Comments on: Alpha Blue

Alpha Blue

zarq — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:32:10 -0800

With last night's fascinating FPP on Mark Pauline, homunculus now has made the most front page posts (1176!) to the Blue. Formerly, that distinction was held by mathowie. Congratulations homunculus, and thank you!

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:35:03 -0800

You beat me by seconds to this post, zarq!

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:35:36 -0800

homunculus is the bestest poster, incidentally, not just in quantity, but in quality too

By: zarq

zarq — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:36:09 -0800

Heh. Sorry Katullus!

By: Pants!

Pants! — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:37:10 -0800

Plus he follows up in the comments instead of making a new FPP! Amazing.

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:40:16 -0800

He's posted thousands of great links in other people's threads. I'm seriously in complete awe of him.

By: rocketman

rocketman — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:41:15 -0800

Class of 12000 for the win!

By: zarq

zarq — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:41:18 -0800

In case anyone is curious....

MiguelCardoso holds the record for most MetaTalk posts with 172. WCityMike is runner up with 94.

"Anonymous" has the most AskMe posts. Signal is second with 222.

By: zarq

zarq — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:42:02 -0800

Kattullus: "He's posted thousands of great links in other people's threads. I'm seriously in complete awe of him."

Totally. He has single-handedly kept thousands of posts alive and updated over the years. Pretty awesome.

By: iamkimiam

iamkimiam — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:42:07 -0800

homunculus is a stranger and stranger word the more you look at it. And say it in your head (or the little human in your head is saying it in your head?). Hooommmuuunnncccuuulluuuuussssss.

This is my way of saying thank you.

By: Jahaza

Jahaza — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:46:43 -0800

He's posted thousands of great links in other people's threads. I'm seriously in complete awe of him.

Well, he doesn't get out much.

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:48:53 -0800

homunculus is a class act because he posts stuff that makes you think despite ideaology and the like.
one of the best posters IMO.

By: Rodrigo Lamaitre

Rodrigo Lamaitre — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:03:06 -0800

Wow, first Matt turns 40, then he wakes up to find out he's number two on his own website? Life has a way of kicking you in the pants, doesn't it?

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:04:14 -0800

ummm, NO?

By: Kevin Street

Kevin Street — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:07:46 -0800

Wow, 1176. And a much larger number of follow up comments as well. Congrats, homunculus!

By: Egg Shen

Egg Shen — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:19:48 -0800

YO DAWG I HEARD YOU LIKE TO POST

By: never used baby shoes

never used baby shoes — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:20:24 -0800

Ok, so first we have zarq getting some well-deserved praise, and then zarq heaping some well-deserved praise on homunculus. I'm guessing homunculus will now create a Meta praising another member of the site, and so on, in the Meta equivalent of pay it forward.

By: oneswellfoop

oneswellfoop — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:39:07 -0800

He's posted thousands of great links in other people's threads.

And not just here. He has done more to keep one certain MeFi spin-off/alternative alive than anybody (including me AND the folks who run the site). As well as keeping 8-year-old threads going where they don't close 'em after 30 days.

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:12:32 -0800

Class of 12000 for the win!

Class of Dec 19, 2001, for the win! (mostly because also mediereport. (but also me))

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:15:32 -0800

Congrats to homunculus! Outstanding in all you do!

oneswellfoop: He has done more to keep one certain MeFi spin-off/alternative alive than anybody (including me AND the folks who run the site). As well as keeping 8-year-old threads going where they don't close 'em after 30 days.

Oh yeah, but can they edit their comments there? And fancy little things that tell you there's are new comment(s) you could load? Score two for MetaFilter!

By: eugenen

eugenen — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:26:05 -0800

Who's made the fewest?

By: maxwelton

maxwelton — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:39:30 -0800

Who's made the fewest?

Have I told you about my guaranteed way to rise to the top of search engine rankings?

By: AElfwine Evenstar

AElfwine Evenstar — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:28:45 -0800

Cheers homunculus. Here's to the consistently best commentator and now poster.

By: Quietgal

Quietgal — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:29:58 -0800

I'm still convinced homunculus is an AI. No human being can crawl the vastness of the web ceaselessly for good links - we have to sleep and work and stuff. But homunculus is always on the move, hunting the best stuff amid the dreck. Even YouTube, fercrissakes - a person would go insane wading through all the garbage there but homunculus's algorithms emerge smooth and clean, clutching a gem to share with us. Luckily he's an amiable AI with good taste, unlikely to steal nuclear launch codes or anything tacky like that.

Google? DARPA? C'mon, fess up!

By: octothorpe

octothorpe — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:44:16 -0800

Hmm, at 8 posts in 8 years here, I've got until the year 3180 before I hit that many posts.

By: arcticseal

arcticseal — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:33:07 -0800

8 posts in 8 years
posted by octothorpe
Eponyhysterical?

Also, thanks for all the posts/comments homunculus!

By: rtha

rtha — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:42:57 -0800

Many more than three cheers!

By: Zed

Zed — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:16:24 -0800

thanks, homunculus! You're my favorite tiny, perfectly formed human.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:19:55 -0800

Well while we're doin' shoutouts, here's to ericb, intra-thread link-man and background guy extraordinaire!

By: maxwelton

maxwelton — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:42:05 -0800

My thanks as well homunculus. ericb as well. I am always amazed at my recent activity feed to see a long-dormant thread have relevant information added to it.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:48:12 -0800

I <3 ho-monkey.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:52:48 -0800

Mwahaha! And now, like a pawn who has reached the other end of the chessboard and is made a queen, I demand, by right, all the powers of a mod, with none of the responsibility.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:52:58 -0800

Hooray for happy threads and yay to all our exceptional posters.

