Can I have his mefi number?

April 23, 2004 8:34 PM

User 666 has posted no comments or links to Metafilter. Can I have his mefi number?
posted by Keyser Soze to Bugs at 8:34 PM (56 comments total)

Gotta respect the going for it. To derail, ever so slightly, is there a point where, if a user hasn't even logged in for a certain amount of time (even if we're up around two years), they get deleted?

If not, shouldn't there be?
posted by John Kenneth Fisher at 8:40 PM on April 23, 2004

You think 666 isn't a real member? Oh, he's real, alright. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
posted by malphigian at 8:41 PM on April 23, 2004

and just like that, hes gone.
posted by Keyser Soze at 8:42 PM on April 23, 2004

Hot damn, I lve that movie.
posted by John Kenneth Fisher at 8:50 PM on April 23, 2004

Love it, too.
posted by John Kenneth Fisher at 8:50 PM on April 23, 2004

If Matt ever unwisely allows users to trade up their numbers, I would insist on trading my already-envied 206 for Number Six.

But then again, I am not a number, I am a free man!!! (kind of.)
posted by wendell at 9:03 PM on April 23, 2004

no
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:13 PM on April 23, 2004

heh
posted by Yelling At Nothing at 9:24 PM on April 23, 2004

hmmmm, i thought it was a reasonable request . . . IF YOU'RE THE DEVIL
posted by _sirmissalot_ at 9:49 PM on April 23, 2004

Seriously though, what would April be without a pointless metatalk thread by Keyser Soze? More enjoyable, that's what!
posted by The God Complex at 10:06 PM on April 23, 2004

I'm just messin' with ya: this thread was important.
posted by The God Complex at 10:24 PM on April 23, 2004

more important even than the other 27 discussions about unused member accounts we've had?
posted by quonsar at 10:45 PM on April 23, 2004

Mathowie: No.


Keyser Soze: Damn.
posted by Keyser Soze at 11:03 PM on April 23, 2004

Thats my job, to insert pointless crap in otherwise useful websites.
posted by Keyser Soze at 11:06 PM on April 23, 2004

Well, if he can't have it, can I have it then?

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NO CARRIER
posted by keswick at 1:15 AM on April 24, 2004

You can have it if promise not to most to MeTa ever again.
posted by Orange Goblin at 1:37 AM on April 24, 2004

Or post. No mosting, no posting. And no posting for me either after I just wake up.
posted by Orange Goblin at 1:38 AM on April 24, 2004

I have 6666. Which is like, one 6 better than 666. I'm still not giving it away, though...
posted by ckemp at 2:20 AM on April 24, 2004

you can have 12 if you want.
posted by sgt.serenity at 2:33 AM on April 24, 2004

Just because somebody doesn't post doesn't mean their account is inactive. I'm sure there are people who signed up just for the prefs and customization. (There are lots of places I have an account where I just lurk, or have posted only once or twice.)

Requiring that people post to keep their memberships in good standing is a good way to tip the balance towards the noise rather than the signal.
posted by mcwetboy at 7:10 AM on April 24, 2004

coming up next:
uninformed assertions that unused accounts are clogging things up and slowing down the server in 5... 4... 3...
posted by quonsar at 7:42 AM on April 24, 2004

Unused accounts are clogging things up and slowing down the server.
posted by Kwantsar at 7:56 AM on April 24, 2004

unused assertions are serving up the flogger.
posted by sgt.serenity at 8:16 AM on April 24, 2004

There's nothing but a poltergeist and some dust bunnies inhabiting user# 986 now. Let me have that one and I'll gave the place a much-needed sweepout and disinfecting.
posted by jfuller at 8:20 AM on April 24, 2004

"This user is CLEANNN!"
posted by amberglow at 8:47 AM on April 24, 2004

Just because somebody doesn't post doesn't mean their account is inactive. I'm sure there are people who signed up just for the prefs and customization. (There are lots of places I have an account where I just lurk, or have posted only once or twice.)

Requiring that people post to keep their memberships in good standing is a good way to tip the balance towards the noise rather than the signal.

