*Whining, engaged* November 21, 2008 11:14 AM   Subscribe

I flagged my first post -- no offense to the OP, but the truth is, I'm just really tired of SLYT posts.

In fact, I'm tired of any single link post. Having been an active member of various online communities since the mid-90s, the one thing that put MeFi above them all (IMHO) was the fact that people put real thought into crafting an informative, interesting post using a current event as a starting point. All too often now, the posts are the current event. Single link posts are turning MeFi into Reddit.

There's a balance to be maintained on MeFi between community and information. I worry that the lack of quality in the latter will lead to a decline in the former.

*Single link post with whining, disengaged*
posted by parilous to Etiquette/Policy at 11:14 AM (128 comments total)

Thanks for sharing. Moving along now...
posted by xmutex at 11:16 AM on November 21, 2008


Yeah, I regret posting it, too.
posted by parilous at 11:18 AM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


Good for you.
posted by splice at 11:20 AM on November 21, 2008


In fact, I'm tired of any single link post.
There's nothing wrong with a single link post. It's just that the link has to be good.
posted by dhruva at 11:21 AM on November 21, 2008 [3 favorites]


I hover over the words and, if there's a single link, usually mentally filter it out unless it really, REALLY catches my interest. If they don't get deleted by the mods they must be good enough for the front page, so I don't get too bothered by their presence.
posted by sjuhawk31 at 11:24 AM on November 21, 2008


Flag and move on. MetaTalk ≠ moving on. I like you username though.

Kirk out!
posted by Mister_A at 11:26 AM on November 21, 2008


I misread your username as this word. My eyes are the weak link in the chain of internet. I need an internet that is like a truck, frankly.
posted by Mister_A at 11:28 AM on November 21, 2008


APRIL IS AN ANAGRAM OF LIRPA!!!!!
posted by Mister_A at 11:29 AM on November 21, 2008


Not all SLYT posts are the same. Some are shit and some are FABULOUS. Look past the format to the material, please.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 11:30 AM on November 21, 2008 [4 favorites]


What a fantastic coincidence that you posted this!

I was just looking for a place to vent about how annoying I find spurious MetaTalk posts!
posted by loquacious at 11:35 AM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


All I put on Metafilter these days is single link posts and thats that way it's going to be for a while. That said I try to make them good single link posts. Frankly, a lot of posts seem overloaded with junk links that don't really add much or require an ungodly amount of time for a single. Nothing wrong with that, but having dozens of posts like that in a single day is kinda overwhelming, so having SLPs strikes me a being good balance.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 11:35 AM on November 21, 2008 [10 favorites]


I'm tired of any single link post
posted by DU at 11:37 AM on November 21, 2008 [4 favorites]


Listen, I know it can be hard to get older and see things you are used to change around you. I remember when I joined Metafilter's BBS is 1983, all the posts were just phone numbers of other BBS's where you could download the Anarchist's Cookbook and swap pickup lines to use at camp.

But things change and we have to change with them. Consider the video of the screeching preteen girls. True, it's just one link, but there's a lot of narrative there, a lot of ur-text, if you will.

Consider the plight of the girls individually. The tall one is clearly the alpha female, the one clinging to her on the left is the primary beta female. Their reactions are predictable. Having invested the rest of the group emotionally in the musical future of some popstar, now they have to answer to the rest of the group. They are crying as much for his failure as for the looming threat of division and mutiny in that group. Note the return of the mother figure later in the video, trying to restore the harmony in the group.

And what about the girl on the left side of the frame, who disappears off screen when the bad news is announced. Where did she go? She seemed to move with deliberate speed and direction, as if her hopes for the pop star gave her the courage to leave something behind or give something up, but when her hopes were dashed, she threw herself at the mercy of her vice. She's not simply chasing the dragon--the dragon is chasing her. When Enrique Iglesias got voted off the island or whatever, she let the dragon catch her. She ran right for the basement wet bar, cut a line, and opened up a vein.

There is so much going on under the surface, competitive social climbing to establish a prime mating posture, betrayal, disappointment, drugs, etc. What you so cavalierly dismiss as a single link post is in fact a real-life Lord of the Flies, unfolding in a suburban basement.

Do you really not see that? I can't stop seeing it.
posted by Pastabagel at 11:38 AM on November 21, 2008 [38 favorites]


I made a bowel movement -- no offense to the toilet, but the truth is, I'm just really tired of not pooping.

