Comments on: Deleted AskMe comment?

Deleted AskMe comment?

fletchmuy — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 08:28:21 -0800

Anyone else having their comments deleted in AskMe threads? My comment in this thread was deleted as well as my answer in another recent thread. What gives? Am I just not that helpful?

By: mathowie

mathowie — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 09:05:30 -0800

I only see one deleted comment on Ask MetaFilter that was written by you in recent days. In regards to questions about the ruby programming language, your answer was "chunky bacon" whatever that means.

I don't see any other recent deletions.

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 09:46:07 -0800

chunky bacon

By: mathowie

mathowie — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 09:55:02 -0800

there weren't any links, the entire comment was just the text "chunky bacon."

By: quonsar

quonsar — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 10:32:52 -0800

my pantsfish comment was deleted from the fashion thread, and i received a prompt notification from an admin. i suggest adding an email addy to your profile.

By: caddis

caddis — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 10:50:53 -0800

So pantsfish are the hot new thing on runways next year?

By: quonsar

quonsar — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 12:37:11 -0800

well, apparently not!

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 13:03:43 -0800

fletchmuy, I deleted the chunky bacon comment because people had flagged it as noise. I'm sure if you had linked it as puke&cry did, people might have understood what it was doing there and it would have remained inviolate. You weren't on IM at the time and I spent a few minutes checking your site for obvious mailto links and didn't find any. In general, having contact info in your profile will prevent mystery vanishings. I have only deleted the one comment, I'm fairly certain, so I'm not sure what went missing from the head-tingling thread.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 13:51:06 -0800

Once again we see that making short, cryptic comments that mean nothing except to the commenter and those few people either in the know or willing to do research on somebody else's apparently pointless comment, though a source of deep satisfaction to the commenter, is probably not a good idea.

By: grouse

grouse — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:02:28 -0800

self-stim

By: SpecialK

SpecialK — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:05:54 -0800

So you keep track of how many are deleted for whom? Do you give people like xmutex time outs when they post enough wisecracks?

By: LarryC

LarryC — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:19:44 -0800

I had a wise crack deleted from AskMe last week, and it was comedy gold, I tell you! Actually it deserved deletion, and I got a nice email note from Jessamyn.

By: I EAT TAPES

I EAT TAPES — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:12:06 -0800

"Once again we see that making short, cryptic comments that mean nothing except to the commenter and those few people either in the know or willing to do research on somebody else's apparently pointless comment, though a source of deep satisfaction to the commenter, is probably not a good idea"

WTF does that mean?

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:20:13 -0800

he was refering to the "chunky bacon" comment, which is pretty cryptic to those not in the know.

By: caddis

caddis — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:38:27 -0800

Once again we see that making short, cryptic comments that mean nothing except to the commenter and those few people either in the know or willing to do research on somebody else's apparently pointless comment, though a source of deep satisfaction to the commenter, is probably not a good idea.

They used to be part of the life blood. C'est la vie.

By: squirrel

squirrel — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:08:06 -0800

C'est la vie.

What is that, French? Am I supposed to know all the languages under the sun so that I can get your little Euro-refs? Delete!

By: Karmakaze

Karmakaze — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:11:22 -0800

Actually, caddis, I rather think that making cryptic comments that make sense only to the poster never was part of AskMe at all, let alone its 'lifeblood'.

You could make the argument that it was part of MeFi culture, I suppose, but that's not what's being discussed here. (Although I, personally, would argue that that sort of masturbatory posting is obnoxious no matter where it's done).

By: caddis

caddis — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:50:57 -0800

What is that, French? Am I supposed to know all the languages under the sun . . .

Sorry to stretch the unfolded brain. Really.

By: mr_roboto

mr_roboto — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:29:18 -0800

Actually, caddis, I rather think that making cryptic comments that make sense only to the poster never was part of AskMe at all, let alone its 'lifeblood'.

I agree with this assessment 100%. Since day 1, AskMe has been less tolerant of noise than MeFi or MeTa: this has been one of its distinguishing features. If you're trying to answer an AskMe question, you should definitely be as clear and thorough as possible.

By: dg

dg — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:03:30 -0800

EVen more important, you should actually know the answer, not just be there to add another point to your score.

By: Krrrlson

Krrrlson — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:49:52 -0800

Peak oil.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 23:24:50 -0800

By: VulcanMike

VulcanMike — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 22:10:40 -0800

Is this where I come to be sparky? Smarky? Snarkie?