Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? ALAS. posted by youarenothere at 12:42 PM on February 28 [2 favorites]
Well, it's at 498 as of this typing. And he hasn't disabled his account. Reports of his demise blah blah exaggerated &c. posted by dersins at 12:47 PM on February 28
Just so you know, the bar on this ultimatum was set much, much lower. Perhaps it was for the best that it didn't catch on -- though you gotta admit it would have been much more interesting to watch that one play out... posted by Rhaomi at 12:47 PM on February 28
Lord, people are playing some real games. It's oscillated between 498 and 502 in the past twenty seconds. posted by youarenothere at 12:48 PM on February 28
And now it's at 501. What an emotional rollercoaster! posted by dersins at 12:48 PM on February 28
Too bad. I'm still here. posted by Item at 12:49 PM on February 28
I knew this would happen. hermitosis is in an uncertain quantum state now, neither active nor disabled.
I guess all the cool kids are disabling their accounts. We should all do it too! You go first. posted by ND¢ at 12:55 PM on February 28 [1 favorite]
In other news, whuuuu?
A couple days ago. Metachat too; get the feeling dude just needed some time off from the mefisphere. posted by cortex at 12:57 PM on February 28
In other news, whuuuu?
Looks like his last activity was around the same time that there was a little contretemps over at metachat, resulting in his closure of that account, too.
I'm sure he's happy, though, that even in his absence he can make a thread all about him. posted by dersins at 12:58 PM on February 28
Bah, I saw 501 with TPS's favourite as the last one. posted by Orange Pamplemousse at 12:58 PM on February 28
Look, I've already laid out my creepiness in front of him and a thousand* MeFite witnesses in real life, so let me just say here: jonmc was the whole reason why I finally signed up for this site after lurking for a long ass time. Someone better let me know WHAT THE FUCK is going on before I totally flip my shit.
I don't think you can disable your own account. I think you need the help of a friendly moderator to deliver the coup de grâce. posted by dgaicun at 1:00 PM on February 28
This thread is about hermitosis, not jonmc, and both of them will be back in 30 days or less, GUARANTEED, or I'll eat my shoe with ketchup.
If 5 people favorite this comment, I will disable my account. posted by hermitosis2 at 1:03 PM on February 28 [33 favorites]
TPS: I like how we're both already 10 names down on the list though. It seems everyone wants a chance to be the 500th favourite. posted by Orange Pamplemousse at 1:03 PM on February 28
I should really run over and visit him at work to let him know we're talking about him. That'll get him back, and then I won't have to eat a shoe. posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 1:05 PM on February 28 [3 favorites]
Hermitosis, I'm still holding the threat of revelaing your sock puppet over you! You'd better have the sock be favorite #500!! It's the only proper way to introduce your new self! posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:06 PM on February 28
I don't think you can disable your own account.
Edit preferences, press the big yellow "Disable This Account" button. posted by quonsar at 1:07 PM on February 28 [1 favorite]
I'm going to spend the evening playing old John Waite singles and sobbing onto my Rachel Ray glossy. posted by Dizzy at 1:08 PM on February 28
Think harder.
He pressed the button.
Wait, is there really a self-destruct button? I'm not finding this pony. posted by dgaicun at 1:08 PM on February 28
oh my gosh, I take it back. Good man! posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:08 PM on February 28
Shit from metachat is spilling over into metafilter? This is like bird flu making the jump. posted by Baby_Balrog at 1:09 PM on February 28 [1 favorite]
See, hermitosis2, I actually do want to favorite that comment cause its hilarious, but I can't bring myself to participate in another innocent slaughter. posted by lunit at 1:09 PM on February 28
Edit preferences, press the big yellow "Disable This Account" button.
Ok, I see it now!
And now I'm really scared I'm going to hit it. So... strangely... tempting.... posted by dgaicun at 1:10 PM on February 28
I can't find the button. posted by hermitosis2 at 1:11 PM on February 28
but I can't bring myself to participate in another innocent slaughter.
