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August 26, 2008 11:41 PM

MetaFilter Journalists. [Opinion Content: Moderate. Sentiment: Mostly Neutral]
posted by tellurian to MetaFilter-related at 11:41 PM (60 comments total)

wtf? according to them I'm a journalist.

thems fightin words.
posted by krautland at 12:00 AM on August 27, 2008

Most Frequently Mentioned Topics

* Barack Obama
* United States
* YouTube
* Google Inc.
* U.S. Republican Party
* Hillary Rodham Clinton
* Ron Paul
* Christmas

CHRISTMAS!
posted by dhammond at 12:01 AM on August 27, 2008 [6 favorites]

You know the results of the latest Gallup Poll? Half the country never even heard of the word Watergate. Nobody gives a shit. You guys are probably pretty tired, right? Well, you should be. Go on home, get a nice hot bath. Rest up... 15 minutes. Then get your asses back in gear. We're under a lot of pressure, you know, and you put us there. Nothing's riding on this except the, uh, first amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press, and maybe the future of the country. Not that any of that matters, but if you guys fuck up again, I'm going to get mad. Goodnight.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 12:09 AM on August 27, 2008 [3 favorites]

Also note that Cool Papa Bell is listed as a frequent topic.
posted by chrisamiller at 12:11 AM on August 27, 2008

I may be a journalism major and a member of the SPJ, but my absence from this list makes me feel like a fraud. A fraud.

Also:

Related Sources:

Alarming News
Bitch. Ph.D.
Grouchy Old Cripple
Ambient Irony

Heh.
posted by Rhaomi at 12:15 AM on August 27, 2008

I guess I'm not posting enough. Good, if it keeps me off of crap lists like this.
posted by pjern at 12:41 AM on August 27, 2008

Rhaomi: I sympathize. I'm on the list. Likely on the "Cooter Countdown" beat. I can't wait to get the business cards.
posted by Pronoiac at 12:41 AM on August 27, 2008

What the? They put me on the list, but for some idiotic deleted post I did?

Wow, what a great idea! Self-generating journalism web site! Why didn't we think of this before?

Next, we can make machine-generated journalism. And we can print it out, just like all these outmoded forms of print media we have now. Only instead of "newspapers," we can call these machine-generated print media publications "STEAMING PILES OF STUPID."
posted by koeselitz at 1:37 AM on August 27, 2008

Also, "Mostly Neutral" sounds charmingly similar to "Mostly Harmless."
posted by koeselitz at 1:39 AM on August 27, 2008

Jesus, guys, knock it off with this idle chit-chat, we're on a fucking deadline here.

krautland, I need two extra pars on the LOLcat insurgency, quick. Blazecock, can you do nibs for the Latest Snarks box?

Fuck, I need to call my wife and tell her I'll be home late. Again.
posted by flashboy at 1:39 AM on August 27, 2008 [14 favorites]

Where the hell did everybody slip in all those Christmas discussions without me noticing? Is that what you all were doing in all the Ron Paul threads I never opened - talking about Christmas?

If so, I feel left out. Who wants to talk about Christmas?
posted by koeselitz at 1:42 AM on August 27, 2008

from About DayLife:

Building a New Architecture for Content

We started Daylife because we think publishers should be able to easily add fresh content experiences to their sites, and readers should have more fun exploring news and other fresh content. Our ContentSense(TM) platform simplifies the complex news landscape, making it a personal, visceral experience...

Create New Experiences for Your Readers

With Daylife’s content platform, you as a publisher can easily add millions of pages and hundreds of apps to your site. It lets you give your readers a deeper, more engaging experience while generating more ad inventory. (Daylife.com is just one example of what’s possible.) You can create your own news and content experiences, matching your voice and brand, and create more depth on your site.

The Best of Science and Editorial

Daylife gathers and analyzes mind-boggling amounts of high-quality news and other content from across the web. We analyze it, mash it up, and deliver it via an API so you can query it in many different dimensions. Our platform lets you work and play with the news media itself - bend it, shape it, ask it questions… and then put it to work on your site.

See? Everybody be careful what you're saying - keep in mind that you're being analyzed, mashed up, and delivered.

Is it just me, or does this seem... odd?
posted by koeselitz at 1:49 AM on August 27, 2008

This is kind of weird but worse seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding about how MetaFilter works. Following the link to "my" page on their site most of the text is lifted from the comments of the post and not the post yet still misleadingly, sort of attributed to me.
posted by Mitheral at 1:50 AM on August 27, 2008

We started Daylife because we think publishers should be able to easily add fresh content experiences to their sites...

