Metachat is ready! Come on over and post about anything you damn well like.

May 19, 2005 2:58 AM

Metachat is ready! Come on over and post about anything you damn well like.
It all started from this thread
posted by dodgygeezer to MetaFilter-Related at 2:58 AM (63 comments total)

I don't appear to be able to register.
posted by salmacis at 3:05 AM on May 19, 2005

That's because you have been pre-emptively banned.
posted by dg at 3:24 AM on May 19, 2005 [1 favorite]

salmacis: registrations seem to be working ok. e-mail me any error messages and i'll have a look
posted by dodgygeezer at 3:29 AM on May 19, 2005

Excellent - thanks. Looks like fun.

I couldn't see the bold or italic buttons, or the post comment button, using Firefox/1.0.4. I have the NoScript extension installed, although I did allow the site. Has anyone else had a problem with that? Is it the NoScript?
posted by iconomy at 4:15 AM on May 19, 2005

I'm using 1.0.4, and I can see everything - maybe it is the noscript.
posted by taz at 4:37 AM on May 19, 2005

Is it the NoScript?

I should think so - the buttons require javascript as do other important elements of the site. It's ok, you can allow scripts on this site, we don't do anything nasty.
posted by dodgygeezer at 4:38 AM on May 19, 2005

what if metafilter and metachat are BOTH down, then what do we do?
posted by HuronBob at 4:47 AM on May 19, 2005

what if metafilter and metachat are BOTH down, then what do we do?

Holy crap, it doesn't even bear thinking about
posted by dodgygeezer at 5:16 AM on May 19, 2005

Do what's much more interactive.

IRC

Or go outside.
posted by filmgeek at 5:19 AM on May 19, 2005

ever since I found IRC, I can't go outside. :(
/addicted
posted by exlotuseater at 5:39 AM on May 19, 2005

This is sooooooo cool. Thanks, dodgy!
posted by orange swan at 6:56 AM on May 19, 2005

Good job!
posted by sebas at 6:57 AM on May 19, 2005

It's a beautifully designed site, too. But I was mysteriously unable to post. (IE6 on XP 'cause I'm in the middle of doing a system reinstall because moving to new hard drives.)
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 7:24 AM on May 19, 2005

thank god.
posted by quonsar at 8:30 AM on May 19, 2005

I can't post either... No new posts, no comments.. And I was able to a minute ago.. Who's playing with the code?
posted by dabitch at 8:40 AM on May 19, 2005

Weird. Posting works OK in Firefox but not in IE. I'm looking at it now....
posted by dodgygeezer at 8:47 AM on May 19, 2005

A restart of firefox sorted me out. Not your fault but mine in this case.
posted by dabitch at 8:52 AM on May 19, 2005

I can comment.

I was kinda hoping the URL would be metametafilter, though.
posted by me3dia at 8:52 AM on May 19, 2005

(I think I had javascripts blocked actually)
posted by dabitch at 8:52 AM on May 19, 2005

I, for one, welcome our new bunny overlords.
posted by matildaben at 9:07 AM on May 19, 2005

An intresting experiment.

How is it going to be moderated?
posted by delmoi at 9:12 AM on May 19, 2005

moderation is for bunnies.
posted by dabitch at 9:18 AM on May 19, 2005

don't forget to use a different password.
posted by kenaman at 9:24 AM on May 19, 2005

Can someone running the site lock down the account someone else registered as "mathowie"? or hand it over to me?
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:33 AM on May 19, 2005

Can someone running the site lock down the account someone else registered as "mathowie"? or hand it over to me?

Check your e-mail
posted by dodgygeezer at 10:40 AM on May 19, 2005

Can I just go over and whip it out?
posted by Mean Mr. Bucket at 11:15 AM on May 19, 2005

What, like you don't whip it out here?
posted by Specklet at 12:14 PM on May 19, 2005

The "quonsar" over there is not the real deal, either.
posted by yhbc at 12:20 PM on May 19, 2005

quonset_the_hut on the other hand...is the real q...i think.
posted by schyler523 at 12:26 PM on May 19, 2005