I, on the other hand, enjoy nothing quite so much as a robust slaughtering-of-the-innocents. posted by aramaic at 1:11 PM on February 28
I can't find the button.
My Profile -> Edit Profile -> Bottom of page -> Close Your Account.
Come on, let's wrap this $5 joke up. You, sir, are no hermitosis. posted by nanojath at 1:14 PM on February 28 [3 favorites]
When I hit a predefined number of favorites, my body will convert into pure radiant energy, the mere site of which will be so astonishingly beautiful that all around me will fall to their knees in awe, sobbing with the knowledge that they will never see anything as miraculous again in their lives.
Which is totally true, because about 15 seconds later, the fusion reaction needed to make this possible, will light the atmosphere on fire and that will pretty much be that.
Favoriting me is signing this planet's death warrant.
The devil on your shoulder sez "Click the [+]... you know you want to." posted by quin at 1:14 PM on February 28 [10 favorites]
Counting down to hermitosis3 in 5...4....3... posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 1:14 PM on February 28
Mmmm... ketchup shoe.
Oh! Is this the thread where I troll for ... ummm ... ketchup ... shoe ... lunch. (/me disables account) posted by not_on_display at 1:15 PM on February 28
With jonmc gone, I am now THE active MeFite with the Lowest User Number! I have seniority! Bow before me, 14Kers, 1Kers... quonsar is #986, jessamyn is #292... I AM 2-0-FREAKING-6! I answer to none but #1 mathowie... uh, what's that, matt? Sit down and shut up? Okie dokie. posted by wendell at 1:15 PM on February 28 [9 favorites]
Do the Dance of the Seven Veils and you may yet live! posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:16 PM on February 28
I've already registered hermitosis3 and will start using it with hilarious results as soon as he deletes this account. posted by ND¢ at 1:16 PM on February 28 [1 favorite]
Actually, I support all of this. Because eventually it will mean that most long-time users will enjoy their shiny new high-user-number accounts, thus rendering the frattish totem-pole that is "user number" obsolete.
Thus, the first shall be last, as was foretold.
In a perfect, more Christ-like metafilter, the person with the highest user number would garner the most respect.
awww crap - the last thing I said to him before he left was snarky. Sorry Jon, you know I love ya. Come back soon. posted by vronsky at 1:18 PM on February 28
I'm shaking this bible directly at you, wendell. posted by Baby_Balrog at 1:18 PM on February 28
I was just doing some brinkmanship with the big red button, putting my password in the confirmation box with just ONE LETTER altered.
It's like playing Russian Roulette without any bullets. posted by Rhaomi at 1:18 PM on February 28 [1 favorite]
In other actually, specifically this news, whuuuu. posted by cortex at 1:19 PM on February 28
The "Close Your Account" feature is Bad for MetaFilter, and I wish it would disappear. posted by ibmcginty at 1:20 PM on February 28 [2 favorites]
oh good lord, even when jonmc isn't here, the thread becomes all about him. posted by gaspode at 1:20 PM on February 28 [12 favorites]
Whenever I decide to push the eject button, I ain't gonna put it up to a vote. posted by konolia at 1:21 PM on February 28 [2 favorites]
Two things:
1. I hereby nominate "whuuuu" to be the official signifier of account closures.
2. Does anyone have an updated list of the epic carnage that has taken place over the course of the past two or three months? (Dating back to the feminism thread). I think we're in some kind of recession or something. posted by Baby_Balrog at 1:21 PM on February 28 [4 favorites]
The "Close Your Account" feature is Bad for MetaFilter, and I wish it would disappear.
That's not the culprit so much as the pointlessly visible THIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN DISABLED notice on the profile page. posted by Wolfdog at 1:21 PM on February 28
Why is that, ibc? People should be free to choose to flameout leave when they wish. And a minor barrier to re-entry should, one hopes, force them to think before trying to come back. posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 1:22 PM on February 28
Life requires a process of decay. Account deletion is merely a different type of buzzard, swirling in the thermals, looking for the fallen.