I keep reading that bit. And I keep puking. Now I'm beginning to think the two things have something to do with each other.
posted by koeselitz at 1:51 AM on August 27, 2008 [1 favorite]

I was forgetful. Under my byline: The Farting Sluggoth, & coming soon, on AskMe: Hey Guys, Where Can I Get Big Googly Eyes?

I'm not feeling the love for journalism right now.
posted by Pronoiac at 2:01 AM on August 27, 2008

...you as a publisher can easily add millions of pages and hundreds of apps to your site... generating more ad inventory...

So this is basically a fancy equivalent of those dickheads who grab stuff from weblogs via RSS, republish it and plaster the pages with ads?
posted by jack_mo at 2:20 AM on August 27, 2008

Sorry, not stuff, 'content'.
posted by jack_mo at 2:21 AM on August 27, 2008

Words associated with Metafilter: awesome ... fuck ... god ... shit ...
posted by athenian at 3:02 AM on August 27, 2008

Words Associated with SVESKEMUS:
april art artwork atari backgammon bestest cashman cent checkers congresspersons connection crappy data dot ephemeral evolution eye facebook faster favorite firstly flailing friendless fun ghost gta illusion inter january man maze metafilter myspace network nothin optical pac pacman people pong post reapplied science sez slightly slow social splat technology ten tho thousands timey tunnel unhindered waypoint weren yar yeah yesteryear

There are several words on that list I'm pretty sure I've never uttered in my life. Bestest? Congresspersons??
posted by sveskemus at 4:35 AM on August 27, 2008

Most Frequently Mentioned Topics

* Facebook Inc.
* NASCAR

What the flying fuck?!?!??!
posted by sveskemus at 4:43 AM on August 27, 2008

Most Frequently Mentioned Topics:

* Iraq
* Canada

Coverage:
* World - 0%
posted by edd at 5:22 AM on August 27, 2008 [1 favorite]

# Entertainment: 20%
# National: 60%
# Science and Technology: 10%

So 100% of MeFi is only 90%?

This is really pretty stupid.
posted by paisley henosis at 5:30 AM on August 27, 2008

Words associated with METAFILTER: hurf durf
posted by lukemeister at 5:30 AM on August 27, 2008

paisley henosis,
The missing 10% is reserved for the cabal.
posted by lukemeister at 5:31 AM on August 27, 2008

Sport 0% ?????

But we're outraged at the introduction of instant replay for umpires! Outraged I tell you! It's on the back page of the blue.
posted by Nick Verstayne at 5:33 AM on August 27, 2008 [1 favorite]

LOL
posted by quonsar at 5:49 AM on August 27, 2008 [2 favorites]

LOL
Who is This?
Help us add to our database, by linking this journalist.
Cunt
posted by tellurian at 6:07 AM on August 27, 2008 [1 favorite]

Oh, this has destroyed my morning grumpiness. Thanks for this.
posted by middleclasstool at 6:17 AM on August 27, 2008

Okay, this is the last time I will mention this. It irks me but I'm done.
posted by tellurian at 6:28 AM on August 27, 2008

Oh thank God I don't know what the main page is. Cause then I might be on this list. And I hate lists.
posted by Grither at 6:40 AM on August 27, 2008

Half the country never even heard of the word Watergate.

Yeah, well, irrigation technology has come a long way in the last couple hundred years, grandpa.
posted by cortex at 6:45 AM on August 27, 2008 [2 favorites]

[lougrant]

You kids have spunk.


I *HATE* spunk!

[/lougrant]
posted by briank at 7:12 AM on August 27, 2008

I didn't realize I was that frequent a contributor. I am learning a lot about my relationship with MetaFilter this week.

I am learning things I did not want to know.
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:37 AM on August 27, 2008

Contributors with 5-19 articles per month

astro zombie (5)
blazecock pileon (6)
chunking express (7)
fearfulsymmetry (6)
flapjax at midnite (13)
hadjiboy (8)
homunculus (15)
kattullus (8)
miss lynnster (5)
nickyskye (7)
not_on_display (6)
stbalbach (9)

That seems kind of high.
posted by norm at 8:14 AM on August 27, 2008

Man oh man, I love that I'm on there as the contributor of a story about masturbating in an airplane. Way to go, me!

