Wow, and both q & a were very interesting and engaging, and an excellent example of AskMe's strengths, IMO. Thanks, Jessamyn and cortex for the great work you've done, and will continue to do. posted by Alvy Ampersand at 6:47 PM on July 10, 2007
That's a lot of flamin' comments. posted by phoque at 6:48 PM on July 10, 2007
which was 999999? cuz that one is a cool number too. posted by Meatbomb at 6:57 PM on July 10, 2007
Just wanted to add my thanks to jessamyn and cortex for all you do on such a wonderful resource. Maybe I should be embarrassed by the magnitude of the decisions AskMe has helped me make, or the guidance the people here have given me, but really I'm not. posted by justonegirl at 7:00 PM on July 10, 2007
I don't practice posting on MeFi
I just ain't got the gall
Well I had a million comments but I,
I flagged 'em all posted by ORthey at 7:00 PM on July 10, 2007
Wow. This may be the first time in my life I've arrived at a true appreciation for how many a million is, of anything.
Thank you! posted by Miko at 7:02 PM on July 10, 2007
fuckin' klang.
So hey, my work (third party money manager) just passed 1,000,000,000 under management and we all get a retreat in Sonoma to celebrate. How about tall cans all around? posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 7:06 PM on July 10, 2007
Woo Hoo!!!!!!
(off topic jerky question) jessamyn, when are you and matt gonna do a duet to post on MeTa Music?
(back on topic) This reminds me of the McDonalds sign with 1 MILLION SERVED! posted by snsranch at 7:07 PM on July 10, 2007
On (lack of) preview, yea, fukin' klang. posted by snsranch at 7:08 PM on July 10, 2007
jessamyn, when are you and matt gonna do a duet to post on MeTa Music?
Never? Neither of us are musically ept in the slghtest. Maybe we can bang something out with cortex this weekend. posted by jessamyn at 7:12 PM on July 10, 2007
Congratulations, Klang!
I think you're a pretty damn good choice to represent the site in its millionth comment. posted by jamjam at 7:12 PM on July 10, 2007
Holy shit. That's daunting. posted by OmieWise at 7:15 PM on July 10, 2007
Woo!
*flashes tits* posted by carsonb at 7:15 PM on July 10, 2007
So that I'm clear, that's 1 Million comments across all the Mefi domains, or just 1 million comments within Ask? Apologies if that's a stupid question... posted by jonson at 7:22 PM on July 10, 2007
* raises hand *
I forget - are all the comment numbers aggregated across all the subsites? Surely that wasn't the millionth comment in AskMe alone?!? posted by yhbc at 7:24 PM on July 10, 2007
* buys jonson a coke * posted by yhbc at 7:24 PM on July 10, 2007
Pshaw. I went through a million sperm just a half-hour ago. posted by Astro Zombie at 7:31 PM on July 10, 2007
It's the millionth on AskMe. Mefi's heading toward 2 million, and Meta is not yet at half a million. The database, in what could politely be described as a "novel" approach, is split into discrete tables of comments for different sites. posted by Aloysius Bear at 7:38 PM on July 10, 2007
GET
Quick, everybody go favorite it! posted by Many bubbles at 7:39 PM on July 10, 2007
tellurian, the askme threads and comments were originally tied to metatalk's db—I'm guessing comment 93960 was a metatalk comment. posted by cortex at 8:07 PM on July 10, 2007
I'm very relieved that the 1000000th comment had nothing to do with Jiggle Jugs. posted by miss lynnster at 8:18 PM on July 10, 2007
Err... Jingle Juggs. WhatEVER. posted by miss lynnster at 8:18 PM on July 10, 2007
1 million with or with deleted comments? posted by Burhanistan at 8:22 PM on July 10, 2007
the askme threads and comments were originally tied to metatalk's db
Ah! that would make explain it, looking at the comment numbers in the birth announcement thread and allowing for deletions. posted by tellurian at 8:23 PM on July 10, 2007
You are our ***ONE MILLIONTH CUSTOMER***!!!
