Comments on: Mathowie has teased in a comment that he would launch another section of the site

Mathowie has teased in a comment that he would launch another section of the site

kyle — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:20:43 -0800

Also, another teaser: I'm gonna launch another new *Filter section this weekend. For reals, yo.

posted by mathowie at 1:01 PM PST on November 18

By: veedubya

veedubya — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:23:38 -0800

I don't understand.

By: sbutler

sbutler — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:25:21 -0800

The weekend's passed... no new section.

By: sbutler

sbutler — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:30:39 -0800

... not that I personally care. three sections keep me busy enough, along with all the other stuff I read

By: dflemingdotorg

dflemingdotorg — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:35:36 -0800

I really and truly don't know what purpose this thread has other than to say "hey matt, we're impatiently waiting for you to get off your lazy ass and make our site better".

He said he'll make it, he told us what it was, what else is there to discuss? He's going to tell us when it's launched.

By: kyle

kyle — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:39:02 -0800

I really and truly don't know what purpose this thread has other than to say "hey matt, we're impatiently waiting for you to get off your lazy ass and make our site better".

Well, that about sums it up... I don't think I was the only person wondering, so I made the thread. If it wasn't me, it would have been someone else.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:47:06 -0800

I already know what it is. GothMetaFilter: Bela Lugosi's STILL dead

Of course, many folks will complain about the red Times New Roman font on a solid black background, but hey, who cares?

By: jpoulos

jpoulos — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:49:02 -0800

If it wasn't me, it would have been someone else.

right. but then we'd be bitching at that person for being impatient. so deal.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:53:46 -0800

How about instead of bitching about it because we know Matt's a busy guy who would have gotten it done if he could have, how about instead of bitching, what's the new *Filter gonna be?

By: amberglow

amberglow — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:01:51 -0800

that craigslist thing?

By: shoepal

shoepal — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:01:58 -0800

Fenriq, didn't he say it would be some sort of Self-linking haven where mefites can share personal projects sans wrath?

By: Quartermass

Quartermass — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:07:30 -0800

Heres hoping for the metametatalk! You know, so we can call out call outs!

By: seanyboy

seanyboy — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:11:21 -0800

4 Days old, and they're already moaning.
Lord help me.

By: felix betachat

felix betachat — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:11:59 -0800

how about instead of bitching, what's the new *Filter gonna be?

I'm putting my money on BitchFilter.

By: kyle

kyle — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:16:02 -0800

I'm not sure why you're misconstruing this as "moaning." I'm just curious.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:26:29 -0800

Design.Metafilter.com?

By: Bugbread

Bugbread — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:34:00 -0800

I suspect Kyle's a "he", or perhaps a "she", and not a "they".

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:36:45 -0800

This is going to be the Best Thanksgiving Ever! Thank you, Matt!

By: Razzle Bathbone

Razzle Bathbone — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:02:23 -0800

K-rist! its only 10am on Monday morning on the West Coast. Maybe Matt has not had time to assemble all the press for the news conference yet?

By: skallas

skallas — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:02:33 -0800

bittorrent-tracker.metafilter.com

By: jpoulos

jpoulos — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:14:42 -0800

everyone.gets.a.car.EVERYONE.GETS.A.CAR.metafilter.com

By: scarabic

scarabic — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:20:29 -0800

The projects thing, the jobs thing, and the design thing have all been hanging out of Matt's waistband for a while.

n00bs grasp and grope like donkeys toward carrots. Film at 11.

By: stupidsexyFlanders

stupidsexyFlanders — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:47:20 -0800

kyle, matt says a lot of things. Unlike me, he also does a lot of things. Between the saying and the doing, I'm guessing, lie other demands on his time.

Your post smacks of sleeve-tugging and jumping up and down. Maybe you need to use potty?

By: adampsyche

adampsyche — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:49:13 -0800

I was hoping for a forum to discuss asterisks.

By: taz

taz — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:56:00 -0800

****************; discuss.

By: kyle

kyle — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:56:27 -0800

Your post smacks of sleeve-tugging and jumping up and down. Maybe you need to use potty?

I thought we'd already dealt with that?

Your post smacks of being a smug prick. Maybe you need to talk to people like adults?

By: trharlan

trharlan — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:02:49 -0800

There, there, kylie-poo. Unka Matt will build it soon, sweetie.

By: Bugbread

Bugbread — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:11:30 -0800

n00bs grasp and grope like donkeys toward carrots. Film at 11.

What is with people here not understanding the difference between singular and plural? Kyle is one person.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:13:50 -0800

I thought we'd already dealt with that?

Oh. Was this supposed to be some conciliatory note?

I don't think I was the only person wondering, so I made the thread. If it wasn't me, it would have been someone else.

Huh. Sounded to me like you were damn proud of your sleeve tugging ways.

This whole thread smacks of n00b farts.

(that's SINGULAR - one n00b cut the cheese in here - k?)

By: rocketman

rocketman — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:15:07 -0800

Your post smacks of being a smug prick. Maybe you need to talk to people like adults?

If you can't handle the curling iron, don't drop your pants in public.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:21:47 -0800

well, matt has a long established record of underestimating the time this or that will require, and i don't mean that maliciously. he has a full time job and a family. when he says things like that, it's because he really loves his site and users and has these visions and ideas and this enthusiasm for it and real life has different ideas about how he has to spend his time. while the entire mass of suggestions and ponies may never get fully implemented, the most important and desired usually do. sometimes if he says "this weekend" it turns out to be "any weekend now". patience, grasshoppers. like sand through the hourglass of time, these are the fish in my pants.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:24:09 -0800

[looks at the bait, decides its too small]

By: naomi

naomi — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:30:41 -0800

God, how I miss the good old days.