In fact, I'm tired of continence in any form. Having been an active member of various online communities since the mid-90s, the one thing that put MeFi above them all (IMHO) was the fact that people don't practice continence for continence's sake. All too often now, the lack bowel movements are flaunted. Not pooping is turning MeFi into Reddit.

There's a balance to be maintained on MeFi between pooping and not pooping. I worry that the lack of quality in the latter will lead to a decline in the former.

*Poop with whining, disengaged*
posted by dersins at 11:39 AM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


parilous: "In fact, I'm tired of any single link post."

I was with you until there. There's only one thing that will always make a post bad: self-linking. Everything else you can come up with is not necessarily anything more than either "red flag" or "personal preference" or even "description": inane, newsfiltery, single-link, nsfw, lolxians, etc. Even doubles stick around from time to time under certain conditions.

Also, "flag" is usually followed by "move on".
posted by Plutor at 11:39 AM on November 21, 2008 [2 favorites]


I was just thinking of posting something similar. Maybe it's a momentary blip, but three You Tubes in a row? The Milwaukee one won't load for me, the screaming girls = I'd like 2:37 of my life back, and Paul Harvey?
posted by fixedgear at 11:40 AM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


I sometimes agree with you. But the truth is, we all come to Metafilter for different reasons. And those reasons change for each user as well. Sometimes I come to Metafilter looking for stuff I am familiar with. Sometimes I want to get lost in something completely unknown to me. And sometimes I just want a quick laugh with my peeps. I like that Metafilter has it all, depending on my mood. YMMV.
posted by iamkimiam at 11:40 AM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


ThePinkSuperhero links to dersins' FABULOUSNESS but it's not there anymore.
posted by cgc373 at 11:43 AM on November 21, 2008


The video, you mean? I still see it on YouTube...
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 11:45 AM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]




it's not there anymore.

Sure it is.
posted by dersins at 11:47 AM on November 21, 2008


*sits in dersins lap, poops*
posted by loquacious at 11:47 AM on November 21, 2008


Aw man... I just found a video of Bruce Lee using nunchucks to play ping pong, too.
posted by spec80 at 11:49 AM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


I'm sick of the lap shitting posts. Flags loquacious.
posted by eyeballkid at 11:49 AM on November 21, 2008


I much prefer a single link post that makes it clear what the link is and why it is interesting, as opposed to a multiple link post that does not make it clear what the different links are, which is the "main" link if there is one, or what any of them are about.
posted by Ms. Saint at 11:49 AM on November 21, 2008 [3 favorites]


1. buys camera
2. shoots video of loquacious in dersins' lap.
3. uploads to www.nastymefitesforyou.com
4. Profit!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 11:50 AM on November 21, 2008


जय गुरुदेव
posted by Meatbomb at 11:51 AM on November 21, 2008


Why are you all in my bathroom? Can I get a little privacy, here? I really need to concentrate. I had a giant burrito the other day.
posted by loquacious at 11:55 AM on November 21, 2008


I'm tired of multilink posts and people that use 10 words when one will do.

Perhaps our children will find peace?
posted by blue_beetle at 11:58 AM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


The Internet is magic.
posted by Meatbomb at 11:58 AM on November 21, 2008 [2 favorites]


How does the blue nylon shrimp defend itself? By blowing your mind.
posted by Meatbomb at 12:01 PM on November 21, 2008 [2 favorites]


In fact, I'm tired of any single link post.

Bravo for you. It's content that matters, not link counts.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 12:10 PM on November 21, 2008


Put another way...
I love the TV show Heroes. I. Love. It. I tell my friends about it over and over. But I try not to bring it up unless I have something new to add. If Friend A knows this, but new Friend B comes along and the subject of Heroes comes up I'm going to chime in and say "Hey, I love that show." Friend A already knows this, and she may groan or roll her eyes. But Friend B doesn't and we're going to index something new together, as a group...our collective opinion on the show, for this round. Things may change. And the cycle/conversation/topic repeats.

