Double links are actually forbidden?

March 30, 2004 5:42 AM

I want to post a link which I consider to be entertaining, but most of all, relevant at the current time. It is, however, a repost, last posted over a year ago. Is the policy regarding reposts that they are 100% verboten?
posted by Mwongozi to etiquette/policy at 5:42 AM (23 comments total)

You never should have brought it here first. Just post the damn thing.
posted by anathema at 6:07 AM on March 30, 2004

linking to the first post and mentioning that this is a follow-up may help stave off the hounds.
posted by danOstuporStar at 6:24 AM on March 30, 2004

Find a 2nd link that explains how it's relevant *now*, then throw it in as a "previously discussed here" - remove the gotcha potential.
posted by trondant at 6:28 AM on March 30, 2004

arf!
posted by trondant at 6:28 AM on March 30, 2004

Or if it's changed a little... I double (triple?) posted isketch a year ago and it was well recieved, but then I did call myself out in the main post. I never did follow it up with a 2004 post though. ;)
posted by twine42 at 6:33 AM on March 30, 2004

And link right to this MeTa thread to pre-emptively call yourself out before someone else does.
posted by briank at 8:02 AM on March 30, 2004

What trondant said.
posted by soyjoy at 8:20 AM on March 30, 2004

...and flagellate! Don't forget to flagellate. I hear it's all the rage now.

Angst and sarcasm... that's Metafilter's fuel.
posted by GhostintheMachine at 8:31 AM on March 30, 2004

Ghost, if I were the sort of person who did MetaFilter taglines, I would definitely do one consisting of "angst and sarcasm".
posted by orange swan at 8:44 AM on March 30, 2004

Oh, heck Orange Swan...now you made me want to do it...and I've been so good up to this point. Ah well, all good things and all that.

MetaFilter: fueled by angst and sarcasm.

Ah...I feel so much better. Wait, no I don't. Well, that just figures, doesn't it?

;)
posted by dejah420 at 9:50 AM on March 30, 2004

Are double posts no longer against the rules?
posted by languagehat at 5:53 PM on March 30, 2004

The new rule appears to be, "If Matt doesn't explicitly delete it, it's probably okay", languagehat. Self-policing works!
posted by BlueTrain at 5:55 PM on March 30, 2004

Are double posts no longer against the rules?

Not if you're careful, old friend. I'm going to start mining links from day one to present immediately!
posted by The God Complex at 5:55 PM on March 30, 2004

Also, if it's "relevant" I assume you mean it's political, in which case just link it in one of the other Bush threads that will crop up (hopefully a good one). You really don't need a new thread about it, I suspect.
posted by The God Complex at 5:56 PM on March 30, 2004

Are double posts no longer against the rules?

Not if you do it the way trondant suggested. Selective doubleposting has its merits, imho.
posted by PrinceValium at 6:31 PM on March 30, 2004

Ah, you amateurs!

Big-game hunters in search of a real Yeti are still looking for that elusive mother-of-all-MeFi-beasts: the linkless yet self-linking double post, by a banned member.
posted by MiguelCardoso at 6:55 PM on March 30, 2004

the linkless yet self-linking double post, by a banned member.

...preferably in reference to an event extensively covered by CNN, USA Today, and Entertainment Tonight.
posted by BT at 8:01 PM on March 30, 2004

I=I
that has to get at least halfway there, anyway
posted by trondant at 8:13 PM on March 30, 2004

*waits for trondant to be banned*
posted by languagehat at 6:58 AM on March 31, 2004

Banned? What does http:/// do to other browsers? I just get "could not locate remote server."
posted by five fresh fish at 10:06 AM on March 31, 2004

the linkless yet self-linking double post, by a banned member
posted by languagehat at 12:28 PM on March 31, 2004

I'd like to see old FPPs re-done with updates.
posted by stbalbach at 12:22 AM on April 1, 2004

Think of it like a good cover of an old song; if it brings something new to the original and acknowledges the old, then it's worth the trouble. Otherwise, there's no point in bringing it up again.

So in answer to your question: Yes, double posting is absolutely verboten.


... Oh, okay, it's fine. Go on. You know you want to.
posted by chicobangs at 11:59 AM on April 1, 2004