workfriendly un-favoritism?

August 22, 2007 7:57 PM

can i unfavorite a comment? and what exactly is the workfriendly/metafilter connection? thanks.
posted by oigocosas to MetaFilter-Related at 7:57 PM (66 comments total)

When you favorite a comment you will see a "remove from favorites" link where you previously saw an "add to favorites" link. Try it. I don't know anything about workfriendly personally.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:59 PM on August 22, 2007

As far as I know, there is no mefi/workfriendly connection; seems like some folks who read mefi use it, and google indexes workfriendly, and consequently some of the site ends up getting ad-hoc mirrored by same.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:05 PM on August 22, 2007

What's workfriendly?
posted by Poolio at 8:09 PM on August 22, 2007

You are prohibited from unfavoriting any of my comments.
posted by IronLizard at 8:09 PM on August 22, 2007 [6 favorites]

This is workfriendly; this is mefi on workfriendly; and this here is mefi on workfriendly on google.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:12 PM on August 22, 2007 [7 favorites]

thanks cortex.

I bookmarked that in case I ever get a real job.
posted by Poolio at 8:13 PM on August 22, 2007

oh my god, that site is pure gold.
posted by Phire at 8:14 PM on August 22, 2007

Phire - you might also be interested in Katemonkey's professional-looking white MeFi background (via projects).
posted by Poolio at 8:17 PM on August 22, 2007

I bookmarked that in case I ever get a real job.

Don't do it Poolio, don't do it!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:20 PM on August 22, 2007

Don't do it Poolio, don't do it!

I wish my accountant shared your attitude, flapjax.
posted by Poolio at 8:22 PM on August 22, 2007

I can't quite tell whether or not that last comment was in snark or not, given past reactions to suggestions to make MeFi more professional-looking with white backgrounds instead of Blue/Green/Grey. On the upside, at least the links in that script seem to be grey and black, rather than the mildly jarring bright lime green/blue links on black text you get if you change your profile settings to display white backgrounds for everything. So, thanks! *grins*
posted by Phire at 8:22 PM on August 22, 2007

Phire - I really thought you might be interested in that... but my reference to the "professional-looking white background" was sarcastic.
posted by Poolio at 8:23 PM on August 22, 2007

(comment directed at Poolio, but in the intervening time it took me to edit my own comment to sound less hostile, two more comments. Alas, le sigh.)
posted by Phire at 8:24 PM on August 22, 2007

Which only goes to show: just go ahead and be hostile! You can always apologize later...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:26 PM on August 22, 2007 [2 favorites]

Eat shit, music boy!
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:27 PM on August 22, 2007 [2 favorites]

Eat shit, music boy!

You're talking about flapjax, right?

"Music" is my #1 tag.
posted by Poolio at 8:30 PM on August 22, 2007

Oh, yes, of course. My apologies.

Hot damn, it works!
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:46 PM on August 22, 2007

I'd just like to piggyback on this thread and ask how far the guys in the lab are on developing negative favorites?
posted by SassHat at 9:13 PM on August 22, 2007

Haterites?
posted by smackfu at 9:29 PM on August 22, 2007

Favowrongs.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:30 PM on August 22, 2007 [1 favorite]

Yes, but you have to sign a release form promising to use the shift key.
posted by LarryC at 9:40 PM on August 22, 2007

Curse you for that one glorious moment where I thought you truly enjoyed my repartees, carsonb, CURSE YOU!
posted by Phire at 9:50 PM on August 22, 2007 [3 favorites]

Which only goes to show: just go ahead and be hostile! You can always apologize later...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:26 PM on August 22 [2 favorites +] [!]

Eat shit, music boy!
posted by cortex at 9:27 PM on August 22 [+] [!]

Oh, yes, of course. My apologies.

Hot damn, it works!
posted by cortex at 9:46 PM on August 22 [+] [!]

For users named cortex it does, the rest of us get flagged or MeTa'd for it.
posted by kch at 9:51 PM on August 22, 2007 [1 favorite]

Phire - The favorite I just gave you is valid for 24 hours. Enjoy!
posted by Poolio at 9:53 PM on August 22, 2007 [1 favorite]

SWEET.
posted by Phire at 9:54 PM on August 22, 2007

Unfavorite is an ugly word put to ugly use.
posted by carsonb at 9:55 PM on August 22, 2007

Unfavorite is an ugly word put to ugly use.

Says the guy who just Unfavorited every comment in the thread.
posted by Poolio at 9:57 PM on August 22, 2007 [1 favorite]

Curse you for that one glorious moment where I thought you truly enjoyed my repartees, carsonb, CURSE YOU!

Somehow, that comment is my favorite. =(
posted by carsonb at 9:58 PM on August 22, 2007

I'm confused: there were comments favourited above by others and I was able to un-favourite them. And now they're not showing. Does this mean you can un-favourite somebody else's favourite?

Is this like the anti-matter of favourites? {"the anti-favourite drive appears to be malfunctioning sir, should we drop out of warp?"}
posted by kch at 9:59 PM on August 22, 2007

Hate to break it to you, kch. If I wasn't on pretty good terms with flapjax, I wouldn't have considered it, though.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:59 PM on August 22, 2007

So, cortex, is there a workfriendly on google goatse link I can send you to? (please please consider this rhetorical folks).
posted by kch at 10:03 PM on August 22, 2007

there were comments favourited above by others and I was able to un-favourite them.

