Why did you delete this? Plus, you missed some. February 10, 2006 4:22 AM Subscribe
matamyn: was it really necessary to remove mr_roboto and my little two-comment My Dinner With Andre side chat from here? Sheesh!
Besides, you missed part of it.
Besides, you missed part of it.
And "matamyn" is a sad reminder of "bennifer", which wasn't funny or smart even when used self-referencially by Ben Affleck himself in his Saturday Night Life monologues.
posted by nkyad at 4:41 AM on February 10, 2006
posted by nkyad at 4:41 AM on February 10, 2006
Matamyn is freaking hilarious.
It is pretty funny that you started a metatalk post asking why your off-topic "side-chat" comments in AskMe were removed, timeistight. There should be MORE off-topic comments in AskMe removed. Thank your lucky stars that I'm not the mod. Although Iconowie and Matomy are great names...
posted by iconomy at 4:56 AM on February 10, 2006
It is pretty funny that you started a metatalk post asking why your off-topic "side-chat" comments in AskMe were removed, timeistight. There should be MORE off-topic comments in AskMe removed. Thank your lucky stars that I'm not the mod. Although Iconowie and Matomy are great names...
posted by iconomy at 4:56 AM on February 10, 2006
Were they really off topic if they referenced a movie that's pertinent to the OP's request?
posted by zarah at 5:37 AM on February 10, 2006
posted by zarah at 5:37 AM on February 10, 2006
Were they really off topic if they referenced a movie that's pertinent to the OP's request?
yes, they really were.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:36 AM on February 10, 2006
yes, they really were.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:36 AM on February 10, 2006
nkyad, iconomy, OmieWise, plep, and popechunk; please try to stay on topic. Thank you.
posted by Eideteker at 7:10 AM on February 10, 2006
posted by Eideteker at 7:10 AM on February 10, 2006
jessadmyn? metahowie? modhowie? modmyn?
You forgot "Matlock" - in ref to jess' former dreds.
posted by Smart Dalek at 7:12 AM on February 10, 2006
You forgot "Matlock" - in ref to jess' former dreds.
posted by Smart Dalek at 7:12 AM on February 10, 2006
Eideteker : "nkyad, iconomy, OmieWise, plep, and popechunk; please try to stay on topic. Thank you."
This is MetaTalk - we're automatically on-topic.
posted by nkyad at 8:05 AM on February 10, 2006
This is MetaTalk - we're automatically on-topic.
posted by nkyad at 8:05 AM on February 10, 2006
How were they wisecracks? Three of us independently suggested the same movie within seconds of each other and then riffed a bit on the coincidence. Where was the harm?
posted by timeistight at 8:47 AM on February 10, 2006
posted by timeistight at 8:47 AM on February 10, 2006
wise·crack (wīz'krăk') pronunciation Slang.Off-topic, perhaps. Wisecracks, no.
n.
A flippant, typically sardonic remark or retort.
posted by timeistight at 8:52 AM on February 10, 2006
timeistight - there really is no rhyme or reason to the removal of posts anymore. I mean, Jessy and Matt both say they are either moot points or don't add to the discussion and I suspect many times they are probably on point (had a few pulled myself and yeah, they were kind of stupid posts) but when you only do it a small percentage of the time, what's the point? I can read this site all day long and see countless stupid posts and they remain. Then, arbitrarily, Matt or Jess will just pull stuff from other posts - I guess when they are online and viewing the site. It's their site but I'd prefer it if at the top it said, "metafilter - a moderated community".
posted by j.p. Hung at 9:00 AM on February 10, 2006
posted by j.p. Hung at 9:00 AM on February 10, 2006
Then, arbitrarily, Matt or Jess will just pull stuff from other posts - I guess when they are online and viewing the site.
Unless you have someone watching the site 24/7 noise will get through. So while online they do what they can. The result is some noise gets through, some doesn't, with an over all effect of less noise.
posted by justgary at 9:10 AM on February 10, 2006
Unless you have someone watching the site 24/7 noise will get through. So while online they do what they can. The result is some noise gets through, some doesn't, with an over all effect of less noise.
posted by justgary at 9:10 AM on February 10, 2006
well, with a secondary issue of people thinking they are being singled out with no real explanation - it's just pulled. I hear what you're saying about less noise but when it's only done here and there, I think it's going to continue to garnish posts on MetaTalk wondering where are the standards?
posted by j.p. Hung at 9:15 AM on February 10, 2006
posted by j.p. Hung at 9:15 AM on February 10, 2006
You can't see the flags so it's pretty sweeping to say it's "arbitrary".
posted by smackfu at 9:31 AM on February 10, 2006
posted by smackfu at 9:31 AM on February 10, 2006
when it's only done here and there, I think it's going to continue to garnish posts on MetaTalk wondering where are the standards?
I hear what you're saying. I just don't think there's a good solution.
posted by justgary at 11:19 AM on February 10, 2006
I hear what you're saying. I just don't think there's a good solution.
posted by justgary at 11:19 AM on February 10, 2006
"an over all effect of less noise..."
... unless, of course, you subscribe to the notion that any noise propogates more noise.
posted by mischief at 11:21 AM on February 10, 2006
... unless, of course, you subscribe to the notion that any noise propogates more noise.
posted by mischief at 11:21 AM on February 10, 2006
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posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:27 AM on February 10, 2006