful times. More information inside....
posted by JHarris on Dec 22 at 5:29 AM - 46 comments

AskMe is 20 years old today! Thanks for the heads up, mbrubeck.
posted by jessamyn on Dec 8 at 3:21 PM - 48 comments

We often say "If you have nothing nice to say, feel free to skip this thread" or "Don't argue with other responses in an Ask MeFi thread", but we don't provide the easiest way people can do this.
posted by splitpeasoup on Nov 22 at 10:47 AM - 238 comments

Hi there, MetaFilter!

Welcome to your monthly Site Update! You can find the last Site Update here.

Reminder: I will be the only mod actively monitoring this thread so please be patient. I’ll reply to your feedback and questions at least twice a week. I’m looking forward to your feedback and questions!
posted by loup on Nov 15 at 12:09 PM - 54 comments

I'm interested in hearing your stories of things you've seen that no one else perhaps saw, or that you have no proof of, either good or bad but preferably good.
posted by annieb on Nov 14 at 8:55 AM - 76 comments

It's the 7th MeFi Holiday Card Exchange!
posted by needlegrrl on Nov 9 at 5:10 AM - 16 comments

I’m looking for a thread from the past month about a few libraries (Seattle and San José are the two I remember) who set up streaming services for local unsigned bands. Searches for “music streaming libraries” or the cities in question haven’t shown me the thread. Help?
posted by pxe2000 on Dec 1 at 7:32 AM - 1 comments

The group planning the transition to make MetaFilter a nonprofit held its first meeting Nov. 15. This is a brief update to keep you all up to date with the progress made.
posted by rebent on Nov 20 at 8:32 AM - 22 comments

Hi (US only) friends! It's health insurance decision season for most of us and we live in a grim dystopia where everything is expensive and nothing makes sense. Employer-sponsored benefits are something I know enough to be helpful about (I hope!) and I'm here volunteering my ability to speak the language, if you need it.
posted by phunniemee on Nov 1 at 11:21 AM - 52 comments

Now that we have formed an interim board to become a MeFi nonprofit, we can move on to a few next items.
posted by NotLost on Oct 30 at 11:26 AM - 116 comments

How's everyone doing?
posted by tangerine on Nov 4 at 10:14 AM - 14 comments

The Metafilter Gift Swap takes place annually from roughly November - January. Each participant sends a gift to an awesome Mefite; each participant receives a gift from an awesome Mefite. Awesomeness and gifts abound. HOORAY!
posted by okayokayigive on Oct 25 at 10:18 AM - 52 comments

Hi folks -- here's a thread to talk about constructive next steps after this thread from two weeks ago.
posted by jessamyn on Oct 18 at 9:20 AM - 123 comments