Humans constantly index the same topics over and over and over. We are indexing our relationships with each other, our likes, our dislikes, our changing thoughts with every action we take. Metafilter is reflective of this too. But its held to a higher standard of what can go down in the permanent record. We don't allow re-indexing unless we have something new to add to the archive. This standard of what's allowable is known to all, but since sometimes its loose and everchanging some of us clearly cross into "been done before" territory. The community reinforces the standard with commentary and content, reindexing the rules. Those with power (the mods) do this from the top-down (post deletions, FAQs, etc.), the rest do it laterally or from the bottom-up (commentary that says I agree/disagree with you). But it's difficult to draw a line in the sand, because our notions of value and quality are subjective. I'm thankful that the mods recognize this, and its part of why MetaTalk exists.

What you are suggesting is a line drawn for what the standard of quality should be for everyone. That's great. We all may agree, and if we do, it will be noted. But it appears so far by the response that some of us prefer to index a different notion of quality, based on different criteria/opinion than yours. That's ok too.

Parilous, I have no beef with your post. If it comes off that way, please do not take offense. I just wanted to add my thoughts on why I feel its necessary to discuss things that have been discussed before.
posted by iamkimiam at 12:11 PM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


I too usually don't care for multiple link posts. Generally the more links, the less likely one of them will turn out to be a gem.

A one link post is simple, easy, and quick. And as long as it entertains me (and sue me, the screaming girls one did make me laugh) I'm cool with it.
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 12:18 PM on November 21, 2008


I am tired of single-link MeTa posts.
posted by RussHy at 12:18 PM on November 21, 2008


64 comments, 7 favorites. I am guessing the post will stay. I too am tired of SLYT posts though.

What next? SLG (Single Link Google) post? Magritte.
posted by cjorgensen at 12:23 PM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


I think about half my posts are literally single-link and most of them are essentially so. "Elaborately crafted post" = "look at me, didn't I work hard on this" more than "look at this", and that = "put it on your own blog". And you further want these to use a "current event" as a starting point? You're getting your wanky crap in my MetaFilter, as the advertisements used to say.
posted by Wolfdog at 12:24 PM on November 21, 2008


I'm not okay with what Tandi Iman Dupree did in TPS's YouTube Link.

It gives me phantom pains just watching it.
posted by Bookhouse at 12:25 PM on November 21, 2008


Why are you all in my bathroom? Can I get a little privacy, here? I really need to concentrate. I had a giant burrito the other day.

Magic, baby, we're making magic here, can't you smell it?! You wanna be a star, don't you, the next lonelygirl15, right? The camera loves you, YouTube will love you, and there's nothing wrong with you're doing, it's art, baby, ART, and dammit, I would never compromise your integrity as artist.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 12:27 PM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


To be clear, I really do think that the posts that take hours to craft (didn't we have someone in MetaTalk asking for the ability to save drafts so they could assemble a post over the course of weeks or something) are generally violating the spirit of the self-link policy. By the time you've put that much effort in to finding 800 links about your favorite cheese slicer, or whatever it is, you disqualify yourself as being a good judge of whether the resulting pile of links is actually a good post or not.
posted by Wolfdog at 12:28 PM on November 21, 2008


I flagged my first post

Great! The next step is... let's see... *checks manual*

2. MOVE ON
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 12:32 PM on November 21, 2008 [7 favorites]


Could SLYTs be limited to those which are not of low visual quality as well as low content quality?
posted by Cranberry at 12:32 PM on November 21, 2008


Well, at least you didn't call this "whinging." Man, I hate that.
posted by katillathehun at 12:33 PM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


video.metafilter.com

I like youtube vids, but I'm lazy and don't want to actually search or subscribe to anybody else' list. So seeing them here doesn't bother me. I saw the four in a row and thought it was a bit much for the front page.

Maybe something like the Flash Fridays? Movie Monday?
posted by lysdexic at 12:37 PM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


To be clear, I really do think that the posts that take hours to craft (didn't we have someone in MetaTalk asking for the ability to save drafts so they could assemble a post over the course of weeks or something) are generally violating the spirit of the self-link policy.

I think that is a silly overstatement of the reality in most cases, much as I think I understand where you're coming from. My general impression is that the hit:miss ratio for link-rich posts is a lot better than for one-linkers, probably in no small part because the delay introduced between conception and execution is greater than 30 seconds and thus prevents some of the lightning-quick poor posting decisions we see in one-linkers.

That said, I like one-linkers. I like multi-linkers. I like the mix, and I'm not sure I can get behind any argument that there's one correct sort of post that's better than the rest.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:40 PM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


I flagged my first post

Wait...you have no posts. Was it deleted?
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 12:42 PM on November 21, 2008


My issue with that SLYT post is that the link text gives you no clue what the hell it is about. Down with that sort of thing.
posted by Artw at 12:43 PM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


Single link posts are turning MeFi into Reddit.

