With so much Bush on MeFi, maybe it's time to start bush.metafilter.com?

October 8, 2004 2:35 PM

There are 32 instances of the word Bush on the MeFi front page. How about we start http://bush.metafitler.com? Or maybe just take over BushFilter?
posted by armoured-ant to MetaFilter-Related at 2:35 PM (16 comments total)

I take personal responsibility for this. My intervention, though meant to be ironic, was obviously taken far too literally.

I don't think it matters anymore armoured-ant. I think even if Kerry wins this election MeFi will continue to be dominated by political posts [though for chrissakes i hope they are less in number]. I lose most of the non-political stuff in the wash. There is nothing we can do about it except go into link overload mode and have every active non-politically-hardon prone member post ANYTHING non-political on a daily basis.
posted by sciurus at 2:47 PM on October 8, 2004

Honestly? Waiting three weeks and change for it to just blow over won't kill you, and the American election is going to be the event with the biggest impact on the world over the next four years. Those of us who really enjoy all the political discussion are very much enjoying this.
posted by Ryvar at 2:50 PM on October 8, 2004

Shhh. Paris is on sabbatical.
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 3:05 PM on October 8, 2004

Just scroll past the front page. Duh.
posted by ODiV at 3:41 PM on October 8, 2004

There are 32 instances of the word Bush on the MeFi front page.

Do you think this might be related to the fact that there is some sort of debate thingy going on tonight?
posted by y2karl at 3:42 PM on October 8, 2004

Give it up armoured-ant. The only person who could change the political overload is matt, and he's not going to do it (not saying he should). Some people live for this crap. The solution? Get their own blog. But no one would read it. So here they stay.
posted by justgary at 4:49 PM on October 8, 2004

debating makes you go blind.
posted by quonsar at 4:50 PM on October 8, 2004

how long is a week? can that message go now?
posted by andrew cooke at 5:32 PM on October 8, 2004

What Ryvar said. Also, I support the idea of using categories for Front Page Posts, and the idea of letting users opt out of any category they don't want to see.
posted by squirrel at 9:36 PM on October 8, 2004

I don't get much out of the average "Bush is bad" post, personally. The flip-flops one had great content, but that's pretty exceptional.
posted by scarabic at 12:13 AM on October 9, 2004

Nader! Nader! Nader!

(or : it was the same during the last election cycle. This too shall pass.)
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 12:33 AM on October 9, 2004

mass debating makes you go blind.
posted by punilux at 3:24 AM on October 9, 2004

you're right! this newsfilter thing is getting out of hand. what can be done?
posted by mcsweetie at 9:12 AM on October 9, 2004

The topic is nothing new, so I'll just a paste a previous comment:

No one's going to stop posting crappy political FPPs--the question is moot. Certain users crave the attention too badly, revel in the resulting circle-jerk too enthusiastically, push for the Clear Channelification of MetaFilter too stubbornly, and require the approval of their peers too desperately to stop.
posted by dhoyt at 9:34 AM on October 9, 2004

Bush is Fitler!
posted by sklero at 3:12 PM on October 9, 2004

...or maybe Hilter

"Not much fun in Stalingrad, no."
posted by SteveInMaine at 4:24 PM on October 9, 2004