Mefi open thread? December 18, 2007 12:58 PM Subscribe
A mefi open thread?
Has anyone ever suggested just having an always open chat-filter/anything-goes thread on the sidebar in metatalk? Just someplace to dump idle thoughts, etc? A lot of the bigger political blogs do that. You could just have it display comments from the last 48 hours. People could dump embryonic FPPs in there for comment.. people could gossip in there, ask hypotheticals that don't belong in askme, etc. I know metachat is already supposed to be for that, but why not have an outlet for it here, too?
I'm sure this will not be popular, just thought I'd throw the idea out there, though.
Has anyone ever suggested just having an always open chat-filter/anything-goes thread on the sidebar in metatalk? Just someplace to dump idle thoughts, etc? A lot of the bigger political blogs do that. You could just have it display comments from the last 48 hours. People could dump embryonic FPPs in there for comment.. people could gossip in there, ask hypotheticals that don't belong in askme, etc. I know metachat is already supposed to be for that, but why not have an outlet for it here, too?
I'm sure this will not be popular, just thought I'd throw the idea out there, though.
I like cheese.
Did you see that Amy Winehouse was arrested? Sad.
I'm in Florida, and it is warm.
Ellen is on TV.
I'm hungry.
My Mom is at the grocery store.
Hmm, what?
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 1:04 PM on December 18, 2007 [3 favorites]
Did you see that Amy Winehouse was arrested? Sad.
I'm in Florida, and it is warm.
Ellen is on TV.
I'm hungry.
My Mom is at the grocery store.
Hmm, what?
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 1:04 PM on December 18, 2007 [3 favorites]
The problem that I can't inflict every passing thought I have on the mefi massive.
posted by empath at 1:04 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by empath at 1:04 PM on December 18, 2007
In all seriousness-- i'd think of it like a mefi irc channel, without having to use IRC.
posted by empath at 1:06 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by empath at 1:06 PM on December 18, 2007
I was all for this when I thought the subject was "Mefi open threat?"
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 1:13 PM on December 18, 2007 [4 favorites]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 1:13 PM on December 18, 2007 [4 favorites]
Setting aside the fundamental question of Should We:
1. a literally unclosing thread would get unweildy, as anyone who's kept with a thread past comment 500 or so can attest;
2. resolving point (1) would involve some engineering to accommodate this idea;
3. moderating an open thread sounds like just a super big fun bundle of awesomeness, lemme tell ya.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:14 PM on December 18, 2007 [3 favorites]
1. a literally unclosing thread would get unweildy, as anyone who's kept with a thread past comment 500 or so can attest;
2. resolving point (1) would involve some engineering to accommodate this idea;
3. moderating an open thread sounds like just a super big fun bundle of awesomeness, lemme tell ya.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:14 PM on December 18, 2007 [3 favorites]
THIS IS NOW A SHOUTING THREAD.
posted by brownpau at 1:14 PM on December 18, 2007 [4 favorites]
posted by brownpau at 1:14 PM on December 18, 2007 [4 favorites]
Would it mean more ascii art postings?
Because I can get behind that.
posted by davejay at 1:15 PM on December 18, 2007
Because I can get behind that.
posted by davejay at 1:15 PM on December 18, 2007
THANK GOD, IT'S A SHOUTING THREAD!
posted by Godbert at 1:15 PM on December 18, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by Godbert at 1:15 PM on December 18, 2007 [1 favorite]
what site problem does this solve?
Eh, it's a social release valve: people can make stupid jokes, pose chatfilter questions, maybe even post images, flame out, etc., without mucking up the blue or the green. Currently, the gray bears the brunt of this randomness, which is funny to me because it's like dancing naked in the lions' den, except the lions dance with you. I probably wouldn't use it much, unless Springsteen pinches off another stinker.
Also, 17/f/hottub
posted by LordSludge at 1:16 PM on December 18, 2007
Eh, it's a social release valve: people can make stupid jokes, pose chatfilter questions, maybe even post images, flame out, etc., without mucking up the blue or the green. Currently, the gray bears the brunt of this randomness, which is funny to me because it's like dancing naked in the lions' den, except the lions dance with you. I probably wouldn't use it much, unless Springsteen pinches off another stinker.