STFU NOOB! See, comments like that would turn MetaFilter into .

I pretty much only post single link posts. I don't plan on stopping. In fact, I usually hate posts that try a bit too hard to be clever, or hide what is actually the link of interest with a crap load of links to wikipedia and other google hits.

posted by chunking express at 12:44 PM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


Damn, fucking metafilter swallowed up my <insert crap link farm>.
posted by chunking express at 12:48 PM on November 21, 2008


Is this where we ask for the pony where after you flag something you are unable to post to MetaTalk for an hour?
posted by mikepop at 12:49 PM on November 21, 2008 [2 favorites]


I do think you should pay attention to the front page and see if you're adding too much of the same sort of thing just at the moment. Stuff that's actually good will generally keep 'til later.

Cortex: You don't have to think too awfully hard about whether you know where I'm coming from. I'm specifically coming from the place where "This thing here is cool" is a less problematic judgment to make than "Am I hitting post because all this time I spent just has to justify how great this is? Or not?"
posted by Wolfdog at 12:49 PM on November 21, 2008


That thing that chunking said goes for me likewise.
posted by Mister_A at 12:50 PM on November 21, 2008


Single-link YouTube posts beat a multi-link newsfilter post any day of the week, TO ME.

It's that last part that is really important. I mean yeah I guess because I work here my opinion could potentially carry more weight, but it really doesn't. There's a few types of posts that are "wrong for MetaFilter" in some way [most: ranty posts, self-links, "sign my petition" posts, double posts, links to wikipedia, single link newsfilter posts, LOLENEMY posts, etc.] but outside of that we're pretty much anything goes as far as guidelines about specifics. People really do seem able to make more things than I would have thought possible into really interesting posts -- both the long essay variety and the "this one thing is SO WEIRD you have to check it out" type and more in-between.

While it's probably true that my least favorite non-deleted post of all time was a SLYT post, there have been many others that surprised and delighted me and often turned into threads with a whole bunch of wonderfulness in them.

So, yeah, if we start seeing a rash of SLYT posts we may tell people to dial-it down some [or the flag queue sort of tells us to do that] but I don't see it as some sort of scourge at this point.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 12:53 PM on November 21, 2008


Well said Wolfdog. It seems to me that single link posts are the life blood of the site, and that the site is set up to encourage single link posts - the posting form is explicitly designed for them, and the site asks the question, 'Found something cool on the web and want to share it with everyone else?', not 'Seen something on the news, Googled seven shades of shit out of it, and want to share your research with everyone else?'.

I'm not even sure putting thought into 'crafting' a post is always a good thing - of the few posts I've made, the ones people have liked, and that I've enjoyed sharing with folk, were all done on the spur of the moment. 'Fuck, this is a great website, I'll post it on MeFi!' is the only thought a good post really needs.

Of course, I like link-heavy posts too (I'm about to make one myself!), and even ones based on current events can be good. But single links are defo what makes this place tick.

I'm not having a go, I hope you too can learn to love the concise beauty of the single link, parilous!
posted by jack_mo at 12:58 PM on November 21, 2008


the site asks the question, 'Found something cool on the web and want to share it with everyone else?', not 'Seen something on the news, Googled seven shades of shit out of it, and want to share your research with everyone else?'.
That is so exactly and concisely what I was trying to say. Thanks.
posted by Wolfdog at 1:01 PM on November 21, 2008


Cortex: You don't have to think too awfully hard about whether you know where I'm coming from. I'm specifically coming from the place where "This thing here is cool" is a less problematic judgment to make than "Am I hitting post because all this time I spent just has to justify how great this is? Or not?"

No, I didn't have to think very hard. I've thought about it before, plenty of times, and like I said I understand where you're coming from, but I think the diagnosis is off the mark. There are shit novel-size posts, just as there are shit one-linkers, and I think it's reasonable to argue that the time invested has pushed the occasional poster to go ahead after realizing that (a) they've done a bunch of work and yet (b) the post itself isn't that great. We're agreed here that that can and does occur.

But I don't think it's anything like endemic to link-rich posts, and I really do believe the invocation of the self-link guideline in general (rather than in reference to fewer specific problematic cases) is silly. It's taking a reasonable observation and turning it into a badly overreaching generalization, is my point.