A SPECIAL PRIZE awaits you if you ****** posted by UbuRoivas at 8:31 PM on July 10, 2007
Holy shit, I almost saw that before it loaded. Thank god my DSL is acting funky. Damn you to hell for unleashing tub girl. I've not seen it or goatse yet and would be pleased to never see it. posted by Burhanistan at 8:39 PM on July 10, 2007
at 3:33, no less
HAI GIVE ME HOT BOYS BECAUSE AWESOME IF ARBITRARY MILESTONES HAVE BEEN MET
(Really actually with. Deletions don't recycle comment ids—wouldn't make any sense.) posted by cortex at 8:42 PM on July 10, 2007
Funny; aside from Tubgirl tubgirl, there are some nice cheesecake images of girls in tubs there. How very Stile. posted by cortex at 8:43 PM on July 10, 2007
Metafilter Thread 19 is, of course, the Shimmering Veil, beyond which all is hidden. So thread counts ought really to be shifted nineteen down. Comment counts too, I suppose, but by how much, I dunno. posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:20 PM on July 10, 2007
Thanks for the NSFW tag Burhanistan - you can get fired in NZ of looking at images like that. posted by Samuel Farrow at 9:20 PM on July 10, 2007 [2 favorites]
"Meta is not yet at half a million."
Would another flameout help?
languagehat, keep your evil Mind Rays to yourself! posted by davy at 9:47 PM on July 10, 2007
Breathing is good. Try deep breathing as much as you remember to. How to increase your awareness to remember to breathe deeply? Breathe deeply, of course. posted by Burhanistan at 9:57 PM on July 10, 2007
Like I said davy, something for all tastes. Why did you happen to zero in on that one, by the way? posted by UbuRoivas at 10:45 PM on July 10, 2007
Samuel Farrow - speaking of kiddy porn, what do they call photos of lambs in New Zealand? Because wouldn't kiddy porn technically involve baby goats? posted by UbuRoivas at 10:57 PM on July 10, 2007
Let's have a party in Portland this weekend to celebrate! posted by croutonsupafreak at 11:01 PM on July 10, 2007
Mother fucker, you brought me to this, I didn't want to do it, but...
Metafilter: speaking of kiddy porn... posted by quin at 11:06 PM on July 10, 2007
"The comment heard 'round the world." posted by Afroblanco at 11:14 PM on July 10, 2007
OK, the oldest comment, I think, would be this, the first one in the Shimmering Veil thread. That's number 23792, surprisingly. Matt must have done an awful lot of testing.
So I reckon -- sorry klangy -- that the comment we're calling #1000000 is actually comment #976208.
stavrosthewonderchicken - You'll find comment number 2 here at the beginning of mathowie's commenting history. The thread has gone though. posted by tellurian at 12:36 AM on July 11, 2007
Also, the comment number for Ask came from the MetaTalk database count and that started at 1. The subtraction should be 93960 as cortex pointed out. posted by tellurian at 12:49 AM on July 11, 2007
The question is, would this even have been noted if the millionth comment was somebody helping a guy come up with a wacky name for his new Jeep?
A sort of lowbrow AskMetafilter exercise which I nevertheless always seem to enjoy, the "wacky name" genre. Don't start deleting these! My small heart depends on it. posted by furiousthought at 1:53 AM on July 11, 2007
Ok, so a large number of consecutive zeroes is only significant if they are to the right of non-zero digits. Duly noted. posted by Eideteker at 4:01 AM on July 11, 2007
thanks to jessamyn and cortex for all you do on such a wonderful resource
The real thanks should go to the thousands of fine people who post their wonderful thoughts to Ask-me and the front page. posted by Dave Faris at 5:17 AM on July 11, 2007
The real thanks should go to the thousands of fine people who post their wonderful thoughts to Ask-me and the front page.
Does anyone know where I can find some real thanks? All I seem to have are these empty, meaningless words. posted by Partial Law at 5:32 AM on July 11, 2007
Does anyone read the million some-odd comments down here? posted by Astro Zombie at 5:40 AM on July 11, 2007
The real thanks should go to the thousands of fine people who post their wonderful thoughts to Ask-me and the front page.