Also, 17/f/hottub
posted by LordSludge at 1:16 PM on December 18, 2007
In all seriousness-- i'd think of it like a mefi irc channel, without having to use IRC.
posted by empath at 3:06 PM on December 18 [+] [!]
now scram
posted by arnold at 1:16 PM on December 18, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by empath at 3:06 PM on December 18 [+] [!]
now scram
posted by arnold at 1:16 PM on December 18, 2007 [1 favorite]
Currently, the gray bears the brunt of this randomness, which is funny to me because it's like dancing naked in the lions' den, except the lions dance with you.
GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY DEN. I AIN'T DANCIN'.
posted by LionIndex at 1:18 PM on December 18, 2007
GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY DEN. I AIN'T DANCIN'.
posted by LionIndex at 1:18 PM on December 18, 2007
In all seriousness-- i'd think of it like a mefi irc channel, without having to use IRC.
you could just come to #mefi on slashnet and get your wish.
posted by Stynxno at 1:20 PM on December 18, 2007
you could just come to #mefi on slashnet and get your wish.
posted by Stynxno at 1:20 PM on December 18, 2007
In all seriousness-- i'd think of it like a mefi irc channel, without having to use IRC.
Revenge of the Jabber Server
posted by prostyle at 1:25 PM on December 18, 2007
Revenge of the Jabber Server
posted by prostyle at 1:25 PM on December 18, 2007
We desperately need a MeFi Open Blimp. You pay $10 to broadcast your message, whatever that may be, and the Blimp will carry it over this great land of ours.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 1:28 PM on December 18, 2007 [16 favorites]
posted by mathowie (staff) at 1:28 PM on December 18, 2007 [16 favorites]
We desperately need a MeFi Open Blimp. You pay $10 to broadcast your message, whatever that may be, and the Blimp will carry it over this great land of ours.This may be the most awesome idea ever.
I'm in as an angel investor, dammit. Someone start a Project.
posted by scrump at 1:32 PM on December 18, 2007
MeFi Open Blimp
Yeah, and the flameouts would be particularly noteworthy.
posted by davejay at 1:33 PM on December 18, 2007 [7 favorites]
Yeah, and the flameouts would be particularly noteworthy.
posted by davejay at 1:33 PM on December 18, 2007 [7 favorites]
moderating an open thread sounds like just a super big fun bundle of awesomeness, lemme tell ya.
hey, who said it had to be moderated?
posted by pyramid termite at 1:34 PM on December 18, 2007
hey, who said it had to be moderated?
posted by pyramid termite at 1:34 PM on December 18, 2007
Would not be allowed to post pictures of cats!
posted by Divine_Wino at 1:39 PM on December 18, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by Divine_Wino at 1:39 PM on December 18, 2007 [1 favorite]
If we do this, we have to agree to be horrible assholes to each other in the thread, unlike the rest of the site.
posted by ORthey at 1:40 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by ORthey at 1:40 PM on December 18, 2007
I'm confused. Isn't pretty much every metatalk thread an open thread? I mean, except for the closed ones.
posted by dersins at 1:41 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by dersins at 1:41 PM on December 18, 2007
This is a great idea. That way, we spend all day every day disproving the existence of a god and learning about Ron Paul. Oh, and we can throw around some injokes, too. That is exactly what Mefi needed!
Come to think of it, a perpetual discussion about Ron Paul and unfunny injokes would, in and of itself, disprove the existence of a god.
posted by dios at 1:49 PM on December 18, 2007
Come to think of it, a perpetual discussion about Ron Paul and unfunny injokes would, in and of itself, disprove the existence of a god.
posted by dios at 1:49 PM on December 18, 2007
The culture at #mefi sends most metafilter users running in horror if they aren't banned first. There's definitely something to be said for open threads that are more public.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:50 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:50 PM on December 18, 2007
Unmoderated? Hell yeah, I got a whole new image folder to work with in that case.
posted by absalom at 1:51 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by absalom at 1:51 PM on December 18, 2007
Or, how about your name is attached to whatever you post, and each post costs a quarter.
posted by absalom at 1:51 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by absalom at 1:51 PM on December 18, 2007
Sometimes people post ponies to metatalk that translate as "Hey, I noticed that metafilter does a limited set of things very well and does a pretty good job of eliminating things that don't work out too well. I was wondering if we could just try to do EVERYTHING at once regardless of how well it would work out for the site."