But the core of it is that good posts are good and bad posts are bad, and variation in quality within any sort of post type massively trumps variation in quality between the notional average post of any given type.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:03 PM on November 21, 2008




I am tired of SLBP - single-link bacon posts.

Bacon is the new monkey/pirate/ninja.
posted by yhbc at 1:20 PM on November 21, 2008 [3 favorites]


You're having bacon crash.
posted by Wolfdog at 1:22 PM on November 21, 2008


Did someone say "bacon"? I think I smelled someone saying "bacon".
posted by loquacious at 1:33 PM on November 21, 2008


Bacon is what dogs don't know that it isn't.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:35 PM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


My only issue with SLYT and single link posts in general is the frequent absence of description.

Unfortunately I don't have time to read every single MeFi post so I have to skim through Google Reader at work or on my phone and star the posts that catch my eye to be read later. Some SLYTs are very descriptive and tell me things about what I am about to watch and why I should. Others posses a cryptic title and an equally cryptic linked phrase whose meaning will become apparent to me upon viewing the link.

I don't mean to fault the latter other to convey that I favor the more descriptive posts as I can quickly determine if this post deserves further review.

Idea: What if the RSS feed included the most favorited comment or two? Perhaps on short posts only? That'd be a neat way to include additional context.
posted by _aa_ at 1:38 PM on November 21, 2008


Bacon is the new monkey/pirate/ninja.

I was just thinking that, with that bacon-turducken post.

But. I still love bacon.
posted by everichon at 1:39 PM on November 21, 2008


That is so exactly and concisely what I was trying to say. Thanks.

No probs. Funnily enough, when I previewed I thought, 'Gah, should I bother? Wolfdog has already said what I wanted to say, and more precisely to boot, the rotter'. We should all be thankful that it's much easier to add a 'Well said Wolfdog' and hit 'Post' than it is to close the tab and get back to doing the work I should be doing instead of blethering away here ;-)
posted by jack_mo at 1:49 PM on November 21, 2008


I don't get the bacon thing, either. It'd be fine if you were talking about actual bacon, but I went to America one time, so I know that you're all loving that weird crispy-ass 'bacon' shit. It's not even the right shape.
posted by jack_mo at 1:54 PM on November 21, 2008




For fucks sake, are you serious? Some people like SLYT posts and some don't. I thought it was all about quality, not quantity anyhow.
posted by MaryDellamorte at 2:00 PM on November 21, 2008


No offense to the OP, but the truth is, I'm just really tired of MetaTalk posts whining about something the OP doesn't happen to like, apparently thinking that because they're so special their taste should rule MeFi.

Or, what jessamyn and jack_mo said.
posted by languagehat at 2:21 PM on November 21, 2008


As soundofsuburbia just proved, it IS about quantity.
posted by desjardins at 2:27 PM on November 21, 2008


Oh, also -- I can't say I'm a fan of MetaTalk posts about post quality where the OP doesn't actually contribute posts to the site. If you don't like what's going on here, post something.
posted by chunking express at 2:33 PM on November 21, 2008


Yeah, I seemed to have forgotten step 2 of the flagging process.

I guess I just got tired of seeing the same links over and over again in my various online community forums and just snapped. This post was a stupid idea because it typifies exactly what I dislike: a one-off of whatever someone found irritating (or nifty). I'm definitely in favor of a waiting period for MeTa posts after flagging. ;-)

Moving on now...
posted by parilous at 2:40 PM on November 21, 2008


chunking express: "Oh, also -- I can't say I'm a fan of MetaTalk posts about post quality where the OP doesn't actually contribute posts to the site. If you don't like what's going on here, post something."

Nah, members of the site are members of the site - you can't tell how much a person is invested in the place by the numbers on their profile page. (And I say that as someone who can't help but look at members like parilous who love Ask MetaFilter more than MetaFilter in much the same way that a murderer in prison looks at the nonce in the next cell.)
posted by jack_mo at 2:59 PM on November 21, 2008


On not previewing: well played, parilous.

