The NYT has given MeFi partial credit for popularizing Pac-Mondrian.

December 28, 2004 9:48 AM

Tired of links to the NY Times on Metafilter? Then perhaps you'll enjoy this Gray Lady link to Metafilter here on the gray. They've given MeFi partial credit for popularizing Pac-Mondrian (even though ifjuly's link only got six comments.) [via Slashdot Games.]
posted by Fourmyle to MetaFilter-Related at 9:48 AM (19 comments total)

The question is, how many unique visitors read that post....
posted by ParisParamus at 9:55 AM on December 28, 2004

Six months later?

WHAT
THE
FUCK
NYT?
posted by monju_bosatsu at 9:56 AM on December 28, 2004

That's a great article, though. Much more interesting than our non-conversation about it... I wonder why they put metafilter as a major contributor to the popularization. Wish I could get the actual game to run on my machine!

(also, I didn't know we were .org, too...)
posted by mdn at 10:25 AM on December 28, 2004

Sounds like lazy reporting, to me.
posted by Captaintripps at 11:06 AM on December 28, 2004

I too, love "Tetrus".
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 11:28 AM on December 28, 2004

Could be worse. A misleading MetaFilter post, for example, could have become an even dumber Slashdot story. Oh, wait...
posted by Danelope at 1:12 PM on December 28, 2004

Tetrus: It's Tetris, but only available in the US.
posted by shepd at 2:55 PM on December 28, 2004

Huh, why do people think my laser post was misleading? I thought the wording made it pretty clear that the first two links were in a separate category from the third. At any rate, I'm flattered to have been plagiarized...
posted by squidlarkin at 3:28 PM on December 28, 2004

Huh, why do people think my laser post was misleading? I thought the wording made it pretty clear that the first two links were in a separate category from the third.

Just the opposite, in fact. The way it was phrased implies the third link was "debunking" the alleged safety of the products featured in the previous two links. As demonstrated later in the thread, it was easy to jump to this conclusion, and easy to demonstrate the difference between the two products.
posted by Danelope at 3:34 PM on December 28, 2004

Oh hell, you're right. Heh.
posted by squidlarkin at 3:38 PM on December 28, 2004

And it looks like the guy who stole my post also read it that way and "clarified" it.
posted by squidlarkin at 3:40 PM on December 28, 2004

I think the best MeFi links get the fewest comments.
posted by SpecialK at 10:14 PM on December 28, 2004

It's not Tetryou, it's Tetrus.
posted by seanyboy at 12:56 AM on December 29, 2004

I think the best MeFi links get the fewest comments.

Agreed.
posted by rooftop secrets at 2:32 AM on December 29, 2004

More agreement.
posted by caddis at 4:55 AM on December 29, 2004

Thirded.
posted by zpousman at 2:43 PM on December 29, 2004

Fourthed.
posted by Bugbread at 4:27 AM on December 30, 2004

Twelfthed.
posted by chicobangs at 6:31 AM on December 30, 2004

You're all wrong, I tell you! Wrooooong!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 12:43 AM on December 31, 2004