It's understandable, but it's like walking into a library and saying "hey, could we also turn this into a roller derby, fast food restaurant, bowling alley and bar?" I mean, I suppose. But then it's not a library, is it?
posted by shmegegge at 1:55 PM on December 18, 2007 [2 favorites]
It's understandable, but it's like walking into a library and saying "hey, could we also turn this into a roller derby, fast food restaurant, bowling alley and bar?" I mean, I suppose. But then it's not a library, is it?
posted by shmegegge at 1:55 PM on December 18, 2007 [2 favorites]
Isn't pretty much every metatalk thread an open thread?
I guess that's what I'm saying: If there were a big ole open social thread, we could cut out some of the silliness in MeTa and moderate it more tightly. By "we", of course, I mean people other than me.
posted by LordSludge at 1:56 PM on December 18, 2007
I guess that's what I'm saying: If there were a big ole open social thread, we could cut out some of the silliness in MeTa and moderate it more tightly. By "we", of course, I mean people other than me.
posted by LordSludge at 1:56 PM on December 18, 2007
New MeFi Lite Condensed - Now LOL Fortified and Filter Free! 1000% of your daily recommended dosage of kittehs and snark. Just add the beverage of your choice and stir. MeFi Lite Condensed: We put the "Me" in MeFi!!!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 1:58 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 1:58 PM on December 18, 2007
oh also, I think a good rule of thumb when posting a pony request is "Am I basically asking to make Metafilter into Fark?" If the answer is yes, POST AWAY!
posted by shmegegge at 2:00 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by shmegegge at 2:00 PM on December 18, 2007
I have been banned from the #mefi channel (apparently user "lysol" considers me some kind of germ), so I enjoy my irc time at #bunnies (semi-affiliated with MetaChat) and #mofirc (slightly more affiliated with MonkeyFilter). There is a rich and diverse culture just outside the borders of Something.MetaFilter.Com... and bleach is pretty effective killing the mold (but lysol isn't worth shit)
posted by wendell at 2:02 PM on December 18, 2007 [2 favorites]
posted by wendell at 2:02 PM on December 18, 2007 [2 favorites]
Just someplace to dump idle thoughts, etc?
Metafilter is not your trash dump. Get a blog.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 2:03 PM on December 18, 2007
Metafilter is not your trash dump. Get a blog.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 2:03 PM on December 18, 2007
I was going to make some snarky comment about how long it would take before the Ron Paul Mafia came in and started whining that no one was mentioning Ron Paul, but Dios pretty much beat me to it.
But yeah, even if it were technically reasonable, there just seems no point for it. I like MeFi because it's (largely) not an endless stream of garbage.
posted by mkultra at 2:07 PM on December 18, 2007
But yeah, even if it were technically reasonable, there just seems no point for it. I like MeFi because it's (largely) not an endless stream of garbage.
posted by mkultra at 2:07 PM on December 18, 2007
Wendell, you were banned for maybe 5 minutes. No one is permabanned except for all of France and all of Ireland and dikdik.
posted by [@I][:+:][@I] at 2:10 PM on December 18, 2007 [3 favorites]
posted by [@I][:+:][@I] at 2:10 PM on December 18, 2007 [3 favorites]
You people take IRC way too seriously. A ban isn't something to slash your wrists over.
posted by arnold at 2:12 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by arnold at 2:12 PM on December 18, 2007
I like cheese.
...
I'm hungry.
My Mom is at the grocery store.
*calls TPS's mom*
Can you pick her up some cheddar? Extra-sharp. And maybe some Colby-Jack. Thanks.
I guess my main question is: what site problem does this solve?
It provides emergency rations for hungry Mefites.
posted by quin at 2:17 PM on December 18, 2007
...
I'm hungry.
My Mom is at the grocery store.
*calls TPS's mom*
Can you pick her up some cheddar? Extra-sharp. And maybe some Colby-Jack. Thanks.
I guess my main question is: what site problem does this solve?
It provides emergency rations for hungry Mefites.
posted by quin at 2:17 PM on December 18, 2007
No, it's something you slash someone else's throat over.
posted by absalom at 2:22 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by absalom at 2:22 PM on December 18, 2007
There is no spoon.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 2:26 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 2:26 PM on December 18, 2007
You people take IRC way too seriously.
