How is this a double??

March 4, 2006 9:11 AM

Since when would a very cool and novel new Google Maps hack that hasn't been seen before constitute a double post? Overzealous admin'ing?
posted by insomnia_lj to Etiquette/Policy at 9:11 AM (23 comments total)

Hmmmmm, might have been a little trigger happy, there. It's a judgment call. If a site has been posted before, and then it adds a feature, does it call for reposting? Or has the MeFi world already heard about the site and begun following it if they're interested?
posted by scarabic at 9:14 AM on March 4, 2006

yeah I see your point, lemme add a link to the previous post so that people aren't so quick on the double flag, would that be an okay compromise?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:19 AM on March 4, 2006

I don't think it is a judgement call, really, unless you think that this is a judgement call too. I can add about a hundred other links of various sorts to this list that are equally in the same category. i.e. Very cool new features of existing sites / applications.

Chances are good that most people will not have heard of this feature, or even the site, for that matter. It's simply not that widely known yet, so I would think a repost would be justified.
posted by insomnia_lj at 9:23 AM on March 4, 2006

That would be very cool, thanks jessamyn.
posted by insomnia_lj at 9:23 AM on March 4, 2006

See if it looks okay to you now. In a general sense, posting stuff to MeFi consistently that is also word for word on your own blog seems sort of, I don't know, uncool? I had emailed you about this before, but the email in your profile bounces.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:24 AM on March 4, 2006

*surrepititiously views a google maps hack on his iPod while swilling pepsi blue 2.0*
posted by quonsar at 9:30 AM on March 4, 2006

Okay, insomnia_lj :)

It's clear what your judgment call is.
posted by scarabic at 9:38 AM on March 4, 2006

In a general sense, posting stuff to MeFi consistently that is also word for word on your own blog seems sort of, I don't know, uncool?

But that way when someone says GYOFB insomnia can say "I do!".
posted by justgary at 9:46 AM on March 4, 2006

Consistently posting stuff copied and pasted from your own blog is not cool, and if another user did it I'll bet my $5 you'd see deletions.
posted by cribcage at 9:50 AM on March 4, 2006

Consistently posting stuff copied and pasted from your own blog is not cool, and if another user did it I'll bet my $5 you'd see deletions.

I highly doubt it. As long as the MeFi post does not link back to the blog post, I don't see a problem with it. If you find a site or a story that is cool or interesting enough to go on MeFi, why wouldn't it be cool or interesting enough to put on your own blog?
posted by monju_bosatsu at 10:15 AM on March 4, 2006

I would say the reposting the exact same wording as what appears on your blog just strikes me as a little lazy. But if it's a good FPP, I don't give a damn whose blog it's on.
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:19 AM on March 4, 2006

I usually do it the other way around - if I post something to MeFi, then I copy and paste it to my blog. Which is true of posts of substance to several of my mailing lists and message boards - I copy them all back to my blog.
posted by jacquilynne at 10:23 AM on March 4, 2006

I highly doubt it. As long as the MeFi post does not link back to the blog post, I don't see a problem with it. If you find a site or a story that is cool or interesting enough to go on MeFi, why wouldn't it be cool or interesting enough to put on your own blog?

Maybe not, but it really isn't cool. It strikes me as not so much adding to the community as it does to your blog not getting enough traffic so you also use metafilter (why not just make metafilter a newsreader getting feeds from everyone's blogs?)

Once in while? Cool. Consistently? Not really. (and I have no idea if insomnia does it consistently. I don't read his site)

I think jessamyn just thinks it's kinda lame. I'd agree.
posted by justgary at 10:24 AM on March 4, 2006

Incidentally, I might add, the new rss feeds for user posts makes it much easier to add your posts to your blog. I haven't gotten around to implementing this yet, but it's easier than cutting and pasting.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 10:30 AM on March 4, 2006

it really isn't cool. It strikes me as not so much adding to the community as it does to your blog not getting enough traffic so you also use metafilter

Whhhhhaat? You guys are on crack. That's EXACTLY what MetaFilter is for. Not that there aren't some people who need to GYOB, but if the material itself is suitable, there is zero reason why posting it on both a personal blog AND MetaFilter is wrong. None. Zip. This says it best:

If you find a site or a story that is cool or interesting enough to go on MeFi, why wouldn't it be cool or interesting enough to put on your own blog?
posted by scarabic at 10:41 AM on March 4, 2006

I agree with scarabic. Doesn't matter if you put it on your own blog as long as you aren't linking to it.
posted by Ironmouth at 10:49 AM on March 4, 2006

there is zero reason why posting it on both a personal blog AND MetaFilter is wrong. None. Zip.

Didn't say it was wrong, said it wasn't cool, just my opinion. I have no problem with "I posted this on metafilter and I'm going to post it on my own blog as well". That's a little different than taking having your own blog and just adding each to metafilter.

It's a different in intent.
posted by justgary at 10:53 AM on March 4, 2006

A difference in intent.
posted by justgary at 10:54 AM on March 4, 2006

posting stuff to MeFi consistently that is also word for word on your own blog seems sort of, I don't know, uncool? - jessamyn

Better worded than my opinion.
posted by justgary at 10:56 AM on March 4, 2006

Yeah, well, anyhoo, what I said.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 11:23 AM on March 4, 2006

In practice, if Wordpress or some other blog software started including a "cross post this on MeFi!" checkbox which you could use with every post, then yeah, things could get outta hand. But if the material you're cross posting is good, it just don't matter. Quality is quality. I wouldn't cross post 99% of my blog postings here because they have too much editorializing in them. But if you've got a blog that's 100% nuggets, I say go for it.
posted by scarabic at 11:43 AM on March 4, 2006

if he not linking back to his blog, why does it matter if he's posting the same material to both?

Would this somehow advance his blogs page rank? How is this benefiting him aside from saving a little time retyping a post?
posted by Tryptophan-5ht at 8:12 PM on March 4, 2006

Why would you re-write it when posting it to your own blog? That seems like a waste of time. If I'm already submitting to MeFi using my own writing voice (in theory), seems like it would make sense to take what I've already written and put it on my blog. But then, I'm lazy.
posted by antifuse at 7:27 AM on March 6, 2006