I'm sorry I, um, sort of compared you to an imprisoned sex offender.
posted by jack_mo at 3:03 PM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


1. FLAG POST
2. MOVE ON
3. PROFIT!
posted by GuyZero at 3:07 PM on November 21, 2008


Nopte to self: Make meta post then flag.
posted by Artw at 3:20 PM on November 21, 2008


I've deleted a hell of a lot more posts than I've made.
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:26 PM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


I was kind of hoping this would end with threats of arms being chopped off.
posted by chunking express at 3:40 PM on November 21, 2008


I thought the post you make was equal to the post you take.
posted by lukemeister at 3:42 PM on November 21, 2008


What about the penguin that escapes from the pod of killer whales?
posted by pracowity at 4:00 PM on November 21, 2008


Way too descriptive, the link text should be "splash pingu sploosh sploosh" or something.
posted by Artw at 4:02 PM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


seconding hate for you tube posts--pretty much all of them but slyt are the worst. to me, they're the equivalent of fw: fw: fw: JOKE OF THE DAY LOL! spam email. matter of fact, lots of them end up there, i suspect.
posted by msconduct at 4:10 PM on November 21, 2008


Then don't click on them. Problem solved!
posted by languagehat at 4:17 PM on November 21, 2008


The price of whatever is, you know, something.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:29 PM on November 21, 2008


THE WAGES OF SIN IS STUFF
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:48 PM on November 21, 2008


Extremism in the defense of Metafilter is no vice.
posted by lukemeister at 4:52 PM on November 21, 2008


I've deleted a hell of a lot more posts than I've made.

yeah, yeah, rub it in our faces, some people get to have all the fun, etc.
posted by waraw at 4:55 PM on November 21, 2008


I flagged my first Metatalk post.

Yay for you, I guess?
posted by Caduceus at 5:13 PM on November 21, 2008


Meh. Multi-link FPPs are overrated. They're usually just two or three meaty links at best, plus some Wikipedia and/or YouTube and/or NYT and/or whatever.

That said, it might be neat if every FPP had Wikipedia and YouTube links. Just, you know, tacked on, like the tags, rather than within the main text where they might be mistaken for something worth clicking.
posted by Sys Rq at 5:13 PM on November 21, 2008


View > Show Status Bar
Point to link and observe status bar before clicking.
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 5:17 PM on November 21, 2008


Only in the end, lukemeister.
posted by flabdablet at 5:39 PM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


And stav clearly knows the something of whatever and the whatsit of nothing.
posted by flabdablet at 5:41 PM on November 21, 2008


Not all SLYT posts are the same. Some are shit and some are FABULOUS.

S'true. Mine generally tend toward the FABULOUS.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:53 PM on November 21, 2008


I once flagged a post just to see him die.
posted by lukemeister at 6:06 PM on November 21, 2008


Hey, am I the only one who's noticed that, like, 99.5% of all books published are total crap? New policy: link to a book, or discussion about a book = instant bannination.
posted by chinston at 6:47 PM on November 21, 2008


Meteor post.

Sadly I screwed up some of the links - they worked fine on preview, I swear!
posted by Artw at 6:58 PM on November 21, 2008


I don't know what you're talking about Artw.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:03 PM on November 21, 2008


Heh.

Er, did the original comment re:the meteor disapear?
posted by Artw at 7:08 PM on November 21, 2008


I once flagged a post just to see him die.

In Reno? Was it in Reno?
posted by fixedgear at 7:09 PM on November 21, 2008


Was it in Reno?

No. You watch 'em die in Reno. You see 'em die in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It's very different.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:23 PM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


Non sequitur request for meteor post
posted by lukemeister at 7:38 PM on November 21, 2008


I once screwed up a song reference, just to watch myself die ... inside.
posted by lukemeister at 7:58 PM on November 21, 2008 [2 favorites]


Well done, soundsofsuburbia. But why Justice O'Connor?
posted by Rock Steady at 8:10 PM on November 21, 2008


La la la la la.
posted by homunculus at 8:36 PM on November 21, 2008


ThePinkSuperhero and dersins set me straight. When I tried to use MetaFilter's inline YouTube player, it told me YouTube was sorry, but this video was no longer available. This is what happens when you attempt to live entirely within the MetaFilter universe. Had I clicked AWAY from MetaFilter, I would have been able to see the FABULOUSNESS. Shame, MetaFilter! Shame, me!
posted by cgc373 at 8:57 PM on November 21, 2008


Sadly I screwed up some of the links - they worked fine on preview, I swear!

