Peddle Your Wares Elsewhere October 18, 2011 3:24 PM   Subscribe

I'm fairly certain that Matt has to approve posts in the Projects section, so I'm unsure of how this post made the cut. The user has only one other contribution from earlier today and it's related to the site he's pushing.
posted by gman to MetaFilter-Related at 3:24 PM (47 comments total)

You know this is the sort of thing that is sometimes better dealt with in an email to us. I deleted that user's spammy comment in the old thread and we'll see what mathowie says about the project being approved.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 3:28 PM on October 18, 2011


Comment's already gone!
posted by rtha at 3:28 PM on October 18, 2011


Comment was in this thread from mid-July and read:

Hello Imperfect,

I just ran a very similar project to yours at www.myemailhacked.com

While doing research on adwords, i found out that you have ran an adwords campaign. How is everything going with you?

I know that we are kind of competitors but i think we can exchange a few ideas.
posted by gman at 3:31 PM on October 18, 2011


Was it another link to that crappy A Whole Lotta Nothing site?
posted by Razzle Bathbone at 3:31 PM on October 18, 2011 [1 favorite]


Yep, I approve them all. Usually I ignore the "zero day" signups that drop something into Projects unless it's a somewhat useful or cool thing. I thought a alert service for hacked email sounded kind of useful and it was an ok looking site, so I approved it.

We probably should institute a one-week waiting period on Projects, it's been something on the bottom of the to-do list for ages.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 3:32 PM on October 18, 2011


And oh crap, I didn't see that earlier comment they left, which is totally lame.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 3:32 PM on October 18, 2011


Comment's already gone!

Yeah, the mods provide pretty amazing service. Huge pile of dirty dishes? Dog peed on the rug? Just make a metatalk post about it, and the problem will be gone before you know it.
posted by phunniemee at 3:32 PM on October 18, 2011 [8 favorites]


mathowie: We probably should institute a one-week waiting period on Projects, it's been something on the bottom of the to-do list for ages.

Dude signed up in August.
posted by gman at 3:37 PM on October 18, 2011


Dog peed in huge pile of dirty dishes :(
posted by griphus at 3:37 PM on October 18, 2011 [4 favorites]


Good catch, doesn't need a metatalk post. Contact form when ya spot something like that is cool.
posted by lazaruslong at 3:44 PM on October 18, 2011


Dog peed in huge pile of dirty dishes :(

He was probably just trying to help. Next time, try feeding him more soap.
posted by phunniemee at 3:50 PM on October 18, 2011 [17 favorites]


Matt has slightly less daggerlike cynicism toward some of this stuff than I think me and jessamyn do, may be part of the deal here. I'm pretty sure he doesn't even have any actual bleeding spammer scalps pinned to his office wall. But yeah, usually if it's a "what's the deal here?" thing about a Projects post it's just a situation where something slipped by him/us, not the unofficial announcement of a new Lame Shills Go Nuts policy or anything, so a quick email is probably the best way to deal with it.
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:56 PM on October 18, 2011 [4 favorites]


i found out that you have ran an adwords campaign

He should be banned for this shit. It's run. You have run.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:00 PM on October 18, 2011 [19 favorites]


Dog peed in huge pile of dirty dishes :(

They only clean up after real dogs, not bounty hunters.
posted by mannequito at 4:18 PM on October 18, 2011 [2 favorites]


I'm pretty sure he doesn't even have any actual bleeding spammer scalps pinned to his office wall.

Don't you guys have some to share?
posted by MadamM at 4:29 PM on October 18, 2011


I'm launching hookersforhackers.com. Expect to see it in projects soon.
posted by cjorgensen at 4:36 PM on October 18, 2011 [1 favorite]


My last comment is a lot funnier if you check out the website in the guy's profile.
posted by cjorgensen at 4:46 PM on October 18, 2011 [1 favorite]


That site kind of looks like a phishing scheme to me.
posted by empath at 4:50 PM on October 18, 2011


My last comment is a lot funnier if you check out the website in the guy's profile.

Well that was unexpected.
posted by villanelles at dawn at 5:08 PM on October 18, 2011 [1 favorite]


Well, it is Sarah Palin.
posted by drjimmy11 at 5:09 PM on October 18, 2011


Wait, his other site is collecting personal information about guys that visit hookers?

shady shady shady.
posted by empath at 5:19 PM on October 18, 2011 [1 favorite]


Wait, his other site is collecting personal information about guys that visit hookers?

What a person does with tow trucks in their personal life is no ones' goddamn business and I wish people would stop asking questions.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:37 PM on October 18, 2011 [1 favorite]


Mouse in your house or need a cheap flight to Tucson? The mods are your Problem ... Solvers!
posted by macadamiaranch at 6:34 PM on October 18, 2011


For something like the projects subsite, shouldn't there be a higher barrier to entry, like perhaps a longer length of time plus minimum participation or something? Like 6 months of membership plus at least 50 comments (that aren't all spammy or LOL or I agree type comments)? Or is that setting the bar too high? (I don't personally think so, but wtf do I know right?) :-D
posted by 1000monkeys at 6:41 PM on October 18, 2011


(Or at least 15 spouses?)
posted by 1000monkeys at 6:42 PM on October 18, 2011


I think projects doesn't have enough projects the way it is. I often race gomichild to "vote for it."

