MeFi is still a classic.

August 26, 2008 6:29 PM

I thought for sure that someone would mention MeFi's inclusion on PCMag's "100 Classic Websites of 2008" list. So, allow me.

Although it's more than just "fun and games", I say congrats nonetheless. My favorite part of the mini-review is "Make it a point to browse the site for a while and you'll learn something, even if against your will."

posted by revmitcz to MetaFilter-related at 6:29 PM (27 comments total)

Hah! That really is a perfect description of MetaFilter: learning, against your will.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 6:41 PM on August 26, 2008 [1 favorite]

Just a couple notches above YouTube! YAY!
posted by iamkimiam at 7:03 PM on August 26, 2008

Wow. That is pretty rarified company. Go us.
posted by yhbc at 7:05 PM on August 26, 2008

Yeah, was that in order of preference? I suppose that whether or not it's presented as such it (the order of appearance) constitutes a de facto ranking, so w00t indeed, and suck it, The Onion! Coming in after I can haz funny cat pitcherz is OK, but it is irritating to be ranked below College Humor.com.

Off topic: Does anyone still read PC Magazine?
posted by Mister_A at 7:07 PM on August 26, 2008

ABOVE THE FOLD, WOOT.
posted by jessamyn at 7:11 PM on August 26, 2008 [2 favorites]

AddictingGames
BoingBoing
CollegeHumor
Comics
Dlisted
Gawker
ICanHasCheezburger
Indexed
Metafilter
Netflix
Nickelodeon
Onion
RottenTomatoes
TelevisionWithoutPity
Veoh
Xkcd
YouTube

Yup, must be order of preference.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 7:43 PM on August 26, 2008 [1 favorite]

I didn't even know PC Magazine was even still around.
posted by octothorpe at 7:44 PM on August 26, 2008

Good god, is there anyone who needs to read a magazine to know about the Onion or YouTube?!
posted by octothorpe at 7:51 PM on August 26, 2008

Yup, must be order of preference.

Some people prefer dictionary ordering.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 8:03 PM on August 26, 2008

Cool! Does this mean we are all A-Listers by association?
posted by dg at 8:08 PM on August 26, 2008

Wow, we're listed before The Onion and YouTube.

WHEN IS THE IPO? WHERE ARE MY STOCK OPTIONS? BRING ME PIE!
posted by loquacious at 8:12 PM on August 26, 2008 [2 favorites]

Good god, is there anyone who needs to read a magazine to know about the Onion or YouTube?!

Yes. And they like to invest in things they don't quite understand IF YOU DON'T SCARE THEM OFF BEFORE I EAT YOUR LIVER.
posted by loquacious at 8:15 PM on August 26, 2008

Blazecock Pileon
Horace Rumpole
iamkimiam
jessamyn
klangklangston
Mister_A
octothorpe
Solon and Thanks
yhbc
posted by klangklangston at 8:24 PM on August 26, 2008

Dang, if they preferred AskMetafilter, we'd be #1.
posted by iamkimiam at 8:29 PM on August 26, 2008

Argh!

Addictive. It's addictive, damnit!
posted by ODiV at 8:30 PM on August 26, 2008

Er, I mean, #2. But still it's first loser, and that's something!
posted by iamkimiam at 8:30 PM on August 26, 2008

Never regretted that $5 for a second.
posted by Caduceus at 8:31 PM on August 26, 2008

MetaFilter: Somewhere between Indexed and Netflix.
posted by netbros at 8:34 PM on August 26, 2008

Extra points to PCMag for not putting each site on a separate page for more ad-revenue dollars.

(Note to PCMag - that is not a suggestion)
posted by djgh at 8:50 PM on August 26, 2008

Stay classic, Metafilter.
posted by Artw at 10:26 PM on August 26, 2008

Perhaps the best feature is MetaTalk, where questions put to the community are thrown back in the asker's face with snark that could melt your face off. Make it a point to browse the site for a while and you'll learn something, even if it has to be pounded into your pea brain with a fucking meat tenderizer.
posted by clearly at 2:33 AM on August 27, 2008 [2 favorites]

Magazines containing reviews of internet content - briefly relevant for a short period towards the latter half of 1998.
posted by fire&wings at 3:01 AM on August 27, 2008

Yahoo! Magazine was fun while it lasted.
posted by jessamyn at 5:11 AM on August 27, 2008 [2 favorites]

It never even occurred to me that they would do this in alphabetic order, because it is so much the polar opposite of the whole web experience. Wow. That's goofy, but then again I am too.
posted by Mister_A at 8:06 AM on August 27, 2008

Metafilter: Even if it has to be pounded into your pea brain with a fucking meat tenderizer.

(quoting clearly)
posted by lothar at 12:06 PM on August 27, 2008

Community: Metafilter Weblog
posted by cortex at 1:05 PM on August 27, 2008

MeFi's text-only throwback front page

Words are now a "throwback."

Yeesh, is this society fucked.
posted by mediareport at 5:17 PM on August 27, 2008 [1 favorite]