That you hyphenated AskMe proves conclusively that you don't know what you're talking about. posted by Alvy Ampersand at 5:54 AM on July 11, 2007
Well, I hope someone posts a note on MetaTalk when we reach 1,000,000 deleted comments. It might happen faster than you think! posted by Termite at 6:01 AM on July 11, 2007
Let's have a party in Portland this weekend to celebrate!
Brilliant! posted by cortex at 6:29 AM on July 11, 2007
I predict MeTa will catch up to AskMe in rabid fashion. posted by phoque at 6:33 AM on July 11, 2007
So if a million monkeys with a million keyboards typed a million comments.... posted by grateful at 6:37 AM on July 11, 2007
That's right, the person of the year is YOU.
No, if you're willing to subvert your efforts, like a common and lowly serf, in order to glorify the three potentates of the manor, that's your business. This place is made up of thousands of people who contribute a lot more than a couple of people with a spastic finger on the delete button. posted by Dave Faris at 7:27 AM on July 11, 2007
But not a single one of those thousands do as much as a single one of those three. posted by Catfry at 7:34 AM on July 11, 2007
There's no question about it. Metafilter runs on people, and without the folks that come here every day there would be no site. We do our best to keep the place running and to make sure it's the sort of place that people will want to keep coming back to, and it's nice to get positive feedback for it, but there's absolute truth to the statement that it's the thousands that are the site.
Dave, why you chose to phrase such a decent point as a backhand to anyone who felt like saying something nice in here is kind of a mystery to me. posted by cortex at 7:42 AM on July 11, 2007
Hi cortex,
please send me a Wii or I will defect to Fark, thus bringing the house down around your (MaJes'tex) virtual heads. posted by Mister_A at 7:48 AM on July 11, 2007
Remind me how well your community weblog is going, Dave? posted by Aloysius Bear at 8:04 AM on July 11, 2007
Dave Faris: Got it. You have a problem with the admins. Message received. Loud and clear. Over and over and over again. posted by brain_drain at 8:05 AM on July 11, 2007
Does anyone read the million some-odd comments down here?
quick! delete it! posted by shmegegge at 9:23 AM on July 11, 2007
So is Dave Faris positioning himself to be the next quonsar?
We need two? Dave, can't you position yourself to be the next BlueTrain instead? posted by Lentrohamsanin at 9:24 AM on July 11, 2007
I think Dave Faris should position himself to be the next Son_Of_Minya. posted by shmegegge at 9:27 AM on July 11, 2007
*looks up bluetrain* posted by Mister_A at 9:37 AM on July 11, 2007
You know, the kneejerk Pile-On-Dave-Faris thing probably doesn't make this place a damned spot better either. posted by cortex at 9:41 AM on July 11, 2007
It's constructive criticism, love. posted by Lentrohamsanin at 9:42 AM on July 11, 2007
UbuRoivas, I focused on this photo because I was looking for something to be "witty" about. Given the assortment presented in your link it was hard going. posted by davy at 10:03 AM on July 11, 2007
Ya gotta tell 'em, "Metafilter runs on people!" posted by davy at 10:05 AM on July 11, 2007
This is my 1000th Metatalk comment. Now worship me. posted by davy at 10:07 AM on July 11, 2007
Oh, jeez, y'all had a MeTa and I missed it.
"There's no question about it. Metafilter runs on people, and without the folks that come here every day there would be no site. "
Because it's like the matrix, and sucks the power from our bodies. posted by klangklangston at 10:18 AM on July 11, 2007
You know klang, were it not for my 133 awesome AskMe answers, you would not have been Mr. Bigshot one millionth comment. It might have been someone jerky instead. Just sayin'. posted by Mister_A at 10:44 AM on July 11, 2007
“You know, the kneejerk Pile-On-Dave-Faris thing probably doesn't make this place a damned spot better either.”
Are you kidding? Tell me you're kidding. posted by Ethereal Bligh at 10:46 AM on July 11, 2007
“You know, the kneejerk Pile-On-Dave-Faris thing probably doesn't make this place a damned spot better either.”
I respectfully disagree. Calling people out for repeated dickish behavior IS is good thing.
