Comments on: Karnofsky alarm?

Karnofsky alarm?

Skeptic — Sun, 11 May 2008 04:53:56 -0800

Isn't this Metafilter FPP slightly suspicious?

Let's review the evidence: a) Double; b) From a very recent member; c) Single-link; d) To the website of a notorious self-publicist and spammer. My alarm is ringing pretty loudly there.

By: krautland

krautland — Sun, 11 May 2008 05:07:37 -0800

I don't know, dude. 105 answers in askme suggests this wasn't the first thing the poster thought about doing and the answers strike me as a legit effort by a sincere person. this would be a lot of effort to get one link in, which seems like too much work considering that he already has figured out he can spam journos directly.

the thread got a decent-sized discussion in the comments going, lots of which blast this mr. nissan on the shortcomings of his story, which is a pretty good indicator for how solid mefi can work. I'd suggest that has added value to the post, which otherwise was lacking.

my gut feeling? first-time front-page poster who didn't self-link but still needs to figure out what flies here and what doesn't.

By: Ryvar

Ryvar — Sun, 11 May 2008 06:10:30 -0800

Krautland sums it up. This reads like a noob, not a spammer.

By: krautland

krautland — Sun, 11 May 2008 06:14:26 -0800

then again - I'm no miko. where's the resident super-detective?

By: DenOfSizer

DenOfSizer — Sun, 11 May 2008 06:47:09 -0800

Meh. It's too beautiful a spring mothers' day for CSI Mefi style. I found it a vaguely nostalgic post, as I remembered tooling around in my dad's butterscotch Datsun Z car.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Sun, 11 May 2008 07:37:13 -0800

It's not a self-link by any measures I can check against (wrong area of the country, no identifying info matching anyone at nissan.com, etc), so I agree with krautland and others -- it's just a meh first link.

By: grateful

grateful — Sun, 11 May 2008 07:41:45 -0800

I'd give it a pass. Especially since one of the mods commented early on, then used his sockpuppet downthread.

By: cortex

cortex — Sun, 11 May 2008 07:46:45 -0800

Yeah, everybody's first post is a first post, and some are more first-y than others. I couldn't see anything hinky about this one either.

...then used his sockpuppet downthread.

At the risk of spoiling dry humor with earnest explanation, I'm pretty sure that's not Matt's.

By: dawson

dawson — Sun, 11 May 2008 07:49:24 -0800

Isn't it sort of better to, I dunno, write the mods en masse about things like this? Of course I'm forever new, but that seems like something I might do in such a situation. But hey, that's just me, and no, I'm as sober as I get. And I love everybody.

By: grateful

grateful — Sun, 11 May 2008 07:51:19 -0800

Damn cortex. Happy Fucking Mothers Day!

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 11 May 2008 08:15:07 -0800

Isn't this Metafilter FPP slightly suspicious?

Yessss, they are. Quarantine the lot of them until we can separate the infected from uninfected. If any try to escape them, snark them.

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Sun, 11 May 2008 09:17:04 -0800

Isn't this Metafilter FPP slightly suspicious?
posted by Skeptic to etiquette/policy at 7:53 AM (10 comments total) [add to favorites] [!]

Aptonymical!

By: The corpse in the library

The corpse in the library — Sun, 11 May 2008 09:30:29 -0800

grateful: "Damn cortex. Happy Fucking Mothers Day!"

But I don't want to... oh, I see.

By: Fuzzy Skinner

Fuzzy Skinner — Sun, 11 May 2008 09:45:06 -0800

Yeah, everybody's first post is a first post

And for some of us, all of our posts are first posts.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Sun, 11 May 2008 10:16:42 -0800

Prospective parents, take note:

Good names
Tommy Saab.
Beretta Ferrari.
Remington Ford.
Walther Renault.
Winchester Lincoln.
Spencer DeLorean.

Bad names
Colt Oldsmobile.
Spandau Citroën.
Sten Jeep.
Kalashnikov Volkswagen.
M16 BMW.
Uzi Nissan.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:08:38 -0800

Spencer DeLorean will be the new Leonardo DiCaprio

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:38:19 -0800

Why hasn't made the obligatory eponysterical joke about skeptic here yet? I don't want to do it...

By: John Kenneth Fisher

John Kenneth Fisher — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:52:57 -0800

Why hasn't made the obligatory eponysterical joke about skeptic here yet? I don't want to do it...

ahem

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:53:33 -0800

Oh, that. Carry on.

By: heeeraldo

heeeraldo — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:12:32 -0800

cortex: At the risk of spoiling dry humor with earnest explanation...

oh dear gods how did we end up inside a garfield comic

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:17:22 -0800

"Let's review the evidence:

a) Double;
b) From a very recent member;
c) Single-link;
d) To the website of a notorious self-publicist and spammer."

HOLD IT!

TAKE THAT!

OBJECTION!

NOT GUILTY!

Great job, Phoenix!

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:23:47 -0800

But, um, yeah, it really is a double, so...?

By: nanojath

nanojath — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:46:53 -0800

Isn't this Metafilter FPP slightly suspicious?

Doesn't your user name mean slightly suspicious?

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:50:52 -0800

By: Joseph Gurl

Joseph Gurl — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:09:19 -0800

Hehe, that wacky Marmaduke!

By: octobersurprise

octobersurprise — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:31:55 -0800

Beretta Ferrari

What a great name for a spy/master of martial arts/pole dancer.

By: misha

misha — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:32:23 -0800

True story: I once wrote some soft-core porn under the name, "Vivienne DeLorean".

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:34:25 -0800

False story: ditto, except it was "VB.NET For Dummies".

By: quin

quin — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:38:34 -0800

I'm so going to use Browning Bugatti or Luger Lamborghini as my new porno name, but in honor of Uzi Nissan, I think I'm going to go with Tavor Toyota instead.

By: GoingToShopping

GoingToShopping — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:22:45 -0800

Well, whoever that "sockpuppet" is should be given an award for best comment ever. Honestly, I say that thread should be sidebarred!