Sometimes I feel like I'm one of 15 or 20 people that comment on that section of meta.
posted by cjorgensen at 6:53 PM on October 18, 2011


For something like the projects subsite, shouldn't there be a higher barrier to entry, like perhaps a longer length of time plus minimum participation or something?

Projects is actually pretty low-traffic. It's nowhere near as "valuable" as a link on the Blue or the Green.
posted by Gator at 6:53 PM on October 18, 2011 [1 favorite]


It's nowhere near as "valuable" as a link on the Blue or the Green.

How do I claim a share of the incredible wealth I've generated?
posted by Trurl at 7:15 PM on October 18, 2011


Trurl: "How do I claim a share of the incredible wealth I've generated?"

Just give me your bank account details and a facilitating payment...
posted by arcticseal at 7:48 PM on October 18, 2011


at least it wasn't a double.
posted by HuronBob at 8:07 PM on October 18, 2011 [8 favorites]


All he needs now is some chatfilter in AskMe and he can put his feet up after a good day's work.
posted by Abiezer at 8:20 PM on October 18, 2011 [1 favorite]


I think projects doesn't have enough projects the way it is. I often race gomichild to "vote for it."

And yet neither of you voted for my project. *sniffle*
posted by shakespeherian at 8:39 PM on October 18, 2011


I DID
posted by The Whelk at 8:43 PM on October 18, 2011


For something like the projects subsite, shouldn't there be a higher barrier to entry, like perhaps a longer length of time plus minimum participation or something?

mathowie ADMIN approves each Projects post by hand. That's a fairly high barrier to entry compared to the rest of the site. (It's also why this sort of MeTa post is rare. Oooh, rare MeTa!)
posted by carsonb at 8:52 PM on October 18, 2011 [1 favorite]


Sometimes I feel like I'm one of 15 or 20 people that comment on that section of meta.

Put a sock in it, willya?! Projects is where like half of my posts come from anymore.
posted by carsonb at 8:53 PM on October 18, 2011 [1 favorite]


gman Comment was in this thread. . .

I wish more people would do this when they start a Metatalk thread. Being able to reproduce the deleted comment is important as seen by mathowie's comment:

And oh crap, I didn't see that earlier comment they left, which is totally lame.
posted by mlis at 9:04 PM on October 18, 2011


Being able to reproduce the deleted comment is important as seen by mathowie's comment

We can see it on the back end in any case, which can make a decent argument for just sending us an email instead of opening a MeTa thread, but both work decently well.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:06 PM on October 18, 2011


I know you can see it on the admin facing user side, but this looks like a good example for reproducing the comment in the Metatalk thread, right out there in the open and the site owner was able to see it in real time as the Meta unfolded.
posted by mlis at 9:10 PM on October 18, 2011


Unless you are making the point that it is better to email than starting a Meta. Right. Ok, I am done for the night.
posted by mlis at 9:11 PM on October 18, 2011


mathowie ADMIN approves each Projects post by hand.

We should have a fundraising campaign which, if successful, would force Matt to legally change is name to "mathowie ADMIN".
posted by auto-correct at 9:29 PM on October 18, 2011


I'd settle for him not cluttering up the front page with double posts. Tsk yak.
posted by villanelles at dawn at 9:48 PM on October 18, 2011 [2 favorites]


Okay it's a bit too weird that I say that right after someone named auto-correct.
posted by villanelles at dawn at 9:48 PM on October 18, 2011


Like 6 months of membership plus at least 50 comments (that aren't all spammy or LOL or I agree type comments)?

LOL I agree. Visit mint.cake for all your high altitude snacking needs.
posted by mintcake! at 9:52 PM on October 18, 2011 [1 favorite]


My project, which I am hoping to post, is chronicling life as the world's sexiest 44-year-old, as recognized by People magazine. However, unless flab comes into fashion and my doppelganger Oliver Platt is voted Most Handsome Actor (hm...I guess the latter covers the former), it doesn't look like I can legitimately make the claim.
posted by maxwelton at 10:46 PM on October 18, 2011


at least it wasn't a double.
posted by iamkimiam at 2:27 AM on October 19, 2011


...not the unofficial announcement of a new Lame Shills Go Nuts policy or anything...

It's not, eh? Well, it turns out that "Lame Shills Go Nuts" is an anagram of "Longish Male Sluts."

METAFILTER IS A FRONT FOR A MEDIOCRE BORDELLO YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST.
posted by griphus at 6:23 AM on October 19, 2011 [2 favorites]


WTF, gman, all I wanted is a Hacker Alarm for Web-based Emails and you've destroyed that! Happy now?!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 9:31 AM on October 20, 2011


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