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By semi-popular request, I present to you: Metafilter: The Deleted.
Well now he can be like a tomato and ketchup!
Or he could make like a tree and leaf the deleted threads to you ;)
Some of those deleted thread reasons are brilliant. Very entertaining to see them all in one place.
posted by iconomy at 3:01 PM on January 13, 2007
Or he could make like a tree and leaf the deleted threads to you ;)
Some of those deleted thread reasons are brilliant. Very entertaining to see them all in one place.
posted by iconomy at 3:01 PM on January 13, 2007
...in other news, Mr. T got a chip stuck in his tooth today and Mr. Belvedere stubbed his toe while gardening. Holy shit that's funny. I can almost taste the derision dripping from it.
posted by econous at 3:10 PM on January 13, 2007
posted by econous at 3:10 PM on January 13, 2007
Hm, I wonder if you can retroactively post stuff on blogger. I'd like to get all those up under their appropriate dates but I really don't know how to do that and I don't have the authority to do it any way. I'll ask bigmusic about it.
posted by bob sarabia at 3:30 PM on January 13, 2007
posted by bob sarabia at 3:30 PM on January 13, 2007
"This post was deleted for the following reason: you did not really just link to your own metafilter post form two days ago in this post, you did not seriously do that ... did you?"
Heh. Thanks for this!
posted by languagehat at 3:33 PM on January 13, 2007
Heh. Thanks for this!
posted by languagehat at 3:33 PM on January 13, 2007
Ok, I guess I should have poked around blogger a little. Turns out it's really easy to retrodate stuff. Now I know what I'll be doing Sunday.
posted by bob sarabia at 3:39 PM on January 13, 2007
posted by bob sarabia at 3:39 PM on January 13, 2007
"Go into the metafilter timeout corner and think about what you did" is my favorite.
posted by iconomy at 3:52 PM on January 13, 2007
posted by iconomy at 3:52 PM on January 13, 2007
"too stupid for metafilter"
Ooo, burn.
(this is good)
posted by shelleycat at 3:56 PM on January 13, 2007
Ooo, burn.
(this is good)
posted by shelleycat at 3:56 PM on January 13, 2007
This is fun to look through... Some of the deletion reasons are like works of art...
We should all promise not to click through on any of the self-linkers' links, though... Don't want them getting any residual traffic from their bad behavior.
posted by amyms at 4:04 PM on January 13, 2007
We should all promise not to click through on any of the self-linkers' links, though... Don't want them getting any residual traffic from their bad behavior.
posted by amyms at 4:04 PM on January 13, 2007
Heh. I think my favorites are the ones where Matt double-posts.
posted by trip and a half at 5:02 PM on January 13, 2007
posted by trip and a half at 5:02 PM on January 13, 2007
crap, I hate to do this, but it's Matt's words, so forgive me...
Metafilter: oversensationalized, pointing to dubious sources. Mountains out of molehills.
posted by quin at 5:03 PM on January 13, 2007
Metafilter: oversensationalized, pointing to dubious sources. Mountains out of molehills.
posted by quin at 5:03 PM on January 13, 2007
This post was deleted for the following reason: I am r00t. ph34r m3 luz3r. you're p0st suxx0rs. you R 0wnzered.
N1C3.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 5:20 PM on January 13, 2007
N1C3.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 5:20 PM on January 13, 2007
The deletion reasons are true works of art. I'm so glad they are finally getting a wider audience!
posted by serazin at 5:30 PM on January 13, 2007
posted by serazin at 5:30 PM on January 13, 2007
I suppose hindsight is 20/20.
Posted on February 11, 2003 ?
That's foresight rather than hindsight.
Not that it was anything more than shooting fish in a barrel.
And, just for the record: I told you so.
posted by y2karl at 5:47 PM on January 13, 2007
Posted on February 11, 2003 ?
That's foresight rather than hindsight.
Not that it was anything more than shooting fish in a barrel.
And, just for the record: I told you so.
posted by y2karl at 5:47 PM on January 13, 2007
Upon further examination: what am I doing? posting the worst newsfilter post I can?
Should one feel paranoid or schadenfreude ? That is the question.
posted by y2karl at 5:56 PM on January 13, 2007
Should one feel paranoid or schadenfreude ? That is the question.
posted by y2karl at 5:56 PM on January 13, 2007
So even early on it appears that the whole issue of Canadian Prime Ministers was judged too boring for Metafilter!
posted by clevershark at 6:06 PM on January 13, 2007
posted by clevershark at 6:06 PM on January 13, 2007
Awesome!