...the "Account Disabled" note is just the skeletal remains. Eventually things move on, and people forget all about the bones beneath their feet. posted by aramaic at 1:22 PM on February 28 [1 favorite]
Many may vie to be the 500th favorite of that comment. But I will always be the first.
No actually, the new game is to see if we can get the favorites down to 0. We have to clean up all the evidence for our heinous murder. posted by dgaicun at 1:24 PM on February 28 [2 favorites]
1. People were closing their accounts before there was a close button. The only difference is we don't get email about it now every time.
2. People were wondering where people went and why before there was a close button. The "account disable" note is the difference, in the case of high profile members, between panicky "they closed their account? why?!" metatalk threads and panicky "omg did they close their account? And why?" metatalk threads, as far as I can tell. posted by cortex at 1:26 PM on February 28
WE WILL SURVIVE AND THRIVE! posted by hermitosis4 at 1:28 PM on February 28
"This account has been disabled. You don't need to start a MetaTalk thread about it." posted by Wolfdog at 1:29 PM on February 28 [3 favorites]
I didn't really register hermitosis3. You could have had that one. I look like I'm made of five dollar bills? posted by ND¢ at 1:30 PM on February 28
With jonmc gone, I am now THE active MeFite with the Lowest User Number!
As I recall, someone with a user number below 100 commented in a thread to a post I made a while back. posted by y2karl at 1:31 PM on February 28
I didn't really register hermitosis3. You could have had that one.
Silence knave, you will be assimilated. posted by hermitosis4 at 1:35 PM on February 28
last, since it's an old infodump. posted by Plutor at 1:36 PM on February 28
You can always depend on Plutor's skillz for the lulz. posted by grouse at 1:37 PM on February 28
If only we could get them to fight the Astrozombies, everything might turn out ok. posted by Baby_Balrog at 1:38 PM on February 28 [3 favorites]
It's more like when Superman died, and all those bunk Supermen came back to claim his legacy. posted by Julia F***ing Sugarbaker at 1:38 PM on February 28 [3 favorites]
The "Close Your Account" feature is Bad for MetaFilter, and I wish it would disappear.
Sometimes starting over isn't a bad thing. posted by johnofjack at 1:39 PM on February 28
Okay that is pretty funny. posted by ND¢ at 1:42 PM on February 28
Wait, what, I thought we were going for PB?! posted by hermitosis5 at 1:44 PM on February 28
Jonmc is one cool dude. This place and MeCha will be the worse for his absence. posted by caddis at 1:45 PM on February 28
posted by corhermitex
God help me!
since it's an old infodump.
Hey, I reran it on Sunday! posted by cortex at 1:46 PM on February 28
Do you even check your email anymore?! I told you this morning. posted by hermitosis4 at 1:46 PM on February 28
Just got word from jonmc.
He's "doing some special work" for Ryan Seacrest of "American Idol".
Please advise. posted by Dizzy at 1:47 PM on February 28 [2 favorites]
GODDAMIT, who let him escape?! I told you before DOUBLE KNOTS, he's tricksy. posted by hermitosis5 at 1:47 PM on February 28
Sure, but I think the key word is "active". jonmc and wendell post almost every day in multiple threads, making them prominent members. While the most recent comment you listed there was from a month and a half ago! Not really that "active".
Yeah, I was just in too much of a rush to update. These MeTa threads move quick. posted by Plutor at 1:49 PM on February 28
fraying (user 44) last posted on 2008-01-12
Yeah but he only shows up to defend himself when folks here are trashing some new project of his. That is, every few months. posted by vacapinta at 1:50 PM on February 28 [1 favorite]
listen, I know this thread is all about jonmc or hermitosis, not sure which, but if it's ok I'd like to make an announcement:
To Whom It May Concern:
My username has nothing to do with either Smegma or Schmeg. It has recently come to my attention that people thought that was what my name was about. IT IS NOT. If you click my profile link, you will see that my name is Yiddish for "A stupid person." As in, "boy that shmegegge sure is a shmegegge." Please update your bookmarks.
