MeFi listed in Macworld's "Websites we love" list.

September 24, 2008 5:57 AM

How to win friends and influence others. MeFi makes Macworld's latest "Websites We Love" list.
posted by i_cola to MetaFilter-Related at 5:57 AM (50 comments total)

Damn us evil Mac-using libruls...
posted by i_cola at 5:57 AM on September 24, 2008

"Staffed"? Old Media's so cute sometimes!
posted by cillit bang at 6:48 AM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]

I'm free!
posted by Jofus at 6:56 AM on September 24, 2008

a bottomless supply of smart back-and-forth conversation

MeFi's the best, so doesn't that make it 'topless'?
posted by lukemeister at 7:01 AM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]

What's the 1932 film that was so disturbing people fled the theater? Where's that thread?
posted by jbickers at 7:05 AM on September 24, 2008

Where's that thread?

Right here.
posted by uncleozzy at 7:08 AM on September 24, 2008

"Staffed"? Old Media's so cute sometimes!

At least they didn't say "manned" let's give them some credit.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:17 AM on September 24, 2008

No screenshot of Mefi on the page, but the others have 'em. Is this to protect our intellectual property, or do they have something against the page layout here?
posted by misha at 7:17 AM on September 24, 2008

I prefer to use the term "personed."
posted by Mister_A at 7:20 AM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]

Wow, I'm on the staff! I haven't this proud since Time named me "Person of the Year".
posted by yhbc at 7:33 AM on September 24, 2008 [5 favorites]

personed

But I we thought we were a hive mind?
posted by cowbellemoo at 7:34 AM on September 24, 2008

I AM A CO-OP OF BLOGGERS AND COMMENTATORS
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 7:48 AM on September 24, 2008 [6 favorites]

Dale Carnegie is spinning in his grave.
posted by owtytrof at 7:54 AM on September 24, 2008

I think of myself as more of a bacillus or sapling.
posted by lukemeister at 7:59 AM on September 24, 2008

Every website needs a hug.
posted by Deathalicious at 8:30 AM on September 24, 2008

How in the hell did they figure out I'm not wearing pants?
posted by docpops at 8:59 AM on September 24, 2008

Good thing they didn't see all the PC game links without the No Mac Version warning. I caught snarkorrhea on Metafilter
posted by BrotherCaine at 9:38 AM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]

"Nothing impresses on a first date like obscure knowledge"

I call shenanigans.
posted by Lemurrhea at 9:46 AM on September 24, 2008

How to win friends and influence others.

So this means, how to win friends and influence who? Enemies?
posted by grobstein at 10:54 AM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]

Metafilter: Four and a half mice!
posted by R. Mutt at 11:01 AM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]

Where's my paycheck?

IM SO GOING ON STRIKE
posted by BitterOldPunk at 11:05 AM on September 24, 2008

a bottomless supply of smart back-and-forth conversation

MeFi's the best, so doesn't that make it 'topless'?

...can't... can't it be both?
posted by Navelgazer at 11:14 AM on September 24, 2008

Also, I like the idea that the macworld editors are being deluged with e-mails write now and thinking, "WTF? You mean they do this for free?"
posted by Navelgazer at 11:14 AM on September 24, 2008

BitterOldPunk, I cam here to make that comment. You stole my comment. I'm on strike, too!
posted by theora55 at 11:51 AM on September 24, 2008

Good thing they didn't see all the PC game links without the No Mac Version warning.

Hah. The staff at Metafilter never warns 'No Mac Version'. It is just assumed.
posted by graventy at 12:00 PM on September 24, 2008

I caught snarkorrhea on Metafilter

I read that as snarkformers, probably a TV MeFi show about robots transforming into snarkmachines.
posted by ersatz at 12:07 PM on September 24, 2008

So this means, how to win friends and influence who? Enemies?

See, I'm not that interested in willfully exerting influence or control over my friends. My enemies, though...
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 1:06 PM on September 24, 2008

...staffed by a lively co-op of bloggers and commentators...

I'd staff it.
posted by not_on_display at 1:06 PM on September 24, 2008 [2 favorites]

Tsk.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:22 PM on September 24, 2008

I'd Tsk it.
posted by clearly at 1:24 PM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]

The Web may not make you prettier

you underestimate the hivemind, unknown pulchritudionally-challenged macworld writer.
posted by krautland at 1:36 PM on September 24, 2008

Tsk tsk!
posted by Ida Hitit at 1:50 PM on September 24, 2008

I don't know... "The Websites They Love" include a couple I personally hate, so I don't think MeFi's in very good company there.
posted by wendell at 1:55 PM on September 24, 2008

You can get internet on Macs, now?
posted by turgid dahlia at 2:44 PM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]

Only if you nicely ask Apple's permission first.
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 3:41 PM on September 24, 2008 [2 favorites]

"No screenshot of Mefi on the page, but the others have 'em. Is this to protect our intellectual property, or do they have something against the page layout here?"

Lack of a professional white background might have something to do with it.
posted by An Infinity Of Monkeys at 4:07 PM on September 24, 2008 [1 favorite]

...can't... can't it be both?

Please consult rules and regulations for your jurisdiction. Void where prohibited by law.
posted by lukemeister at 4:39 PM on September 24, 2008

An Infinity Of Monkeys: "36"No screenshot of Mefi on the page, but the others have 'em. Is this to protect our intellectual property, or do they have something against the page layout here?"

Lack of a professional white background might have something to do with it."

Wow, it actually took much longer than I thought it would for someone to mention that.
posted by misha at 4:47 PM on September 24, 2008

...staffed by a lively co-op of bloggers and commentators...

More like staff INFECTION, amirite?

I got nuthin...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:02 PM on September 24, 2008

flapjax at midnite: ...staffed by a lively co-op of bloggers and commentators...

More like staff INFECTION, amirite?

I got nuthin...

That's not what the test results said...
posted by not_on_display at 6:21 PM on September 24, 2008 [4 favorites]

Ahh, test results, shmest results. Whaddaz the gaddam doctor know, hah?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:31 PM on September 24, 2008

Bonus quiz: what movie does that line ("whaddaz the gaddam doctor know?") come from?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:33 PM on September 24, 2008

My life isn't a movie yet!

And I meant taste test. What doctor?
posted by not_on_display at 6:54 PM on September 24, 2008

Bonus quiz: what movie does that line ("whaddaz the gaddam doctor know?") come from?
Caspar - Miller's Crossing.
posted by tellurian at 8:58 PM on September 24, 2008

Yay tellurian!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:27 PM on September 24, 2008

MeFi's the best, so doesn't that make it 'topless'?

pffft. boyzone was eradicated here long ago.

Lack of a professional white background might have something to do with it."

Misha: Wow, it actually took much longer than I thought it would for someone to mention that.

*ahem* plain theme *cough cough*

Wow, it actually took much longer than I thought it would for someone to notice that.
posted by UbuRoivas at 4:35 AM on September 25, 2008

MetaFilter is a clearinghouse of the most fun, random, newsworthy, and useful content churned out by the Internet.

Pineapple dildos! Dumptruck. Robot-popsicle.
posted by quin at 8:19 AM on September 25, 2008

pineapple dildos: random, yes. useful, certainly not. newsworthy? probably only if used by a republican senator in an airport restroom.
posted by UbuRoivas at 10:45 AM on September 25, 2008

Could someone link to the 'best practical jokes' thread as well?
posted by sk381 at 2:43 PM on September 25, 2008

It could have been this one or this one.
posted by tellurian at 4:17 PM on September 25, 2008