Well, this is why I was saying a user who hasn't logged in in a certain (long) amount of time should perhaps be removed.
posted by John Kenneth Fisher at 8:50 AM on April 24, 2004

as opposed to posting.
posted by John Kenneth Fisher at 8:51 AM on April 24, 2004

to what benefit?
posted by quonsar at 9:03 AM on April 24, 2004

you hawks scared that nice Turkish MeFi user away

*shakes fist*
posted by matteo at 9:11 AM on April 24, 2004

*shakes matteos fist*
posted by sgt.serenity at 10:44 AM on April 24, 2004

*fists matteo*
posted by amberglow at 10:52 AM on April 24, 2004

quonsar> to what benefit?

The guide dog foundation. It isn't about the blind people, it's about the puppies.

I'm sorry, what were we talking about?
posted by snarfodox at 11:00 AM on April 24, 2004

I love you guys.
posted by onlyconnect at 11:38 AM on April 24, 2004

hey snafodox, you know why blind people don't skydive?

it scares the shit out of the dog
posted by quonsar at 11:51 AM on April 24, 2004

Ah, but do you know why Helen Keller's dog went crazy?

You would too if your name was AUAUUUAUHUH!
posted by kaibutsu at 12:17 PM on April 24, 2004

Oh. Benefit? um.

Hey look! what's that???

::runs away, shaking matteo's fists::
posted by John Kenneth Fisher at 12:24 PM on April 24, 2004

quonsar> it scares the shit out of the dog

They just brought along the wrong dog.
posted by snarfodox at 12:38 PM on April 24, 2004

When Helen Keller goes skydiving, how does she know when to pull the ripcord?
The leash goes slack.
posted by elwoodwiles at 12:40 PM on April 24, 2004

666 isn't as bad as the userid I ended up with at monkeyfilter. Feh.
posted by reklaw at 12:46 PM on April 24, 2004

Thread dissolution. Symptoms: comments become shorter and less focussed, eventually becoming seemingly random word salads that must be carefully interpreted.
posted by snarfodox at 1:52 PM on April 24, 2004

more important even than the other 27 discussions about unused member accounts we've had?

To be clear, I was lying when I said it was important.
posted by The God Complex at 2:26 PM on April 24, 2004

John Kenneth Fisher pointed at something shiny and now i'm all confused. administrator!!! please hope me!
posted by quonsar at 2:52 PM on April 24, 2004

Hey reklaw, there's a fire down the street!

And amberglow, get your fist out of there. Shame on you.
posted by languagehat at 2:54 PM on April 24, 2004

why? matteo's not complaining. ; >
posted by amberglow at 3:12 PM on April 24, 2004

* bitterly regrets the day he pinned that fucking "I'm Straight But I'm Not Narrow" button on his jacket, leaves thread walking unsteadily, decides to burn own Cruising VHS *
posted by matteo at 3:22 PM on April 24, 2004

So, who likes stuff?
posted by trondant at 3:53 PM on April 24, 2004

*raises fist in response to tron's question*

; >
posted by amberglow at 4:01 PM on April 24, 2004

it is shiny stuff?
posted by quonsar at 4:26 PM on April 24, 2004

my user number is for sale, for a million billion dollars. but you will always be two better than wendell. worth it?
posted by corpse at 6:07 PM on April 24, 2004

That isn't shiny stuff, it's machinery.
posted by snarfodox at 7:58 PM on April 24, 2004

wait, what's with user number 12?
posted by joedan at 5:18 AM on April 25, 2004

It appears that the Semi-Christ is named Brad.
posted by sciurus at 6:06 AM on April 25, 2004

oh, kaibatsu Did you know Helen Keller had a doll house in her backyard?

No?

Neither did she...
posted by sciurus at 6:08 AM on April 25, 2004

He should put it on eBay. Oh, that's already been done? ;-)
posted by wackybrit at 1:29 PM on April 25, 2004

You should ask this guy.
posted by thatweirdguy2 at 4:42 PM on April 25, 2004

Even though he has not posted, my client wishes to retain his existing user number.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 11:49 AM on April 26, 2004