No, it's just that #mefi is astonishingly different from metafilter. As in "hey fat slut, lick up my cum" different. It's "moderated" in an almost perfectly inverse fashion. I think this is what MetaChat is for, and if you're dissatisfied with its lower traffic, tough cookies. OMG cookies!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 2:31 PM on December 18, 2007 [4 favorites]
No, it's just that #mefi is astonishingly different from metafilter. As in "hey fat slut, lick up my cum" different. It's "moderated" in an almost perfectly inverse fashion. I think this is what MetaChat is for, and if you're dissatisfied with its lower traffic, tough cookies. OMG cookies!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 2:31 PM on December 18, 2007 [4 favorites]
A beyzer gzar zol af dir kumen!
posted by languagehat at 2:53 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by languagehat at 2:53 PM on December 18, 2007
I don't see the use for it. For topics of discussion that aren't post/thread worthy, MeFiMail has been REALLY great. So thanks for that!
*shakes ass, does the twist for no apparent reason*
posted by snsranch at 3:01 PM on December 18, 2007
*shakes ass, does the twist for no apparent reason*
posted by snsranch at 3:01 PM on December 18, 2007
Threads like this seem to work as well - as long as we're sneaky about it, and matt/jess/tex don't catch on, we could probably manage one or two of these per week.
posted by davey_darling at 3:03 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by davey_darling at 3:03 PM on December 18, 2007
OMG don't tell cortex people are fucking around in metatalk!
posted by dersins at 3:06 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by dersins at 3:06 PM on December 18, 2007
What's this now? Don't arse about in the grey! This is sacred ground!
Move along! Boathing to see here!
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:20 PM on December 18, 2007
Move along! Boathing to see here!
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:20 PM on December 18, 2007
you know what ELSE this thread is nothing without?
posted by shmegegge at 3:24 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by shmegegge at 3:24 PM on December 18, 2007
No, it's just that #mefi is astonishingly different from metafilter. As in "hey fat slut, lick up my cum" different. It's "moderated" in an almost perfectly inverse fashion. I think this is what MetaChat is for, and if you're dissatisfied with its lower traffic, tough cookies. OMG cookies!
Wow. Thank you for saying this. Until I read it, I was considering logging into that channel just to see what was up.
posted by davejay at 3:27 PM on December 18, 2007
Wow. Thank you for saying this. Until I read it, I was considering logging into that channel just to see what was up.
posted by davejay at 3:27 PM on December 18, 2007
#mefi is definitely At Your Peril territory, yeah.
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:42 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:42 PM on December 18, 2007
Ambrosia Voyeur: "No, it's just that #mefi is astonishingly different from metafilter. As in "hey fat slut, lick up my cum" different. It's "moderated" in an almost perfectly inverse fashion. I think this is what MetaChat is for, and if you're dissatisfied with its lower traffic, tough cookies. OMG cookies!"
Yeah, I idle in #mefi a lot lately, because, you know, why not. But I don't participate much because I'm a big scaredy cat. They'll bite me.
posted by Plutor at 4:26 PM on December 18, 2007
Yeah, I idle in #mefi a lot lately, because, you know, why not. But I don't participate much because I'm a big scaredy cat. They'll bite me.
posted by Plutor at 4:26 PM on December 18, 2007
...it's just that #mefi is astonishingly different from metafilter. As in "hey fat slut, lick up my cum" different.
Well, as long as they're not cat declawers.
posted by desjardins at 4:54 PM on December 18, 2007 [3 favorites]
Well, as long as they're not cat declawers.
posted by desjardins at 4:54 PM on December 18, 2007 [3 favorites]
I was actually recognized by a MeFite I had never met before today. I was on my lunch break at the Big Famous Indie Bookstore and killing time by wandering the aisles. This bushy-headed dude came up to me and said something that sounded like 'wurga-wurga-on-filter' over the ambient noise of the store. 'Huh?' I said. 'Do you post on Metafilter?' 'Uh, yeah.' "Oh, I'm nasreddin." "I guess you know who I am, dude." "Yeah." "Cool to meet you." "You, too" and then I was interrupted by a guy looking for The Celestine Prophecy.
posted by jonmc at 4:56 PM on December 18, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by jonmc at 4:56 PM on December 18, 2007 [1 favorite]
I think a meta stream would be popular.