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:53:48 -0800

He's posted thousands of great links in other people's threads.

I felt like I'd hit the big time when he started dropping links into one of my posts. Ericb is also The Man, but homunculus is the original Late Thread Link Drop King. You rule my recent activity, sir!

Oh, and nice job with all the FPPs as well.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:12:24 -0800

I'm still convinced homunculus is an AI.

Possible threat detected. Subject: Quietgal

By: rebent

rebent — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:16:22 -0800

psh, this record will only take me three years of daily posting to surpass!

By: maryr

maryr — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:30:58 -0800

Of course homunculus isn't human, he just looks like one. Sort of.

By: Floydd

Floydd — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:32:55 -0800

Gawd you guys. Get a room!

(and "Yay" to ericb. Sheesh.)

By: homunculus

homunculus — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:11:21 -0800

And, seriously, thanks zarq, Kattullus and everyone else for your kind words. It's always good to know my appetite to find more stuff to read, see and share is enjoyed by you all. Woot!

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:15:41 -0800

All signal, no noise = homunculus. And a sweetie to boot. A true mefi treasure.

By: the man of twists and turns

the man of twists and turns — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:05:41 -0800

Great work, homunculus.

You are a real inspiration.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:06:35 -0800

The 'munc! Hell yassss!

By: the quidnunc kid

the quidnunc kid — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:01:49 -0800

I demand, by right, all the powers of a mod, with none of the responsibility

Vote #1 homunculus!

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:32:54 -0800

I was going to make a comment on how much I appreciate homunculus's apropos additional links hitting sometimes a week after the penultimate comment on a post, but I see someone beat me to it — which is usually homunculus's job.

By: Abiezer

Abiezer — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:33:53 -0800

He's the hobgoblin of larger minds, our own little big man.

By: .kobayashi.

.kobayashi. — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:30:19 -0800

I like good posts, and I cannot lie.
(so, by extension, I rather like homunculus's contributions to the blue. Thanks, h!)

By: Phire

Phire — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:04:32 -0800

I'd always hoped that homunculus' handle was a subtle nod to Fullmetal Alchemist, but a cursory search through his activity belies that theory. I guess he's still pretty okay despite that.

I'm kidding. Your contributions to politics longboats are consistently my favourite things about them.

By: the quidnunc kid

the quidnunc kid — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:23:17 -0800

Well I think that people who don't like homunculus are just HOMUPHOBES.

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:29:16 -0800

Well, I used to be homuphobic, but that's because his screen name always reminded me of this. But exposure to another, less murderous homunculus has changed my opinion on the matter.

(So tempted to make an 'it gets better' joke here.)

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:47:25 -0800

The little guy in the picture on the right rail is how I always think of homunculi.

By: grouse

grouse — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:33:30 -0800

Homunculus is one of the best people on MetaFilter.

By: jamjam

jamjam — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:50:01 -0800

I'm still convinced homunculus is an AI.

Possible threat detected. Subject: Quietgal

Descartes wasn't wrong, he was just a couple of hundred years ahead of his time!

(At least when it comes to Metafilter.)

Keep on keeping my Recent Activity alive..... PLEASE!

By: ericb

ericb — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:15:53 -0800

Congrats homunculus!

By: ob1quixote

ob1quixote — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:03:09 -0800

While I don't always succeed in suppressing my desire to express my opinion about a link, when I do it's because I've asked myself, "What would homunculus do?"

By: y2karl

y2karl — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:10:08 -0800

What grouse said.

By: Vectorcon Systems

Vectorcon Systems — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:39:20 -0800

I remember the two or three weeks back almost a decade ago now when I tried to keep up with homunculus' level of posting on the offshoot site WarFilter.

I found it physically and mentally impossible match his quantity of information and quality of insight, and that was just within the confines of that one isolated part of the MeFi universe.

homunculus, you've directly provided more access to more information to more people than almost anyone else I can think of. You're a credit to MetaFilter and you've made the internet a better place.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:14:52 -0800

Thanks, Vectorcon Systems.

Wow, WarFilter, that takes me back. Look, there's Wulfgar! He hasn't been a sighted in these parts in ages, sort of like Sasquatch.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:17:32 -0800

Ach, suddenly I feel... old. I thought my news powers would invigorate me, but they don't seem to have kicked in yet. Mods?

Hmm, in hindsight, perhaps I didn't plan this out so well. Ah well.

By: Segundus

Segundus — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:58:19 -0800

Homunculus: a great man. Paradoxically.

By: misha

misha — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:59:44 -0800

Homunculus is the man. He keeps threads alive. He's like the Mefi trauma surgeon.

How he finds time to make all these posts as well is beyond me. Congrats on 1176 posts!

By: misha

misha — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 08:12:29 -0800

I demand, by right, all the powers of a mod, with none of the responsibility

You kid, but the one good thing Reddit has that Metafilter doesn't (yes, I said it) is flare. It's like a nice little nod given by the community (as opposed to the self-aggrandizing long-windedness of signatures).

Some users deserve the Metafilter equivalent of flare, something like the "staff" tag by their names. Homunculus is one of the users.

I suggest "Reanimator".

By: homunculus

homunculus — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:05:33 -0800

The little guy in the picture on the right rail is how I always think of homunculi.

SHRINP: homunculus

Interesting.

By: maryr

maryr — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:28:06 -0800

That poor tiger. =(