What steps did you take to Unfavorite them?
posted by carsonb at 10:03 PM on August 22, 2007

kch: looking at the admin log, it seems like Matt deleted something from the thread; sounds like that's the same thing you unfavorited, and the timing was just right to make it seem like cause-and-effect. The behavior you're describing isn't normal—you can't unfavorite someone else's favorite, unless something is deeply borked.
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:05 PM on August 22, 2007

I just clicked on it and it showed minus instead of plus, as described above, except that I hadn't favourited them. It doesn't seem to be working now (maybe it was a time-space favourite anomaly).
posted by kch at 10:06 PM on August 22, 2007

Aha!! the spurious correlation anomaly! that explains Everything!
posted by kch at 10:07 PM on August 22, 2007

I UNFAVORITE YOU!!
posted by carsonb at 10:07 PM on August 22, 2007 [2 favorites]

Yer mama's deeply borked, cortex!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:08 PM on August 22, 2007

Oh, yes, my apologies.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:08 PM on August 22, 2007

looking at the admin log, it seems like Matt deleted something from the thread;

It was the word "test". Did I pass?
posted by Poolio at 10:08 PM on August 22, 2007 [1 favorite]

It was the word "test".

That sly bastard! I knew he was up to something...
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:12 PM on August 22, 2007

Allright now, cortex, aren't you going to apologize for calling Matt a "sly bastard"?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:17 PM on August 22, 2007

You know who else made "test" subjects disappear?
posted by Poolio at 10:18 PM on August 22, 2007

not for a good 2 comments down, or we might think he was sincere
posted by kch at 10:18 PM on August 22, 2007

Working for Matt means never having to say you're sorry.
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:19 PM on August 22, 2007

ok but just don't go to bed angry at eachother
posted by kch at 10:19 PM on August 22, 2007

Hey, music fans! Out now at a record store near you! The latest CD from everybody's favorite curly-locked, 5-o'clock-shadowed horn-blowin' honky!! Kenny G plays Coltrane! Get your copy of "My Unfavorite Things" today! Features extra bonus track, "Descension"!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:24 PM on August 22, 2007 [2 favorites]

Workfriendly is actually blocked at my work. Huh.
posted by slimepuppy at 2:34 AM on August 23, 2007

Fucking hell. I just spent my 1000th favorite on cortex's "Eat shit music boy" comment.

I might have to take that back and spend it somewhere more redeemable.

Like your mom.
posted by loquacious at 2:42 AM on August 23, 2007

Cortex's mom is ok in the sack, but nowhere near my favorite.
posted by Kwine at 5:27 AM on August 23, 2007

When's workfriendly-Vista going to be available?
posted by desuetude at 6:44 AM on August 23, 2007

You leave my mom outta this, loquacious. You don't know me that well.

But anyway, glad I could have something to do with your 1000th favorite, there, loq. And I'm always here for your scorn, dude, as long as you, like, apologize later.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:56 AM on August 23, 2007

I choo-choo chooooose not you!
posted by blue_beetle at 7:59 AM on August 23, 2007

You have to redeem, like, 5 million coupons for my mom. That's a lot of skeeball and quite frankly I don't think you have it in you, loquacious.
posted by boo_radley at 8:45 AM on August 23, 2007

She had it in her, though.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:59 AM on August 23, 2007

ha!

p.s. she says "more like 'snore-tex'".
posted by boo_radley at 9:44 AM on August 23, 2007

actually it was 'more-tex, more-tex, oh god yes oh oh more-text' fyi
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:34 AM on August 23, 2007

You can always apologize later...

I want to try something different; I'm going to apologize now for some stuff that I'm going to do and say later.

Because it's going to be really, really offensive.

Sorry 'bout that.
posted by quin at 10:49 AM on August 23, 2007

I'm blocked from workfriendly by work's filter. Too funny.
posted by canine epigram at 10:52 AM on August 23, 2007

You leave my mom outta this, loquacious. You don't know me that well.

I know. It's a terrible failure, and it's something I'll always regret in my life. I've been a very bad father. I want to change my ways. Can I start by taking you out to ice cream?

And I'm always here for your scorn, dude, as long as you, like, apologize later.

"15 pounds of yogurt!? I can't eat all that!"

"Ho ho! It's not going in that end!"
posted by loquacious at 11:09 AM on August 23, 2007

cortex: hat u :(
posted by boo_radley at 11:11 AM on August 23, 2007

Unfavorite is an ugly word put to ugly use.
posted by carsonb at 10:55 PM on August 22 [+] [!]

And a very merry unbirthday to you!
posted by evilcolonel at 11:43 AM on August 23, 2007

actually it was 'more-tex, more-tex, oh god yes oh oh more-text' fyi

We have quite enough of you, Mr. Necky McMeatbeard.
posted by loquacious at 1:19 PM on August 23, 2007

Meatbeard is Haughey, dammit. I'm Sugartits.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:36 PM on August 23, 2007

thread useless w/o pix
posted by boo_radley at 1:45 PM on August 23, 2007

"15 pounds of yogurt!? I can't ... etc. etc."

Hmm, now you've simply descended into the infantile and the boring. Which actually is unforgivable. Somehow I thought you were a little more interesting than that...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:25 PM on August 23, 2007

To unfavorite a comment, simply favorite every other comment on the site. That leaves your unfavorite -1 overall.
posted by ctmf at 11:13 PM on August 23, 2007 [1 favorite]