Basically, it would only show the last 50-100 comments.
Now, let's say I pass the very hard exam. I go onto Metafilter, and I feel conflicted. On the one hand, I want to announce to the MetaFilter world that I passed the exam. On the other hand, this is not FPP material, nor is it AskMeP or MetaP material. Now normally this means I can't do anything. But with a meta stream, I could just pop in, yell "I passed my exam! Woo!" and then pop out. This shout would be displayed on that list of comments. All of my contacts would see that I had put a shout out, and there would be a link to my comment. That link would still work after the 100 comments had scrolled by. This way, all my Metafilter friends could get the news all at the same time.
Shout outs would work like FPP posts. You only get one per day (to keep someone from spamming the stream).
Not *that* difficult to implement and would solve the problem of people announcing their personal issues to metafilter or sharing things that few others give a damn about.
posted by Deathalicious at 5:05 PM on December 18, 2007
Basically, it would only show the last 50-100 comments.
Now, let's say I pass the very hard exam. I go onto Metafilter, and I feel conflicted. On the one hand, I want to announce to the MetaFilter world that I passed the exam. On the other hand, this is not FPP material, nor is it AskMeP or MetaP material. Now normally this means I can't do anything. But with a meta stream, I could just pop in, yell "I passed my exam! Woo!" and then pop out. This shout would be displayed on that list of comments. All of my contacts would see that I had put a shout out, and there would be a link to my comment. That link would still work after the 100 comments had scrolled by. This way, all my Metafilter friends could get the news all at the same time.
Shout outs would work like FPP posts. You only get one per day (to keep someone from spamming the stream).
Not *that* difficult to implement and would solve the problem of people announcing their personal issues to metafilter or sharing things that few others give a damn about.
posted by Deathalicious at 5:05 PM on December 18, 2007
Can't you just use twitter for this? and then only the people who want to know about your exam will? or is that the problem that we're trying to solve?
posted by aubilenon at 5:12 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by aubilenon at 5:12 PM on December 18, 2007
Huh. Fascinatin' about #mefi ... that mode of extremely violent slapstick interaction was all the vogue at slashnet years ago. Is it the network that influences the mores of the channel, do you think? Gosh... the site's been updated at long last. Used to be kinda useful for knowing who was on and whatnot, without firing up the IRC client and actually joining. Oh, botheration, fine, I'll peek.
posted by mumkin at 5:27 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by mumkin at 5:27 PM on December 18, 2007
Damn, jonmc, wish I'd been visiting—hanging out with you and nasreddin would be the cat's pajamas. Also, welcome back—I've been wondering where you were!
posted by languagehat at 6:09 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by languagehat at 6:09 PM on December 18, 2007
What problem does this solution solve that twitter hasn't already dealt with?
posted by dg at 7:00 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by dg at 7:00 PM on December 18, 2007
All the best lulz are planned on #mefi, though, so if you hang out there, you just might catch some breaking drama before it becomes a three hundred comment meta thread!
posted by "Tex" Connor and the Wily Roundup Boys at 7:03 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by "Tex" Connor and the Wily Roundup Boys at 7:03 PM on December 18, 2007
All the best lulz are planned on #mefi
Which is and always has been the very worst thing about #mefi.
posted by dg at 7:10 PM on December 18, 2007
Which is and always has been the very worst thing about #mefi.
posted by dg at 7:10 PM on December 18, 2007
Heh, Ambrosia, that actually makes me WANT to vist #mefi.
[NOT MASOCHIST]
posted by Phire at 7:22 PM on December 18, 2007
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posted by Phire at 7:22 PM on December 18, 2007
Yeah, #mefi is pretty much awful, and their bot sucks. #bunnies, however, is full of awesome!
posted by misskaz at 7:33 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by misskaz at 7:33 PM on December 18, 2007
Hey. The bot is not the enemy. The bot is, in point of fact, probably the nicest person in the channel. #mefites are just teaching him a lot of naughty phrases.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:43 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:43 PM on December 18, 2007
#bunnies is a bizarre, isolated fascist kingdom ruled by a couple of psychotic princesses who perma-ban anyone who doesn't play their weird little game.
