Can I post a link to a question on Ask to the blue?

October 15, 2004 2:15 PM

Can I post a link to a question on Ask to the blue? It's not my question, so it's not self-linking, but it feels a bit too.... uh, meta.
posted by Mwongozi to Etiquette/Policy at 2:15 PM (18 comments total)

If you back it up with related links, for sure. I'm fairly certain that that's even been done before.

If not, it's a little too self-referential. You're saying the thread/discussion deserves a link as content all of its own merits?
posted by rafter at 2:24 PM on October 15, 2004

Yes.
posted by Mwongozi at 2:29 PM on October 15, 2004

No.
posted by The God Complex at 2:30 PM on October 15, 2004

Maybe.
posted by modofo at 2:31 PM on October 15, 2004

You can, but you'll be called out in the Grey.
posted by grateful at 2:38 PM on October 15, 2004

Seriously, no. If all you did was link to an askme question, I would not hesitate to suggest it would be in the bottom .1% of all attempted posts ever.
posted by The God Complex at 2:39 PM on October 15, 2004

Why not discuss it here? Metatalk discussions of outstanding (for one reason or another) AskMe threads are not at all unusual.
posted by mr_roboto at 2:56 PM on October 15, 2004

I second the vote for here. This is where the meta belongs, no?
posted by milovoo at 3:08 PM on October 15, 2004

I'm saying no, because if the people who read the blue want to read the green, there's nothing stopping them from doing so.

Mixing the levels of "meta" together like that makes the Baby Jesus cry.
posted by Sidhedevil at 3:47 PM on October 15, 2004

Yes, post the link to the green on the blue.

Then wait for someone post a link to that post here on the grey.

Then link to that (grey) post on the green, with the question "is this just too meta"?

And repeat.
posted by reklaw at 5:34 PM on October 15, 2004

if the people who read the blue want to read the green, there's nothing stopping them from doing so.

Except, maybe, the fact that it's completely unpublicized on the front page. I don't remember how I stumbled upon AskMetafilter, but it was pretty late in the game. That said, I agree: no.
posted by Eamon at 6:53 PM on October 15, 2004

If you're talking about an FPP, I'd say no. If you just want to link to a question from within the comments, I say sure. It's been done many times already.
posted by dobbs at 8:54 PM on October 15, 2004

i think you need to to specifiy a little. or else, no one, including myself, will have no fucking idea what you're talking about. thats a good way to avoid the "if/else" posts
posted by bob sarabia at 11:14 PM on October 15, 2004

If it's "The Best of the Web", by all means post it to the blue. I don't recall seeing a post in the green I would categorise as such though. (The green as a whole on the other hand might be, but that is a bit too meta)
posted by fvw at 2:50 AM on October 16, 2004

So what the hell is the question you want to link to? You might as well tell us at this point.
posted by CunningLinguist at 5:16 AM on October 16, 2004

Do it. let the naysayers and the assholes be damned.
posted by crunchland at 7:40 AM on October 16, 2004

Can I post metafilter.com to the blue? Some people might not know about it, and it's a great site!
posted by grumblebee at 9:41 AM on October 16, 2004

It's not "meta," it's redundant.
posted by scarabic at 1:25 PM on October 16, 2004