Also, there is no C in my name. It is spelled shmegegge, not schmegegge.
I swear to God, if one more person spells it schmegegge, I'll disable my account. posted by shmegegge at 1:56 PM on February 28
I just went to visit jonmc at his place of employment. He sounded pleased that you all miss him so, and said he might stop by and visit his own funeral. He said to tell you all he's taking a break, and feeling good so far. And you always know where to find him. posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 1:58 PM on February 28 [4 favorites]
feel...lonely now.
It's ok, I'm here now. posted by hermitosis3 at 1:59 PM on February 28
Hush, you schmegegge. posted by dersins at 1:59 PM on February 28
Um, I think we need to redo the budget. posted by hermitosis5 at 2:00 PM on February 28
I think you are confusing hope & despair. Again. posted by aramaic at 2:09 PM on February 28
There Will Be Blood Pickles, No Mayo. posted by hermitosis3 at 2:11 PM on February 28
Dear Sgmegegge
Until you brought your profile page to my attention, I thought your username was an unholy synergy between smegma and eggs. I thought you were indicating you were hermaphroditic, which is also what I kept visually confusing hermitosis' username for, until I thought about hematosis. Which may have nothing at all to do with his username and everything to do with being a hermit, in which case, I'm not surprised he Pushed The Button.
That's not the culprit so much as the pointlessly visible THIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN DISABLED notice on the profile page.
It's pointless because it means nothing. No one who writes 20,000 comments is going to leave. No one has made metafilter an integral part of their life is going to leave. Quonsar came back, ethereal bligh has come back several times. Jonmc will come back, if for no other reason than he's bored and has nothing else to do and where else can he find a captive audience for his 20 one liners a day?
This is like high school with the drama. Be happy. Jonmc will be back. He has no other choice. He needs metafilter. posted by gtr at 2:21 PM on February 28 [2 favorites]
Okay, that's it I AM OUT OF HERE! posted by Astro Zombie at 2:21 PM on February 28
if jamaro can confess that, I will fess up that I just noticed dirtynumbangelboy wasn't dirtynumBAGELboy this week.
Whoops. posted by pointystick at 2:26 PM on February 28
Dear people who are Yiddish Impaired
It's adorable, and we like you just the way you are. You're mensches—no, that's a compliment, it's—what? No, no it is not 'a period thing'.
Sooooo... what happens now? Is hermitosis just gonna get a new account or something? posted by Effigy2000 at 2:31 PM on February 28
The "Close Your Account" feature is Bad for MetaFilter, and I wish it would disappear.
It would just reappear a day later as Close Your Account 2. posted by rocket88 at 2:32 PM on February 28 [10 favorites]
Christ, I'm sorry I participated it this drama bullshit. posted by puke & cry at 2:35 PM on February 28
Sooooo... what happens now? Is hermitosis just gonna get a new account or something?
We all talked it over: Hermitosises 2 and 3 will cover the blue, 4 and 5 will be working in the green, and I'm going to stay mainly in the grey. The original hermitosis will continue to use his old sock puppets. posted by [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] at 2:35 PM on February 28 [2 favorites]
I'm gonna disable my account on good friday and come back on easter just to show you all how much I care. posted by kuujjuarapik at 2:37 PM on February 28 [10 favorites]
posted by rocket88It would just reappear a day later as Close Your Account 2.
I love how the use of the word "whore" has become pretty common these days, kind of like "snow niggah." It's a wonderful, rose-colored world. posted by KokuRyu at 2:49 PM on February 28
Quiet yourself, newb. posted by cortex at 3:04 PM on February 28
Perhaps after I hit the 500 mark, my new username will be "acceptable gay".
posted to MetaTalk by hermitosis at 6:37 AM on February 18, 2008 posted by pieoverdone at 3:04 PM on February 28
shmegegge: "boy that shmegegge sure is a shmegegge."