It's way more fucked up than #mefi could ever be.
posted by "Tex" Connor and the Wily Roundup Boys at 7:47 PM on December 18, 2007 [1 favorite]
It's way more fucked up than #mefi could ever be.
posted by "Tex" Connor and the Wily Roundup Boys at 7:47 PM on December 18, 2007 [1 favorite]
A beyzer gzar zol af dir kumen!
Do I have to read your book to figure out what insulting thing that means?
posted by ottereroticist at 8:11 PM on December 18, 2007
Do I have to read your book to figure out what insulting thing that means?
posted by ottereroticist at 8:11 PM on December 18, 2007
I don't know "Tex", I was seriously repulsed the one time I visited #mefi a few years back. Douchbagery was the status quo.
I at least like the idea of #bunnies, it sounds so cute and fuzzy.
posted by -t at 8:18 PM on December 18, 2007
I at least like the idea of #bunnies, it sounds so cute and fuzzy.
posted by -t at 8:18 PM on December 18, 2007
#bunnies is a bizarre, isolated fascist kingdom ruled by a couple of psychotic princesses who perma-ban anyone who doesn't play their weird little game.
Haaaa, I know who you are! And just for that, I banned you again.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:28 PM on December 18, 2007 [3 favorites]
Haaaa, I know who you are! And just for that, I banned you again.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:28 PM on December 18, 2007 [3 favorites]
#bunnies is a bizarre, isolated fascist kingdom ruled by a couple of psychotic princesses who perma-ban anyone who doesn't play their weird little game.
It's way more fucked up than #mefi could ever be.
Ah, you must be one of the #mefi cunts that have no place in #bunnies. I probably ran into before, even. Whatever, you probably acted like a 5 year old and deserved whatever you got.
posted by puke & cry at 8:43 PM on December 18, 2007
It's way more fucked up than #mefi could ever be.
Ah, you must be one of the #mefi cunts that have no place in #bunnies. I probably ran into before, even. Whatever, you probably acted like a 5 year old and deserved whatever you got.
posted by puke & cry at 8:43 PM on December 18, 2007
"Tex" Connor and the Wily Roundup Boys: "#bunnies is a bizarre, isolated fascist kingdom ruled by a couple of psychotic princesses who perma-ban anyone who doesn't play their weird little game.
It's way more fucked up than #mefi could ever be."
.
posted by 31d1 at 8:43 PM on December 18, 2007
It's way more fucked up than #mefi could ever be."
.
posted by 31d1 at 8:43 PM on December 18, 2007
hey now. no point in name calling.
#bunnies people are like this. #mefi people are like that.
posted by Stynxno at 8:45 PM on December 18, 2007
#bunnies people are like this. #mefi people are like that.
posted by Stynxno at 8:45 PM on December 18, 2007
I was actually thinking "cunts in hats" but only the first part got out. That insult has a history here and probably would be differently received. Ah well.
posted by puke & cry at 8:48 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by puke & cry at 8:48 PM on December 18, 2007
#bunnies people are like this. #mefi people are like that.
And most of both are MetaFilter people. Amazing!
posted by wendell at 8:50 PM on December 18, 2007
And most of both are MetaFilter people. Amazing!
posted by wendell at 8:50 PM on December 18, 2007
I've finally figured out what I've always found so familiar about #bunnies. It's the classic neocon thing - someone wearing nice clothes foaming at the mouth raging against you for doing all sorts of mean nasty things that they are actually doing to you.
posted by 31d1 at 8:52 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by 31d1 at 8:52 PM on December 18, 2007
Ooh! IRC chan wars! Is this like 1993?
posted by Mid at 8:59 PM on December 18, 2007 [3 favorites]
posted by Mid at 8:59 PM on December 18, 2007 [3 favorites]
"#bunnies is a bizarre, isolated fascist kingdom ruled by a couple of psychotic princesses who perma-ban anyone who doesn't play their weird little game."
Last I checked I wasn't a princess, but thanks for the compliment. If you have a problem with my IRC channel, chum, you take it up with me. Unless your complaint is some pathetic pussy whining about girls ganging up on you and handing you your ass on a platter. Because in the seventy-six years I've been on the Internet, "too many girls" has never been a problem on IRC, ever.
Now get the fuck out of my channel, "Tex." But first take some free candy and a few whuffles for the road. Because in #bunnies, we kill with kindness.
