Metafilter links appear in USA Today?

June 25, 2002 6:37 AM

Seems to me that this USA Today reporter just visited us and borrowed a few links - anyone else recognize several MeFi links in this article?

posted by charlesv to MetaFilter-Related at 6:37 AM (6 comments total)

I think you'd have a hard time proving it: so many of those links appeared on so many other sites before and after MeFi. Some of them are even chestnuts by now, which would be my biggest gripe against the link collection. The second one would be: Why no active links? How hard is it to make an automated paging system recognize URLs and turn them into links? (Of course, they *are* missing the protocol).
posted by Mo Nickels at 8:44 AM on June 25, 2002

They probably just trolled daypop and blogdex.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:22 AM on June 25, 2002

Methinks there are many journalists who plumb MeFi for links.
posted by D at 9:00 PM on June 25, 2002

I'm almost certain that NPR's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" gets some of their 'wacky news items' from the 'Filter.
posted by evanizer at 2:36 AM on June 26, 2002

and did you know that adam felber (one of the hosts / guests of "wait, wait") has a blog that points to metafilter?
posted by jnthnjng at 8:50 AM on June 26, 2002

The Adam Felber weblog is hilarious. Someone should post that site to the front page. Someone other than me.
posted by ColdChef at 9:11 AM on June 26, 2002