(=sarcasm)
posted by bitter-girl.com at 8:32 AM on August 27, 2008

Wait, so they link to my post about the demise about Postum, but not the really cool one that I'm still so proud of and love about how Bill Blass and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. won WW2? That's it. I'm turning in my press pass.
posted by rtha at 8:58 AM on August 27, 2008

"We started Daylife because we think publishers should be able to easily add fresh content experiences to their sites..."

You wanna know how to get "fresh content" for your pages? Pay journalists, motherfuckers.

(Off to download some major label music…)
posted by klangklangston at 9:18 AM on August 27, 2008

The articles by roll truck roll page includes two MeFi posts I've written, and an article about a truck collision.
posted by roll truck roll at 9:33 AM on August 27, 2008

I am a journalist. Oddly, I didn't make that list. Is it my sad lack of political-filter posts and comments that have contributed to my omission? Oh, waily, waily!
posted by Lynsey at 9:38 AM on August 27, 2008

None of the stuff attributed to me was written by me. However, don't let that stop the royalty payments.
posted by Mister_A at 9:41 AM on August 27, 2008

I've finally made it!
posted by chunking express at 10:27 AM on August 27, 2008

I love that 'post' is the biggest tag in our cloud. We really are MetaFilter!
posted by dirtdirt at 10:35 AM on August 27, 2008

World: 0%

Yankzone!
posted by Artw at 10:38 AM on August 27, 2008

Words Associated with METAFILTER

They left out "assclown."

Also note that Cool Papa Bell is listed as a frequent topic.

Fuckin'-A' damn right it is. If I have anything to do about it. And I do. Assclowns.

But I've tried to be on my best behavior recently ...
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 10:38 AM on August 27, 2008

Awesome Fuck, God! Shit! (deific counter-programming to Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job?)
posted by waraw at 12:03 PM on August 27, 2008

I got into Metafilter because it was always good for quirky stories I could sell to the BBC shows I used to work in. However, now that I'm in Metafilter, I have more of a moral understanding of the use of the content and tend to shy away from suggesting it. Mainly because I think honestly a lot of the information that is coming to Metafilter is gleaned third- or fourth-handedly, and therefore is actually of little value to the continuous news cycle.
posted by parmanparman at 12:27 PM on August 27, 2008

Hang on, do we get NUJ rates?
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 12:58 PM on August 27, 2008

Secret messages in the word cloud:
awesome bad book comments
find friends fuck
make man march metafilter mind
they're things thinking thought

Sums it up.
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 2:10 PM on August 27, 2008

Coverage
* Sports: 0%

Yeah, they don't consider dick-punching a sport.
posted by ersatz at 3:10 PM on August 27, 2008 [1 favorite]

I never knew I was a journalist. I always thought of myself as more of a dilettante.
posted by MythMaker at 5:54 PM on August 27, 2008

Words Associated with METAFILTER
april article awesome bad book comments cool december doesnt

WHERE ARE THE BEANS?
posted by vrakatar at 7:01 PM on August 27, 2008

Yankzone!

Around here, we spell humor without a "u". And we like it that way.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 8:00 PM on August 27, 2008

> Around here, we spell humor without a "u". And we like it that way.

hmor?
posted by mrzarquon at 9:29 PM on August 27, 2008 [5 favorites]

I laghed. Ot lod, even.
posted by trondant at 10:20 PM on August 27, 2008 [1 favorite]

so, does this mean that everyone on this list gets a ban?
posted by agress at 12:31 AM on August 28, 2008

flapjax at midnite's Most Frequently Mentioned Topics:

YouTube
George Clinton
Sheryl Crow
Phil Spector
Richard Thompson
Josh White
Doc Watson
Bo Diddley
Wanda Jackson
BBC

They are deeply fucking wrong about Sheryl Crow. Man, I must've mentioned Roscoe Holcomb or Muddy Waters about 5000 more times than Sheryl friggin Crow. Somebody over there is gonna lose their job, if I have anything to do with it.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:34 AM on August 28, 2008

I talk about Jenna Jameson and Burger King a lot. Sheesh.
posted by dabitch at 7:20 AM on August 28, 2008

So. My linking to, and occasionally quoting wholesale, online articles written and researched by someone else makes me a journalist?

Yeah. Seems about right.
posted by 1f2frfbf at 11:36 AM on August 28, 2008

shit, I expected this to be about insomnia_lj.
posted by shmegegge at 12:16 PM on August 28, 2008

If I'm a journalist, I want to be all muscles and sexy beefy, like that Guckert Gannon journalist guy.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:26 PM on August 28, 2008 [1 favorite]