It would be really great if "[Link]" was the thread title, though.
posted by Chuckles at 8:15 PM on January 13, 2007
It would be really great if "[Link]" was the thread title, though.
posted by Chuckles at 8:15 PM on January 13, 2007
Oh ya.. I really hope you've added noindex/nofollow to those links, otherwise you are increasing the page rank of those self-linking whores..
posted by Chuckles at 8:23 PM on January 13, 2007
posted by Chuckles at 8:23 PM on January 13, 2007
i like it-- but yeah, ditto on having the thread title as the link text and maybe put the username somewhere.
Name and Shame, people, Name and Shame.
posted by empath at 8:52 PM on January 13, 2007
Name and Shame, people, Name and Shame.
posted by empath at 8:52 PM on January 13, 2007
Now all we need is a crown for the King of the Shitpile.
posted by Mid at 9:24 PM on January 13, 2007
posted by Mid at 9:24 PM on January 13, 2007
wow, just when I think I can't laugh anymore by what someone's written on MeFi, I come to Mach5's handiwork (nice job btw Mach5 - must have been a labour of love). There are some amazing reasons here. I loves the metastats...
posted by rmm at 10:05 PM on January 13, 2007
posted by rmm at 10:05 PM on January 13, 2007
It's surprising how many people still try to get away with self-links. Douchebags.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 10:10 PM on January 13, 2007
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 10:10 PM on January 13, 2007
your favorite band sucks and this bad trend stops here.
Oh, just give me a reason to say that to someone, anyone.
posted by Holy foxy moxie batman! at 12:07 AM on January 14, 2007
Oh, just give me a reason to say that to someone, anyone.
posted by Holy foxy moxie batman! at 12:07 AM on January 14, 2007
dear lord i love this. thank you so much.
the mathowie deletion y2karl linked is amazing, btw. anathema sneaking in just before the deletion to say "i saw that, fuckwit!" is very nearly prescient. amazing.
posted by shmegegge at 1:11 AM on January 14, 2007
the mathowie deletion y2karl linked is amazing, btw. anathema sneaking in just before the deletion to say "i saw that, fuckwit!" is very nearly prescient. amazing.
posted by shmegegge at 1:11 AM on January 14, 2007
I really hope you've added noindex/nofollow to those links, otherwise you are increasing the page rank of those self-linking whores.
That's irrelevant. Every deleted thread contains the <meta name="ROBOTS" content="NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW"> header which means that it's not going to be in the search engines' indices no matter how it was linked.
posted by Rhomboid at 3:28 AM on January 14, 2007
That's irrelevant. Every deleted thread contains the <meta name="ROBOTS" content="NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW"> header which means that it's not going to be in the search engines' indices no matter how it was linked.
posted by Rhomboid at 3:28 AM on January 14, 2007
Years back, on Houston Street in New York City, in that former home of the musical avant-garde known as the Knitting Factory, there was a big wall that was completely covered in stacked-up cassette tapes, thousands of them, from floor to ceiling. They were demo tapes containing the music of hopeful bands trying to get a gig at the club. Bands that had all been rejected.
This page of deleted posts is not by a long shot as sad and depressing as that wall, but it reminds me of it nonetheless.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:39 AM on January 14, 2007
This page of deleted posts is not by a long shot as sad and depressing as that wall, but it reminds me of it nonetheless.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:39 AM on January 14, 2007
"He's busy revving up the powerful Mach5!" Nice, thanks.
posted by fixedgear at 6:31 AM on January 14, 2007
posted by fixedgear at 6:31 AM on January 14, 2007
Wow, you're welcome everyone, this went over way better then my last MetaMeta.
posted by Mach5 at 7:35 AM on January 14, 2007
posted by Mach5 at 7:35 AM on January 14, 2007
This is a hateful and bitter site and I see nothing good coming from it but spiteful recriminations and attempts at one-upmanships by comparing deletion reasons.
That said, can you insert some air between "[LINK]" and the following block, so I can tell whether the [LINK] belongs to the block above or below? It'll make the page so much more useful. Also a voting form for 'best deletion reason'.
posted by ardgedee at 8:38 AM on January 14, 2007
That said, can you insert some air between "[LINK]" and the following block, so I can tell whether the [LINK] belongs to the block above or below? It'll make the page so much more useful. Also a voting form for 'best deletion reason'.
posted by ardgedee at 8:38 AM on January 14, 2007
My favorite so far is this one. It must be nice to be able to go back and pull the plug on your own posts.
posted by koeselitz at 9:59 AM on January 14, 2007
posted by koeselitz at 9:59 AM on January 14, 2007
Yeah, I deleted my own usually 3-4 minutes after I posted them. I'd reload the front page, read my post and ask "wtf am I doing here with this crap?" and I'd delete it.
