Comments on: Icosagram.

Icosagram.

progosk — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:40:02 -0800

Pentagram's Paula Scher diagrams the lifecycle of a blog post (via NYT op-ed.). Who'll do the MeFi variant(s)?

By: Steven C. Den Beste

Steven C. Den Beste — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:50:02 -0800

Where's the "Blame Karl Rove" bubble?

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:06:14 -0800

20 ... observe that hitler also did x

By: grouse

grouse — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:18:52 -0800

Haven't we done this like nine thousand six hundred twenty-two times by now?

By: staggernation

staggernation — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:22:00 -0800

hitler also did x

That explains a lot.

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:26:39 -0800

Like the creepy sweaty hugs he always gave people while chewing his face off?

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:29:44 -0800

The MeFi variant will need this added to the end:

resurrect ancient thread as ammunition in personal attack

By: Steven C. Den Beste

Steven C. Den Beste — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:34:03 -0800

The MeFi variant will need a bubble that says, "Claim that this is a double post."

By: Rhomboid

Rhomboid — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:37:38 -0800

How about a diagram for comments on youtube videos? It would be pretty short... mostly consisting of a bubble saying "lobotomize self with rusty fork to decrease IQ by 90%, bang on keyboard randomly, producing incoherent ungrammatical rant that barely even resembles English and is filled with sensationalism, ignorance, racism, xenophobia, and prejudice."

By: ijoshua

ijoshua — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:37:55 -0800

[insert non sequitur]

By: PY

PY — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:48:11 -0800

The Mefi variant might have a sub-diagram for the lifecycle of a flameout. One of the dashed lines could be "Point of moderator intervention." The "make lighthearted comments" bubble would probably be placed earlier in the cycle, with an optional offshoot bubble, "post inline images."

By: ardgedee

ardgedee — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:09:13 -0800

"Wish for images."
"Invoke Ceiling Cat."
"Namedrop net.celeb whose account here went stale five years ago."
"Allude to asavage."
"Complain that this thread wasn't as good as that one legendary thread where somebody said that thing and was mocked for it and then had a total meltdown."
"Complain that you would have posted this before the other guy said it and got favorited for it but you had to go to the bathroom first."

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:39:53 -0800

Pray for a flameout.

By: Steven C. Den Beste

Steven C. Den Beste — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:50:14 -0800

Mention Wendell.

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:51:37 -0800

Favorite negative comments.

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:57:07 -0800

Speak authoritatively about what matymex would do in this situation.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:11:20 -0800

Post Treaty of Westphalia.

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:19:09 -0800

complain that no one knows what a portabello mushroom is

By: Godbert

Godbert — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:54:08 -0800

Acquire cameras.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:55:23 -0800

make metafilter tagline
predict impending demise of metafilter
express shock and dismay with 'wow... just wow'
ridicule user for their choice of phrasing
blame the newbies
pine for the good old days
suggest action with bucket of cocks

By: rob511

rob511 — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:02:47 -0800

- single-link-post putdown
- "I, for one, welcome our ..."
- tkchrist tall-tale
- implore intervention from on high (languagehat, ikkyu2 ...)

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:11:43 -0800

I'm claiming personal ownership of step 11 of the NYT diagram.

As for MeFi, "derail that is more interesting than the original topic" would have to be in there somewhere.

By: serazin

serazin — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:18:22 -0800

Panic about misuse of apostrophe?

By: breezeway

breezeway — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:44:54 -0800

Sound advice or reasoned discourse accompanied by huge pile of stinky shit.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:26:21 -0800

Someone find that meta-comment thread that's a year or so old. I can't find it. You can't search this damn site for "meta".

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:52:48 -0800

There's a bubble named MetaTalk, and within it... or subsuming it, perhaps?... is a bubble named MetaChatter.

Seriously, is it just me or has the Grey become rather too little about the functionality and social moderation of the Blue? I'd like some clarity. I don't want to continue being snarky.