I would hope that if my behavior is consistently dickish someone would call me on it. posted by dersins at 10:55 AM on July 11, 2007
100! Comments in this thread posted by quin at 11:04 AM on July 11, 2007
Who's Dave Faris? Is he that Gong Show guy? posted by davy at 11:17 AM on July 11, 2007
He invented the Faris Wheel.
And while this is just a coincidence, I have a cousin with Downs who shares his name with ol' Dave, though he spells it differently and generally goes by David (he's only Dave when he has his rock and roll sunglasses on). posted by klangklangston at 11:35 AM on July 11, 2007
No, davy, Dave Faris is the inventor of the Faris Wheel.
When you read that, imagine that Goliath, the tendentious claymation hound from the defunct, crapulent, moralizing early morning weekend kids' show Davy and Goliath, is saying it. posted by Mister_A at 11:37 AM on July 11, 2007
You know, the kneejerk Pile-On-Dave-Faris thing probably doesn't make this place a damned spot better either.
Aw, is it really that bad to tease a guy for raining on the parade? Some chummy ribbing, and such. posted by shmegegge at 11:50 AM on July 11, 2007
Are you kidding? Tell me you're kidding.
Why would I be kidding? A knee-jerk pile-on is poor form, period. I think Dave could be a lot less of a jerk sometimes, and that's been a bit more personal since around the time he started in with the "hey, let's all blow cortex again" bullshit, but...so?
Pile-ons suck, pretty much full stop. I'm not saying they won't happen—forget it, Jake, it's Metatalk—but I do think they're ugly and don't make this place any better. It doesn't mean I don't think he's being a jerk, but there's a lot of jerk to go around in here sometimes and cranking it up to eleven doesn't seem like much of an antidote. posted by cortex at 12:25 PM on July 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
"Calling people out for repeated dickish behavior IS is good thing.[SIC] I would hope that if my behavior is consistently dickish someone would call me on it."
Aw, don't wuzzums get enough attention? I bet you want your head skritched too. posted by davy at 1:36 PM on July 11, 2007
Aw, don't wuzzums get enough attention?
Where are pot and kettle when you need them?
No, if you're willing to subvert your efforts, like a common and lowly serf, in order to glorify the three potentates of the manor, that's your business. This place is made up of thousands of people who contribute a lot more than a couple of people with a spastic finger on the delete button.
As a community moderator yourself, I'm sure you know there's more to it than that. I don't know why you continue to point to the work we do in the most negative sour grapes way possible. posted by jessamyn at 3:37 PM on July 11, 2007
Long time no see, guys. posted by brain_drain at 4:10 PM on July 11, 2007
I don't know why you continue to point to the work we do in the most negative sour grapes way possible.
B-b-because it should be him up there!!! He bought a blue, green and grey sash in anticipation!
A SASH!!!
And also, by positioning himself as a analytical critic of the site's administration, crouching his language in snide yet non-inflammatory terms, he positions himself as an authority of sorts within MeTa. By avoiding out and out trollery, Dave Faris gains a certain amount of credibility which in its own way is almost as good as having a l'il white box saying ADMIN next to his handle. posted by Alvy Ampersand at 4:14 PM on July 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
We've been locked in the pantry. Kettle lost the key in a knee-jerk pile-on. posted by Pot at 4:14 PM on July 11, 2007
Wow, crunchland has not one, but two Big Brother posts on its front page?
Oh no, your credibility! It's headed for the window! posted by Alvy Ampersand at 4:16 PM on July 11, 2007
Pot got us out by kissing the admin's asses. posted by Kettle at 4:16 PM on July 11, 2007
Maybe we can bang something out with cortex this weekend.
I just want to point out how classy we are all for not taking advantage of this delicious setup.
And on the millionth (yay!) comment, I like Mil Millington's take:
You may already have won an Audi A6 Coupé with free insurance for a year!
However, if you have it will not be connected at all with [this] and is really quite a remarkable coincidence. posted by misha at 5:17 PM on July 11, 2007
You can think what you want about my motivations, but you'd be wrong.