My account over there is me. Err, that's phrased poorly. But you know what I mean.
posted by unreason at 12:27 PM on May 19, 2005

i got my account back from the scalliwag. he/she/it emailed me the password. so, i'm now quonsar and quonset_the_hut. i wonder which one should be my sock puppet?
posted by quonsar at 12:29 PM on May 19, 2005

make a sock puppet called Kwantsar ; >
posted by amberglow at 12:40 PM on May 19, 2005

Killer. I've never much taken to IRC.
posted by scarabic at 1:18 PM on May 19, 2005

Well all you IE users can post now - there was a bug in the javascript. Apparently IE doesn't like forms called "post" - christ on a bike.
posted by dodgygeezer at 2:04 PM on May 19, 2005

posted by quonsar at 2:20 PM on May 19, 2005

Excellent.
posted by me3dia at 2:58 PM on May 19, 2005

what will jesus type?
posted by Hands of Manos at 3:47 PM on May 19, 2005

i signed up. you can all rejoice now.
posted by weretable and the undead chairs at 4:58 PM on May 19, 2005

WOAH. Could we have had a may be NSFW?
posted by puddinghead at 6:11 PM on May 19, 2005

OK then - may be NSFW.

Better?
posted by dg at 7:41 PM on May 19, 2005

Yup, thanks.
posted by puddinghead at 7:58 PM on May 19, 2005

definitely NSFW now, i think
posted by amberglow at 7:59 PM on May 19, 2005

oh jeez. that's just fucking SICK.
posted by quonsar at 7:59 PM on May 19, 2005

it's so funny--you think you're unsurpriseable, and then a butt and a knife prove you wrong.
posted by amberglow at 8:02 PM on May 19, 2005

so, who's buttes?
posted by amberglow at 8:07 PM on May 19, 2005

And yet another utopia falls, inexorably, to the lure of the baser instincts of the reptilian brain.

* sharpens spear, goes looking for Piggy *
posted by yhbc at 8:07 PM on May 19, 2005

Come on over and post about anything you damn well like.
posted by I EAT TAPES at 8:13 PM on May 19, 2005

All my shock pictures keep disappearing. I realize you're still ironing out some software issues and you're probably swamped, but can someone look into this? tia
posted by moift at 8:23 PM on May 19, 2005

that was you? good job! : >
posted by amberglow at 8:27 PM on May 19, 2005

yea, what's this i hear about no shock pictures allowed?

did i not get the memo?
posted by Stynxno at 8:28 PM on May 19, 2005

so that is the infamous tubgirl? had never seen it, not as bad as i expected. hmm. the net never fails to disappoint.
posted by weretable and the undead chairs at 8:39 PM on May 19, 2005

OK, well, when the anus-pierced-by-knife images disappear from the front page, please let me know. Thanks.
posted by dg at 8:47 PM on May 19, 2005

At the moment, it's just spread-eagle horse with exposed genitalia, so come on over!
posted by yhbc at 8:56 PM on May 19, 2005

At the moment, it's just spread-eagle horse with exposed genitalia, so come on over!

He's grinning like a lemur!
posted by moift at 9:15 PM on May 19, 2005

The very best thing to come out of this entire experiment:

i respectfully submit that ruining nice things is MY job SO CUT IT OUT YEW MORTARFORKERZ
posted by quonsar 19 May | 23:14
posted by yhbc at 9:26 PM on May 19, 2005

so, who's buttes?

Two shiny Sacajaweas says it's the same guy who ruined trackbacks on Mefi.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 9:49 PM on May 19, 2005

Jesus, what a maroon.
posted by gramschmidt at 10:20 PM on May 19, 2005

Well now I've had to ban images. Anyway, the front page is now work safe.
posted by dodgygeezer at 2:30 AM on May 20, 2005

I hope you didn't do this on my account, because I can implement my own solution - not visiting there from work. No biggie and anyone surfing from work has to expect some limitiations and risks.
posted by dg at 4:11 AM on May 20, 2005

so that is the infamous tubgirl?
nope.
posted by amberglow at 5:17 AM on May 20, 2005

The Orange Swan on MetaChat is the same as the orange swan here. More or less.
posted by orange swan at 6:11 AM on May 20, 2005

Dammit, even on new sites, I miss all the cool stuff.
posted by graventy at 6:26 AM on May 20, 2005

Does anyone read the posts down here?
posted by iconomy at 11:52 AM on June 17, 2005