On preview: quonsar is my new secret fetish. Shh.

By: Steve_at_Linnwood

Steve_at_Linnwood — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:30:44 -0800

How about "http://troutfishing.metafilter.com/"?

This post was deleted for the following reason: troutfishing needs a blog

By: lodurr

lodurr — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:34:59 -0800

(Ah, yes.... troutfishing needs a blog....heaven forbid we actually discuss anything topical in the blue....)

By: tracicle

tracicle — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:52:12 -0800

What quonsar said, minus the pants.

I agree wholeheartedly because I'm the worst procrastinator in the entire universe.

By: kyle

kyle — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:56:45 -0800

*snatches the pebble from q's hand*

By: mathowie

mathowie — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:02:17 -0800

It'll be announcefilter, which I didn't get a chance to launch this weekend due to some pretty bad personal news. Next week is thanksgiving, and I'll be traveling to see family for that, so probably the week after at the latest.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:05:40 -0800

Hope everything's okay, Matt. Don't mind us.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:06:20 -0800

Oh, and quonsar is exactly right. I expected to have nothing going on this weekend, but that quickly turned into a nail biter of stress. I've spent half this day in a hospital, but will be back home shortly. I did remove ads for all logged in users last night and launch the contest, so something came out of this weekend.

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:09:19 -0800

Matt, I am sorry about whatever is going on in your life that involves hospitals and bad news. Good thoughts heading your way.

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:50:32 -0800

good luck.

By: kyle

kyle — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:50:40 -0800

Matt, please accept my condolences. I hope everything is well.

By: kyle

kyle — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:51:32 -0800

I'm sorry this turned out to be whinefilter, I was just looking for an updatefilter.

By: dness2

dness2 — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:41:26 -0800

That's right, the ads ARE gone.. I hadn't even noticed. You're like a little elf doing good things behind the scenes sometimes. I should leave a plate of Milk and cookies out for you more often.

Good luck with the personal issues.

By: me3dia

me3dia — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:42:24 -0800

I did remove ads for all logged in users last night and launch the contest, so something came out of this weekend.

And you added the "tips for new users" sidebar I suggested! Yay! Thanks, Matt!

And I hope whatever put you in the hospital clears up quickly.

By: hughbot

hughbot — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:07:05 -0800

Dear Mathowie,

You do some good work. Hope things are going better.

-Metafilter.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:09:26 -0800

What is with people here not understanding the difference between singular and plural?

"They" is and has been for centuries a convenient and much-needed gender-neutral singular pronoun in addition to its plural use. Deal with it.

Matt: Sorry about the family problems; I hope they're resolved soon and happily. Pay no attention to the sleeve-tugging -- we know you get to stuff when you are able to, like quonsar said, minus the fish.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:16:39 -0800

Can we start snarking on kyle again, this time for overusing *filter? That was much more fun!

(Also, I hope all works out OK with the hospital stuff, Matt.)

By: ChasFile

ChasFile — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:10:28 -0800

AnnounceFilter is akward, too long, doesn't really concatenate nicely into a single cognitive conceptual and linguistic unit the way "Metafilter" and "Metatalk" do, and also isn't really a filter at all. How about instead MetAnounce? or MetaEvent? or something where you combine the 'a' and the 'e' into one character, like Metævent or MetÆvent or Met§vent (with the 'a' and 'e' transposed on top of one another, rather than simply squashed together)? Anyway, the point is that all the sub-sites use "Me" in their name (MeFi, MeTa, AskMe) while not all of them use "Filter;" the new sub-site should follow suit. Just a thought.

By: cmyr

cmyr — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:18:58 -0800

may I humbly submit MetaPlug?

or OnanismFilter...

By: ChasFile

ChasFile — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:28:06 -0800

DAMMIT that's awesome that shoulda been mine.

By: chicobangs

chicobangs — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:29:55 -0800

How about ME-Filter? No?

Oh, I got it.

HelloFilter.

(This could reduce to Hi-Fi, if you wanted to be cheeky, which we might.)

Because it is kind of an introduction to the stuff we ourselves are doing.

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:32:40 -0800

EgoFilter.

By: flashboy

flashboy — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:33:25 -0800

MeMe

By: keswick

keswick — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:00:54 -0800

oh crap, flashboy wins.

By: kindall

kindall — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 00:10:10 -0800

I shall call it... MetaMe.

(Actually, I think EgoFilter is good.)

By: dhartung

dhartung — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 01:49:02 -0800

Good lord, none of you can see it.

Tell MetaFilter.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 03:37:42 -0800

Heh.

By: wendell

wendell — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:14:52 -0800

I vote for dhartung (but I still think he's a couple keys short of a White House ;-) ): TellMe.

And when the MetaFilter Jobs page comes up, HireMe.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:20:55 -0800

mathowie: like a little elf doing good things behind the scenes

And add me to the chorus of folks wishing you and your family well with whatever it is you're dealing.

By: Space Kitty

Space Kitty — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:55:50 -0800

EEP.

good christ, matt, you're logging in from the hospital?!

Hoping all is well soon.