All this time, I've been hearing Homer Simpson's voice saying "You mean it's not Maggaggie's birthday?" posted by evilcolonel at 3:06 PM on February 28 [1 favorite]
Note to Wendell:Did it not occur to you that if user #191 pb were not active, all accounts would be disabled? posted by Cranberry at 3:11 PM on February 28
It would be nice if, after clicking the "disable your account" link, you were suddenly put into a quiet room with LCD walls. There, your favorite soothing music will be playing. You will be surrounded by images of your favorite place in the world; you are so at peace you don't even feel the needle entering your vein...
Unicorn on the cob: It would be nice if, after clicking the "disable your account" link, you were suddenly put into a quiet room with LCD walls. There, your favorite soothing music will be playing. You will be surrounded by images of your favorite place in the world; you are so at peace you don't even feel the needle entering your vein...
Hermitosis is made out of people! It's people!!! posted by evilcolonel at 3:13 PM on February 28
I love that death scene. gets me every time. He was dying of cancer when he made that too. Chills. posted by vronsky at 3:18 PM on February 28
The original Hermitosis ("Hermie: The Movie') was meh.
But Hermie 2 ("Wrath of Herm") was excellent.
Hermie 3 ("Search for Herm") made me cry, sorta, but brought closure.
Hermie 4 was inexplicably obsessed with transparent aluminium.
I never saw Hermies 4 through 14.
The odd-numbered Hermitosises always suck. posted by Dizzy at 3:18 PM on February 28 [3 favorites]
No! Not corhermitex!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
CURSE YOU, EVIL OVERLORDS! posted by languagehat at 3:18 PM on February 28
Now, I make my move. posted by hellbient at 3:20 PM on February 28
Whuuuuu!
This is a blatant ripoff of WRYYYYYY. I demand that steamrollers be dropped on people who close their accounts if everyone starts using this term. posted by burnmp3s at 3:20 PM on February 28
This is what happens when you push the button. Trust me, I know. posted by vronsky at 3:23 PM on February 28 [1 favorite]
So Wendell is the oldest "regular".
Not really caring for all this talk about the Old and the Regular. posted by hangashore at 3:23 PM on February 28
That's cortex on the left, and jessamyn on the right. (she's taller than I had imagined.) They were very gentle. posted by vronsky at 3:25 PM on February 28 [1 favorite]
Since the snow-thingy MeTa thread is closed, I'll have to ask my question here: what is up with lumping together Vermont and Canada? I'm in Canada, 2000 MILES from Vermont, and we probably have more to do with Texas. Vermont, to me, is what I see in "Newhart" reruns. posted by evilcolonel at 3:26 PM on February 28
When these two mighty forces inevitably come to blows, I'm putting my money on Astro Zombie 3. There are times when clever riposte is all that is needed to win the day, when that fails, it's good to bet on the unstoppable zombie. posted by quin at 3:32 PM on February 28
Is jonmc something you'd need to have MetaFilter to understand? posted by JanetLand at 3:34 PM on February 28
No. It's the opposite. Metafilter is something you'd need Jonmc to understand. posted by Dave Faris at 3:41 PM on February 28 [1 favorite]
Metafilter never understood jonmc. That is why he was so out of here as soon as he turned 18. posted by ND¢ at 3:45 PM on February 28
vronsky: I love that death scene. gets me every time. He was dying of cancer when he made that too. Chills.
Wow, TPS, you are just mowing the members down, aren't you? First jonmc and then hermitosis!
Hey, has anyone actually seen Stynxno lately? posted by misha at 4:25 PM on February 28
Oh hey, I meant if 500 more people spell it schmegegge. Sorry to get your hopes up.