It's fun reading these again. Since very few people saw them, I used to put a lot of effort and snark into them, trying to make the 4-5 people that might see it crack up. Also, I figured the original post author would never see it so I could mock them too.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:05 AM on January 14, 2007
It's fun reading these again. Since very few people saw them, I used to put a lot of effort and snark into them, trying to make the 4-5 people that might see it crack up. Also, I figured the original post author would never see it so I could mock them too.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:05 AM on January 14, 2007
This is a hateful and bitter site and I see nothing good coming from it but spiteful recriminations and attempts at one-upmanships by comparing deletion reasons.
Glad you enjoyed it.
That said, can you insert some air between "[LINK]" and the following block, so I can tell whether the [LINK] belongs to the block above or below? It'll make the page so much more useful.
Done.
Also a voting form for 'best deletion reason'.
Maybe someone else would like to do that?
posted by timeistight at 2:21 PM on January 14, 2007
Glad you enjoyed it.
That said, can you insert some air between "[LINK]" and the following block, so I can tell whether the [LINK] belongs to the block above or below? It'll make the page so much more useful.
Done.
Also a voting form for 'best deletion reason'.
Maybe someone else would like to do that?
posted by timeistight at 2:21 PM on January 14, 2007
What fun. Great way to spend half an hour on a rainy, cold afternoon.
posted by Devils Rancher at 2:44 PM on January 14, 2007
posted by Devils Rancher at 2:44 PM on January 14, 2007
Awesome! :)
16 "earlier"... variants
38 "already"... somethings
151 "double"
130 "previously" and
458 "posted previously" - :o
Plus a bunch of "meh", "lame" and "dumb"
And these are just the obvious ones - I'd love to be able to do some proper analysis... how about standardised deletion tags?
Favourites:
"I cast the devil out of ye! SMMMAAAAAACKKKK!"
and
"Keanu says whoa, I just had deja vu"
posted by Chunder at 3:47 AM on January 15, 2007
16 "earlier"... variants
38 "already"... somethings
151 "double"
130 "previously" and
458 "posted previously" - :o
Plus a bunch of "meh", "lame" and "dumb"
And these are just the obvious ones - I'd love to be able to do some proper analysis... how about standardised deletion tags?
Favourites:
"I cast the devil out of ye! SMMMAAAAAACKKKK!"
and
"Keanu says whoa, I just had deja vu"
posted by Chunder at 3:47 AM on January 15, 2007
I don't know where it originated but I first remember seeing it on metafilter here. See also.
posted by Rhomboid at 5:56 AM on January 15, 2007
posted by Rhomboid at 5:56 AM on January 15, 2007
Very nice.
posted by safetyfork at 6:13 AM on January 15, 2007
posted by safetyfork at 6:13 AM on January 15, 2007
Thanks, Mach5! Matt's gnomic comments are really fun to read.
posted by orange swan at 6:29 AM on January 15, 2007
posted by orange swan at 6:29 AM on January 15, 2007
I'm currently running a script thats counting the biggest offenders. Go go gadget python!
posted by Mach5 at 4:34 PM CST on January 13
I'll save you time. It's postroad. The only one that might be close is mathowie himself, since it now appears he deleted several of his own threads in the early days. But excluding him, it's got to be Postroad by a mile.
posted by dios at 9:05 AM on January 15, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by Mach5 at 4:34 PM CST on January 13
I'll save you time. It's postroad. The only one that might be close is mathowie himself, since it now appears he deleted several of his own threads in the early days. But excluding him, it's got to be Postroad by a mile.
posted by dios at 9:05 AM on January 15, 2007 [1 favorite]
I ran the script but i accidentally shut down before it was done (it takes like 6 hours). I was watching the scroll though, mathowie was actually "winning", with postroad 10 posts behind, however a lot of those were tests.
posted by Mach5 at 10:20 AM on January 15, 2007
posted by Mach5 at 10:20 AM on January 15, 2007
I'm surprised it hasn't been said already (or did I miss it?)...
but wouldn't this be interesting for AskMefi as well?
posted by allkindsoftime at 9:45 AM on January 16, 2007
but wouldn't this be interesting for AskMefi as well?
posted by allkindsoftime at 9:45 AM on January 16, 2007
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Some stats:
4585 deleted threads (with a reason)
349 contain 'previously'
192 contain 'double'
106 contain 'self' and 'link'
I'm currently running a script thats counting the biggest offenders. Go go gadget python!
posted by Mach5 at 2:34 PM on January 13, 2007