I was all up in that shit like a ninja.
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:03 PM on November 21, 2008 [1 favorite]


Ah, the other moany thread had the meteorite comments.
posted by Artw at 10:43 PM on November 21, 2008


I guess I just got tired of seeing the same links over and over again in my various online community forums and just snapped.

Perhaps you need to cut back? Not snark, I pretty much just visit MeFi and a couple other places and haven't noticed a gaping hole in my life.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:10 PM on November 21, 2008


As soundofsuburbia just proved, it IS about quantity.

I think you're missing the point. There were some well-chosen links there, like Current 93 for "current".

I've gotta disagree with Renoir for "point", though. Surely Seurat would've been a better choice.
posted by UbuRoivas at 12:01 AM on November 22, 2008




This thread is boring.

TOPIC CHANGE

I like kittens. Do you like kittens?
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 2:57 AM on November 22, 2008


no.
posted by UbuRoivas at 3:24 AM on November 22, 2008


I think one well-chosen kitten is better than a whole truckload of mangy, scrawny ones.
posted by Wolfdog at 3:39 AM on November 22, 2008 [1 favorite]


I once shot a kitten in Reno, just to watch it...
Wait, I think I'm doing this wrong.

posted by RussHy at 4:12 AM on November 22, 2008 [1 favorite]


But why Justice O'Connor?

Her name just popped into my head while I was writing that. I have no idea why!
posted by soundofsuburbia at 6:10 AM on November 22, 2008


I like kittens and water guns.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 6:14 AM on November 22, 2008


I like mangy, scrawny kittens.
posted by HopperFan at 7:02 AM on November 22, 2008


The best SLYT video ever posted to Metafilter.

Meh. She was good, but she was no Alexyss K. Tylor.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 7:51 AM on November 22, 2008


I love you guys.
posted by Hildegarde at 10:43 AM on November 22, 2008


I'll never forget flagging my first post.

It was 1975 and I was pursuing her pretty doggedly all through our senior year together. One night, after the Snoball dance, I saw my chance. I finally got it drunk and had it in the back seat of my 72 Camaro. We'd shared a bottle of Boones Farm and Peter Frampton was playing softly in the background.....
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 11:01 AM on November 22, 2008 [2 favorites]


I once shot a kitten in Reno, just to watch it lead a happy and disease-free life.
posted by philomathoholic at 12:39 PM on November 22, 2008 [2 favorites]


Can someone please explain the bacon meme to me? It's come up a few times in my research in other areas of teh intarweb and I'd like a taste of the metafilter flavor.
posted by mrmojoflying at 6:34 PM on November 22, 2008


jack_mo: I say that as someone who can't help but look at members like parilous who love Ask MetaFilter more than MetaFilter in much the same way that a murderer in prison looks at the nonce in the next cell.

Can someone explain the AskMe-hate I see regularly around here? I mean, I read MetaFilter but as someone who is not online all that much, I don't have a whole lot to contribute to it. AskMe is a pretty nice place to visit though, and now & then I have something to contribute, and I've asked a handful of questions, too. What's wrong with that? It's not like MeFi is in need of FPPs.
posted by headnsouth at 10:31 PM on November 22, 2008


I don't really hate AskMe - I've used it quite a bit myself, and enjoy answering questions when I'm able - but you have to admit it has a sickly, syrupy, twee atmosphere compared to the site proper. You just know that if it came to life it would wear an unpleasantly jaunty fleece top with sensible shoes and drink weak tea and softly ask you how you were doing while making eye contact for an inappropriately long time before telling you something it had learned about itself in therapy.

I suspect this view says more about me than it does about AskMe. (Aargh, that's just the sort of thing AskMe would say!)
posted by jack_mo at 12:37 AM on November 23, 2008 [2 favorites]


In fact, I'm tired of any single link post.

Inf act, I'm not. Should I make a post about it?
posted by juiceCake at 7:27 AM on November 23, 2008


Can someone explain the AskMe-hate I see regularly around here?

Metafilter was here first. AskMe is on it's lawn.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:57 AM on November 23, 2008 [4 favorites]


Grocer's apostrophe?
posted by fixedgear at 8:11 AM on November 23, 2008


Elvish diacritic.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:15 AM on November 23, 2008


I like kittens and water guns.
Me too. But you have to set the blender on extra fine, or they clog the nozzle.
posted by dg at 1:31 AM on November 24, 2008 [2 favorites]


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