For real, I don't have another 5 bucks to sign up the username "sChmegegge are you happy now fuckers?" posted by shmegegge at 4:30 PM on February 28 [3 favorites]
You know, that's the first time one of those has actually gotten me. Good show, sir. posted by flatluigi at 4:52 PM on February 28
Not only did my Internet Access go away a few minutes after I posted my bwahahahahas... now I learn that pb is #191! Curses. Foiled again. posted by wendell at 4:53 PM on February 28
No one wants me around, either. posted by halitosis at 4:57 PM on February 28
If 20 people add me as a contact I'll write another Agent Howie story. posted by Effigy2000 at 5:17 PM on February 28
I should clarify... 20 more starting from my current total of 21. posted by Effigy2000 at 5:19 PM on February 28
Poor Edward G. Robinson. To go from "Little Caesar" and "Kid Galahad" and "Key Largo" to "Soylent Green." Acting opposite Chuck Heston's Scooby-Doo neckerchiefs. Though he was about the only thing non lulz-tastic about that film. posted by middleclasstool at 5:20 PM on February 28
/SteveTheRed adds E2K, wonders where the original Agent Howie story(ies) are. posted by SteveTheRed at 5:25 PM on February 28
You'll find links to all 12 of them on my profile page. posted by Effigy2000 at 5:30 PM on February 28
Duh. I found them. (Scroll down on his profile page) posted by SteveTheRed at 5:32 PM on February 28
I'll admit that I was one of the 500 who favorited that comment, contributing to hermitosis's untimely MetaDeath. But here's the thing: he just added me as a contact. After the fact.
(...alright, probably before, but let's pretend otherwise for dramatic effect.)
I cannot help but feel that I am being watched. That the spirit of the late hermitosis is stalking those who laughingly forced him to his grave. Stalking me.
We are all seeing flickering visions of the departed, doppelgangers that flit in and out of existence, deriding the living. I've tried to ignore it all. But this is too close to home. When I saw that lone name on my contacts page, it was as if the icy hand of his corpse brushed my shoulder.
I've done what I can to cleanse myself. Removed my favorite, doused my keyboard with a vial of jessamyn's tears, even incorporated his user number into a ritual prayer of atonement. But I fear it's not enough.
Great, my Metafilter claim to fame is the invention of the "Account Has Been Disabled" whuuuu? (it's 4 u's, get it right). posted by nanojath at 6:17 PM on February 28
So with jonmc gone who's going to be the person who takes over as the one who enters into threads about a type of music and posts a comment basically saying "your music sucks"? posted by marble at 8:29 PM on February 28
Nope, I'm pretty sure you want a bagel for some reason. posted by Rock Steady at 8:32 PM on February 28 [1 favorite]
Here's a tip... if someone starts a post about the joy of new wave music of the 1980s, I'm pretty sure jonmc will resurrect his account just to announce that the OP has no fucking clue what real music is and that the music in question is what made him hate the 1980s.
Go on now go
walk out the door
just turn around now
cause you're not welcome any more...
May I say? Cake's cover of it is better than the original. But then I adore Cake. I mean really. Like beyond reason. I've had "Italian Leather Sofa" in my head for two days straight, and I LIKE IT THAT WAY.
I want a girl with a short skirt and a looooooooooooooooong...jacket... posted by middleclasstool at 9:01 PM on February 28
Everything I learned about MeTa, I learned I am drunk............... posted by mattbucher at 9:07 PM on February 28
Here's a tip... if someone starts a post about the joy of new wave music of the 1980s, I'm pretty sure jonmc will resurrect his account just to announce that the OP has no fucking clue what real music is and that the music in question is what made him hate the 1980s.
I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT REAL MUSIC. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT REAL MUSIC.
HER NAME WAS RIOOOOO
AND SHE... uh... WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD... LIKE EVERYBODY... BECAUSE
EARTH BELOW US WAS DRIFFFFFTING FALLLLLLLING
LIKE...
ENOLA GAY! YOU SHOULDA STAYED AT HOME YEEEESTERDAY
AWHAW BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO SHY SHYYYY
HUSH HUSH
HOLD ME NOW... CUZ I JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH...
OF... THAT... WHITE HORSE THAT YOU... SHOULDN'T RIDE...