Literally.
posted by Eideteker at 9:05 PM on December 18, 2007 [1 favorite]
Last I checked I wasn't a princess, but thanks for the compliment. If you have a problem with my IRC channel, chum, you take it up with me. Unless your complaint is some pathetic pussy whining about girls ganging up on you and handing you your ass on a platter. Because in the seventy-six years I've been on the Internet, "too many girls" has never been a problem on IRC, ever.
Now get the fuck out of my channel, "Tex." But first take some free candy and a few whuffles for the road. Because in #bunnies, we kill with kindness.
Literally.
posted by Eideteker at 9:05 PM on December 18, 2007 [1 favorite]
Yeah, you're right, 31d1. #bunnies is just like a bunch of neocons. Or ya know, a group of people that actually enjoy carrying on casual conversation without being raiding by a bunch of juvenile internet fuckheads.
posted by puke & cry at 9:11 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by puke & cry at 9:11 PM on December 18, 2007
LOL IRC WTF KTHXBYE
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:11 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:11 PM on December 18, 2007
Oh, NOW I remember why I don't use IRC. Thanks, guys!
posted by mumkin at 9:23 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by mumkin at 9:23 PM on December 18, 2007
puke & cry: "..."cunts in hats"..."
puke & cry: "... juvenile internet fuckheads."
God forbid we not be civil, on occasion.
posted by 31d1 at 9:24 PM on December 18, 2007 [2 favorites]
puke & cry: "... juvenile internet fuckheads."
God forbid we not be civil, on occasion.
posted by 31d1 at 9:24 PM on December 18, 2007 [2 favorites]
Ok, who the fuck called the cops? I had some pig ring my damn cellphone asking for info about some sort of child porn thing in some chat channel involving a 'links site'. Seriously, what the fuck, guys. This is total bullshit.
posted by arnold at 9:27 PM on December 18, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by arnold at 9:27 PM on December 18, 2007 [1 favorite]
God, who would have though that there was somewhere even meaner than MeTa? And who the fuck would have thought it could possibly be called #bunnies? No wonder they have never deigned to let me in, I'm way too much of a pussy to pass muster there, based on what I've read here.
posted by dg at 9:45 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by dg at 9:45 PM on December 18, 2007
I was briefly detained by police over #mefi. You should come in and ask about it sometime.
posted by tehloki at 10:24 PM on December 18, 2007
posted by tehloki at 10:24 PM on December 18, 2007
That's nothing, those whores over in #bunnies killed my entire family. And store my tiara!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:57 PM on December 18, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:57 PM on December 18, 2007 [1 favorite]
Wait! Are we supposed to be princesses or whores? What is the dress code for tomorrow???
I get so confused.
posted by gomichild at 2:50 AM on December 19, 2007
I get so confused.
posted by gomichild at 2:50 AM on December 19, 2007
All the best lulz are planned on #mefi, though, so if you hang out there, you just might catch some breaking drama before it becomes a three hundred comment meta thread!
I guess my feeling, then, is that #mefi can go fuck itself. No offense to individual MeFites who are involved.
A beyzer gzar zol af dir kumen!
Do I have to read your book to figure out what insulting thing that means?
Well, I was going to make you, but I'm feeling the holiday spirit, so:
'May an evil decree come upon you!'
posted by languagehat at 5:59 AM on December 19, 2007
I guess my feeling, then, is that #mefi can go fuck itself. No offense to individual MeFites who are involved.
A beyzer gzar zol af dir kumen!
Do I have to read your book to figure out what insulting thing that means?
Well, I was going to make you, but I'm feeling the holiday spirit, so:
'May an evil decree come upon you!'
posted by languagehat at 5:59 AM on December 19, 2007
Look, someone who doesn't even use IRC is taking it too seriously!
posted by arnold at 6:10 AM on December 19, 2007
posted by arnold at 6:10 AM on December 19, 2007
I guess my feeling, then, is that #mefi can go fuck itself. No offense to individual MeFites who are involved.
But languagehat, you adore epic lulz and high drama. Nothing makes you quite as moist as a flame out!
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
posted by "Tex" Connor and the Wily Roundup Boys at 7:17 AM on December 19, 2007
But languagehat, you adore epic lulz and high drama. Nothing makes you quite as moist as a flame out!