By: Methylviolet

Methylviolet — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:19:38 -0800

I offered a synopsis of a MetaTalk thread, and Lentrohamsanin improved on it, but we both forgot the indispensable MetaFilter: tagline, and wish for img.

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:13:15 -0800

"compose song based on comment, post to subsite"

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:36:17 -0800

One liner comment, maybe humorous.

Signed

Todd Lokken

Or Kristanna Loken

By: Rhomboid

Rhomboid — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:45:34 -0800

Someone find that meta-comment thread that's a year or so old. I can't find it. You can't search this damn site for "meta".

Do you mean "metafilter parody. no comment from me, i'll leave that to everyone else."

By the way Matt, this MeTa archives page is broken due to small tags or something.

By: wendell

wendell — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:14:24 -0800

Don't forget this thread about the DailyKos self-reference thread of last year or this thread about the one-word blog post that got 1100 comments. So MegaMeta.

By: wendell

wendell — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:15:53 -0800

In other words, BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, BOUGHT THE T-SHIRT.

By: !Jim

!Jim — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:25:13 -0800

In other words, BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, BOUGHT THE T-SHIRT.

The fact that that shirt comes in sizes up to 3x tells you a lot about who they think their customer base is.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 05:37:31 -0800

I don't want to continue being snarky.

Your nose is growing.

By: and hosted from Uranus

and hosted from Uranus — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:22:43 -0800

Weigh whether joke is actually worth $5 sock puppet

By: drezdn

drezdn — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:39:12 -0800

Observation that you'll never make it to x, where x=100.
increment x every 100 posts and repost this comment.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:57:03 -0800

Rhomboid, I fixed that archives page. The problem was actually an unclosed tag. Font! What havoc we could wreak with that one! I know, in a dry academic way, that it once ran wild in these climes, but to think of it now is a source of wonder and terror.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:58:14 -0800

32. Cut off right hand.

By: and hosted from Uranus

and hosted from Uranus — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:01:47 -0800

We still have font!!?

Notes, on preview, that only the cabal has font

By: mygothlaundry

mygothlaundry — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:34:05 -0800

Remarks that there is no cabal.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:42:52 -0800

Neither is there a font tag. It's just that every instance of the T-word appears in red, House of Leaves style.

By: frykitty

frykitty — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:44:55 -0800

How can someone do a witty, fairly accurate representation of what happens in blog comments, and confuse "blog" with "blog entry"? It's like calling a scene a movie. Gah.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:49:00 -0800

frykitty, it's a genuine (if ugly, stupid, maddening) fork in usage. I hope it withers on the stalk, but I'm not hoping too hard.

By: grouse

grouse — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:55:21 -0800

I had to post my blog

By: signal

signal — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:47:00 -0800

FWIW, the original "diagram" is actually just a list.

By: frykitty

frykitty — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:58:52 -0800

frykitty, it's a genuine (if ugly, stupid, maddening) fork in usage.

^Yes, but it's one I disagree with, and is, therefore, wrong.^

I'm not holding my breath for a return to sanity, but such ignorant mangling of an already-beleaguered term certainly makes me think less of the mangler. But I'm judgmental like that.

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:29:42 -0800

grouse! Seriously, that did make me LOL! Now I'll STFU.... :D

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:47:28 -0800

But I'm judgmental like that.

Fair enough. But let he who is without metonymic neologism cast the first aspersion, and all that. Whether or not blog-for-blog-entry will catch on is probably as pure a lingustic experiment as we could hope for: its utility among the teeming, late-adopter masses will rule the day.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:33:56 -0800

MetaFilter: its utility among the teeming, late-adopter masses will rule the day.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:02:13 -0800

random comment unrelated to the topic, and quite distracting.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:12:07 -0800

"The fact that that shirt comes in sizes up to 3x tells you a lot about who they think their customer base is."

Hey, I wear 3X shirts.

Oh.