And if you must, go to work - tomorrow
Well, if I were you I really wouldn't bother
For there are brighter sides to life
And I should know, because I've seen them
But not very often ... posted by thatwhichfalls at 9:31 PM on February 28
Not that anyone would have missed me as much as, oh, say SCHMEGEGGE.
posted by yhbc
At one point I was considering leaving for a month to see what effect it would have on the favorites economy. posted by tehloki at 10:51 PM on February 28 [4 favorites]
I just realized that if I remove my favorite, the count goes down to 499!
I just saved hermitosis! posted by tehloki at 10:55 PM on February 28
Oh. Well, it's back at 500 again. Don't I feel silly. posted by tehloki at 10:55 PM on February 28
Where one falls, another shall rise to take it's place. posted by Tenuki at 11:20 PM on February 28
the favorites economy
I'll trade you 447 comment favorites for 29 post favorites, and not one favorite higher! posted by Blazecock Pileon at 11:59 PM on February 28
Wait. Quonsar is back? I was here for EB's most recent return, but where's quonsar? *looks around frantically* posted by Phire at 12:29 AM on February 29 [1 favorite]
Does it count if I de-contact you and then re-add you? Because you got that contact in the first place because of the Agent Howie stories, and I feel cheated now that it doesn't count towards getting more of them, just because I was ahead of the crowd. posted by Arturus at 1:35 AM on February 29
A little late here, but this calls for a 1-line pony:
hermatosis' account should be disabled or enabled dynamically depending on how many favorites the comment has. posted by cotterpin at 5:28 AM on February 29 [8 favorites]
If fifty people add me as a contact, I will hitchhike to jonmc's home, ply him with liquor, bind him with duct tape, and play Hanson's first album until his brain leaks from his ears. posted by waraw at 6:58 AM on February 29
How much money did Matt make on this MeTa just on Hermitosis-related sock puppets?
waraw: You got my vote. posted by Doohickie at 7:45 AM on February 29
waraw - careful - that might be what he's going for here... posted by Baby_Balrog at 8:13 AM on February 29
I'll disable my account if this post gets 500 favorites, but as an 18ker NO ONE WILL GIVE A SHIT. posted by WinnipegDragon at 8:19 AM on February 29
I miss hermitosis3. posted by rocket88 at 9:00 AM on February 29
He did it--he was a man of his word, that Hermitosis. posted by LarryC at 9:19 AM on February 29
Not that I'd give a shit anyway, but what's an account in the 18000's have to do with that? And stop whining!!
Wait... Burhanistan's gone, too? What, is it my breath? Someone tell me. posted by not_on_display at 9:22 AM on February 29
I didn't want to be the one to say it, but, well, yeah. It's like you've been chewing on garlic with a rotting-fish chaser. posted by cortex at 9:38 AM on February 29
You're getting me hungry, cortex. That and a stinky-cheese-milkshake, please. Wait, didn't TPS say something about shoe and ketchup? It's lunch time gottagobye posted by not_on_display at 9:43 AM on February 29
I completely missed that whole EB blowup... must have happened while I timed myself out.
So, all these people, getting fed up and leaving Metafilter ... heck, Matt and pb going to the trouble of programming an "I quit" button... doesn't that indicate some sort of troubling, deeper problem? (Not that I think there's any real way to fix it.) posted by Dave Faris at 10:09 AM on February 29
Shoe sandwiches for everyone!
Now that's what I call sole food! (You've been a great audience. I'll be here all week. Try the sole.) posted by Sys Rq at 10:22 AM on February 29
Depressing, isn't it? Though I can't say I blame her. posted by agregoli at 10:37 AM on February 29
Well, "all these people" getting fed up and leaving Metafilter is a tiny fraction of the userbase, and only a fraction yet of the highly visible and the regulars that constitute the most active part of the userbase. In some cases, these are folks who have spent years at the site; to expect that none of them would ever decide to leave seems counterintuitive to me.
So I don't personally think there's anything particularly surprising, let alone deeply or troublingly problematic, about the situation.