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
posted by "Tex" Connor and the Wily Roundup Boys at 7:17 AM on December 19, 2007
A cow once bit me. I ate it. True story.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 5:52 PM on December 19, 2007
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 5:52 PM on December 19, 2007
I just went to the trouble of figuring out how to use a web irc client to access the slashnet where #mefi is hosted, and after about five minutes I had to quit. After I'm done drinking this tumbler of bleach, I may cut and paste some of the scintillating conversation I read there....
posted by anotherpanacea at 6:56 PM on December 19, 2007
posted by anotherpanacea at 6:56 PM on December 19, 2007
For your convenience, anotherpanacea, here is a a complete transcript of your stay.
posted by 31d1 at 7:10 PM on December 19, 2007 [5 favorites]
posted by 31d1 at 7:10 PM on December 19, 2007 [5 favorites]
Don't bite the hand that feeds you stages a mediocre self-bannination and then comes back a week later with a new nick but won't stop bugging cortex, however ironically, to unban the old one anyway.
Fixed that for you lol.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:07 PM on December 19, 2007 [1 favorite]
Fixed that for you lol.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:07 PM on December 19, 2007 [1 favorite]
That's actually pretty funny.
But moist was funny too.
This is as good as IRC!
posted by Mid at 9:27 PM on December 19, 2007
But moist was funny too.
This is as good as IRC!
posted by Mid at 9:27 PM on December 19, 2007
All the best lulz are planned on #mefi
I would like an example of these 'best lulz' of which you speak plz kthx. So that I may then mock them as not lulleriffic at all, is my plan, I admit.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:47 PM on December 19, 2007
I would like an example of these 'best lulz' of which you speak plz kthx. So that I may then mock them as not lulleriffic at all, is my plan, I admit.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:47 PM on December 19, 2007
Stynxno: "i can't believe i missed that :("
I can't believe I read it all and stayed awake. #mefi ain't what it used to be, that's for sure.
posted by dg at 11:31 PM on December 19, 2007
I can't believe I read it all and stayed awake. #mefi ain't what it used to be, that's for sure.
posted by dg at 11:31 PM on December 19, 2007
So I was walking down the street in Vancouver, and there was this ad in a bus stop of some woman being all happy and :D. It was a Tiffany's ad. Someone had drawn a speech bubble on it, and wrote in, "give alms to the poor".
Now, that seems like a good and nice message and everything, but "alms"? Seriously? Are we suddenly in a text adventure?
> give alms
You don't have an "alms".
I don't know. I wanted to find the artist and go "what? alms? do you have any alms? can you show them to me?"
And then I thought to myself...
"my alms, let me show you them."
... yes, this is what I am like on irc late at night, too.
posted by blacklite at 12:46 AM on December 20, 2007
Now, that seems like a good and nice message and everything, but "alms"? Seriously? Are we suddenly in a text adventure?
> give alms
You don't have an "alms".
I don't know. I wanted to find the artist and go "what? alms? do you have any alms? can you show them to me?"
And then I thought to myself...
"my alms, let me show you them."
... yes, this is what I am like on irc late at night, too.
posted by blacklite at 12:46 AM on December 20, 2007
For your convenience, anotherpanacea, here is a a complete transcript of your stay.
That's a little freaky, actually. Like Orwellian paparazzi or something.
posted by anotherpanacea at 8:10 AM on December 20, 2007 [1 favorite]
That's a little freaky, actually. Like Orwellian paparazzi or something.
posted by anotherpanacea at 8:10 AM on December 20, 2007 [1 favorite]
Or, you know, IRC logging. Eh.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:31 AM on December 20, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:31 AM on December 20, 2007 [1 favorite]
Oh, yeah, I forgot about that - there always seems to be someone in #mefi logging the conversation who will post strings of it on the Intarwebs at the drop of a hat so, if you hang out there, don't say anything you wouldn't want you mother to read (I have no problem with this, but a few people have been caught unawares when they thought they were talking privately).
posted by dg at 12:43 PM on December 20, 2007
posted by dg at 12:43 PM on December 20, 2007
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There have been a few recent MeTa posts that have turned into pretty much open threads. The open thread idea as I've seen it on other sites, notably Kos, seems to turn into the same fights and whatnot with the same people. There are a few IRC channels that are good for gossip and trash talking, and a lot of spinoff sites that are a little less formal than MeFi. I guess my main question is: what site problem does this solve?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:03 PM on December 18, 2007