I know I'd never be a good moderator here. I'm not moderate enough. I'd delete messages and threads and say "fuck you" to the people who complained ... granted, not far from what it's already like, but definitely moreso. No. I think everyone would agree that I'd be a lousy moderator for Metafilter, and I would have declined if Matt was crazy enough to ask.
As for the comments I made in this thread, after a day's thought, I realize I completely over reacted. That AskMe has reached 1million comments, and that someone thinks Jess is doing a good job are not necessarily tied together as I first read them to be. Sorry for jumping to that conclusion. posted by Dave Faris at 6:00 AM on July 12, 2007
Jesus, Dave. Your "apology" this morning is really vile. It has all of the stink of malice aforethought and slinking bad blood with none of the excuse of passion or regretted excess. It's pretty much "When did you stop beating your wife?" but even shittier, because couched as an apology: "I'm sorry, I should have mentioned that at least you've stopped raping your daughter."
Have some class. You don't have to be a jerk to express your opinion, and, although I know you already know this, I'd suggest that your opinion will be taken more seriously the more you can refrain from making it seem like a vendetta. posted by OmieWise at 6:43 AM on July 12, 2007
Spoken like a man who hasn't been through the hundredth knee-jerk-pile-on of the year. posted by Dave Faris at 6:53 AM on July 12, 2007
Fair enough, but it wasn't jessamyn or cortex that piled-on.
Both responded negatively but measuredly to your comments, but neither promoted the pile-on. posted by OmieWise at 7:10 AM on July 12, 2007
Thing about the Pylons is, if you mess with the crystals in a matrix table you might change the weather and alert the Sleestak. posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 8:48 AM on July 12, 2007
The thing about Pylon is that while you should probably own both Gyrate and Hits, there's a lot of overlap. But Gyrate is so good that it's worth getting for the tracks that Hits left off, and Hits is much much better than wading through the rest of their catalog for the couple great songs. posted by klangklangston at 9:41 AM on July 12, 2007
I can't believe IRFH just made a reference THAT obscure. well played, sir. posted by shmegegge at 11:32 AM on July 12, 2007
I got it! Yay!
Wait, that means I'm old. Bummer. posted by Miko at 1:01 PM on July 12, 2007
I know I'd never be a good moderator here. I'm not moderate enough. I'd delete messages and threads and say "fuck you" to the people who complained ... granted, not far from what it's already like, but definitely moreso. No. I think everyone would agree that I'd be a lousy moderator for Metafilter, and I would have declined if Matt was crazy enough to ask.
posted by Dave Faris at 9:00 AM on July 12
I'd be a great moderator. Do you know how many times I've typed a gibbering expectoration of profanity and bile into the comment box, only to delete it before posting?
Do you know how often I've wanted to derail threads with nonsensical stories of teenage pixies who stalk pies and escape with them into the night aboard silent black-scarved zeppellins emblazoned with an eyepatched tinkerbell?
Do you have any idea what it's like to resist the temptation to sail a zeppelin swollen with pies into the blue four or five hundred times a day? My God, man, there's a thread open right now about a monster movie viral ad that is simply begging for a swashbuckling talk of pixies, pies, and lighter-than-air hijinx.
But I keep in under control. I moderate myself so cortex and jessamyn don't have to. This way, when number 1000000 rolls around, it lands on another intelligent contribution by klangklangston, and not on "'Peaches and Scream!' part seventeen of 'The Cobbler Diaries', in which our graceful Heroine, Daphne of Peaches, Liberates a Pecan Tart from that Notorious Blackguard, The Earl of Broadway." Will Daphne escape the evil clutches of the Earl? Will she make it back to the trusty Pelican in time to catch the waning winds of the Manhattan jetstream? Or will the chill autumn air condemn her and her loyal sidekick Tumblebee to a night trapped in the Bowery, home of the dreaded and fabled Poopypotamus?
You'll never know, because I know when to press 'Post', and when to press 'Delete'. I don't just moderate, I regulate.
Congrats, Metafilter! posted by Pastabagel at 1:14 PM on July 12, 2007
Pot and Kettle are back!
Please forgive me, but I totally read this with an extra letter in it. posted by trip and a half at 7:30 PM on July 12, 2007
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