As far as going to the trouble of programming the button—Matt's said a few times now that he's gotten feedback from folks that the lack of an ability to close your account is wierd, and has talked about how much it bothered him that he couldn't close his own account on some other site. It's a concession to that sensibility and experience, and a minor administrative time-saver for us in reducing the need to go through an email exchange and manually tweak someone's account setting.
It's not as if no one left the site or closed their account before we added the button; as far as I can tell, the attrition rate has remained pretty much flat across the transition. posted by cortex at 10:38 AM on February 29
(To be clear: I don't mean to say that every time some given user x decides to leave the site, it must be a completely happy-go-lucky All Is Right With The World situation. Folks have left here, recently and not so recently, under circumstances that I've thought sucked. I'm saying I don't believe that the suckage is a systemic thing or an issue of the closure functionality.) posted by cortex at 10:41 AM on February 29
Yeah. I guess the fact that there are so few people with uid < 3000 active probably indicates that almost all of them left without even a whisper, let alone being noted in threads like this. Still, I guess I find it a little troubling that so many of these recent departures have been with people who have let themselves get so invested in the site and the community, and now seem to be suddenly leaving, either in a pique or for whatever other reason. But maybe that's more cause and effect. posted by Dave Faris at 11:05 AM on February 29
So, all these people, getting fed up and leaving Metafilter ... heck, Matt and pb going to the trouble of programming an "I quit" button... doesn't that indicate some sort of troubling, deeper problem?
I think it would be weirder if Metafilter was some kind of Hotel California, all-things-to-all-people website. Yes, it's a community, but it's okay for people to leave. They might have kids, or find another website they want to spend more time on, or develop carpal tunnel syndrome, or get a job that takes a lot of their time, or decide they'd rather spend their evenings perfecting their seven-layer pousse cafés.
There's nothing sinister about people deciding to spend their leisure time doing something other than what they used to do. posted by The corpse in the library at 11:13 AM on February 29
There's nothing sinister about people deciding to spend their leisure time...
Incorrect -- there is something sinister about everything. At least, as long as I'm around there is. posted by aramaic at 11:18 AM on February 29
Ok, i slept on this, and i am still sad that jon is gone...maybe i should take some time off of metafilter as well. posted by schyler523 at 11:46 AM on February 29
marble:So with jonmc gone who's going to be the person who takes over as the one who enters into threads about a type of music and posts a comment basically saying "your music sucks"?
Uh... Everybody else on the site? posted by whir at 11:54 AM on February 29
Wait, EB came back? Even temporarily? His account shows no further activity since he left. Links, please!
My tally of recents (or somewhat recents) is:
EB (back or not?)
thehmsbeagle
occhiblu
zebra3
quonsar (is kind of back, but less frequent posting?)
jonmc
hermitosis and various hermitosi
Burhanistan
konolia
Who am I missing?
And can I just say that I wish disabling your account did not also take away all of the personal information that you might have put on it, such as where your name came from, etc. People who are only leaving for a while might choose to write a message that they'll be back in August after their project is done with, or come back from their trip, or that they might just need a little break or whatever. I think at a minimum people should have an option of leaving this information up for others when they leave or taking it down. I mean, they were members of this community once, and it seems only polite to allow folks to leave up something personal about themselves if they so choose. (I also think it would be nice to show the date they left below the date they joined.) posted by onlyconnect at 12:00 PM on February 29 [2 favorites]
Everybody? Uh oh. (sucks.) posted by carsonb at 12:01 PM on February 29
Even after leaving, jonmc manages to hijack threads.
This thread is about hermitosis. We'll miss you, bud. Also hermitosis3, hermitosis4, and hermitosis5. But not hermitosis2, he was an irritating attention-whoring jerk. posted by grouse at 12:02 PM on February 29
Oh sorry, gaspode already said that. posted by grouse at 12:03 PM on February 29
I wish disabling your account did not also take away all of the personal information that you might have put on it
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