MeFi post deletion query

September 18, 2002 7:05 AM

noticed a link I posted yesterday was removed? why? It would be nice for any moderator or higher up to e mail someone telling why the link was removed
posted by hoopyfrood to Etiquette/Policy at 7:05 AM (23 comments total)

mediareport explained it's removal right in the thread. The usual reason is that it's a double post, as in this case, or that the link is substandard.
posted by ashbury at 7:27 AM on September 18, 2002

"Skippy! Skippy!! I've found another one...

Go tell Matt it's started again...."
posted by dash_slot- at 7:30 AM on September 18, 2002

Haven't been around long have you? There is only one moderator - Matt. If a thread doesn't pass muster, for whatever reason, he deletes it.

He's also the only guy that makes this possible, and he's a busy fella. He owns this place, and has no obligations to you or anyone else.

You've been rude and abrasive in a large number of your posts, and you've already been the subject of at least two separate metatalk posts of your very own. Have you read the guidelines for posting and being a member?

posted by Irontom at 7:33 AM on September 18, 2002

What Irontom said.

Yoda say: Rudeness, on top of substandard link posts, does not a good member make.
posted by SpecialK at 7:37 AM on September 18, 2002

Have you tried emailing Matt? Usually he's happy to explain why he deleted a thread.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 7:54 AM on September 18, 2002

I am naming my next pet 'Hoopyfrood'.

Great name.
posted by Frasermoo at 8:07 AM on September 18, 2002

Then again, rudeness is a relative term, so realize that these few 'spokespeople' are hardly representative of MeFi's masses.


posted by mischief at 8:21 AM on September 18, 2002

The correct, non-rude way to phrase any questions and concerns to the administration of Metafilter is this:

WHAT.
THE.
FUCK.
MATT?

(With apologies, Irontom)
posted by evanizer at 8:47 AM on September 18, 2002

No apologies necessary - I stuck my foot in my mouth, and will have to live with it.

However, after regaining my senses, I also tried to apologize to all and sundry for having been a jerk.
posted by Irontom at 9:11 AM on September 18, 2002

And thus a MeFi legend was born.
posted by eyeballkid at 9:26 AM on September 18, 2002

You should be proud, Tom, for inadvertently coming up with the funniest MeFi line since "pancakes" lost their magic. In my view, this certainly mitigates any jerkiness on your part!
posted by evanizer at 9:34 AM on September 18, 2002

metatalk.whydidyoudeletemynicefpp.metafilter.com

posted by matteo at 9:45 AM on September 18, 2002

Delete the post Matt is the IronTom quote I repeat the most these days.
posted by y2karl at 10:11 AM on September 18, 2002

the funniest MeFi line since "pancakes" lost their magic.
pancakes are out???
awwww crap.
posted by quonsar at 2:12 PM on September 18, 2002

Evanizer - I think the correct form is actually

administrator!!! please hope me!
posted by Grangousier at 3:21 PM on September 18, 2002

There are none so blind as those who will not see.
posted by dg at 5:05 PM on September 18, 2002

gee wilikers people! I just wanted to know the guidelines about post deletions and wasn't asking ANYONE to answer to me or anyone else! ps WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH(sniffle)
posted by hoopyfrood at 9:45 AM on September 19, 2002

here's a tissue, hoopy
posted by ginz at 9:54 AM on September 19, 2002

"It would be nice for any moderator or higher up to e mail someone telling why the link was removed"

Sounds like a request to me.


posted by Irontom at 10:13 AM on September 19, 2002

Now you know, hoopy. Go stand in the corner for a few days as punishment for not knowing the rules.
posted by ashbury at 11:03 AM on September 19, 2002

How cheap is it to get membership here?
posted by dash_slot- at 3:40 PM on September 19, 2002

Too cheap, obviously.
posted by dg at 7:08 PM on September 19, 2002

WHAT.
THE.
FUCK.
HOOPYFROOD?
posted by PrinceValium at 9:17 PM on September 19, 2002