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October 2007 Archives (all archives)
October 31
This is a two parter. One: there's a disparity in behavior between the search box on the bottom and top of Ask. Two, why isn't 'recent activity' set to nofollow like profile pages?
posted by phearlez to bugs at 10:31 AM PST - 24 comments
October 30
AskMe is quickly turning into my favorite food resource of all time. It's a vast treasure trove of practical, easy to make recipes and good food-related advice shared by regular folks, not food writers or even, necessarily, hardcore foodies. Can we have a thread consolidating the favorite/most useful recipes and advice AskMe has produced?
posted by freshwater_pr0n to MetaFilter-related at 5:10 PM PST - 64 comments
Just for fun - anyone wanna share their Halloween costumes with the rest of the MeFi gang? Or brag about their parties or other Halloween-themed events?
posted by davidmsc to MetaFilter gatherings at 4:21 PM PST - 108 comments
MetaMail question: Would it be possible to allow users to MetaMail posters of anonymous AskMe questions without revealing the identity of the poster (and possibly the sender)?
posted by baphomet to feature requests at 1:38 PM PST - 15 comments
A good post to MetaFilter is something that meets the following criteria: most people haven't seen it before, there is something interesting about the content on the page, and it might warrant discussion from others.
What?
posted by prostyle to etiquette/policy at 12:21 PM PST - 93 comments
Jessica Hagy, author of
Indexed, the Venn Diagrams-on-cards blog, on how she went from unknown blog to bookdeal in just a few months: "
About a week after I posted the first batch last August, somebody linked the blog to Metafilter. Whoever you are, thank you! That's how my agent (it's still strange to me that I have an honest-to-god agent) found me, and from there, it just sort of took off." Crazy.
posted by mathowie to MetaFilter-related at 10:38 AM PST - 15 comments
I'm an avid reader of Puke & Cry's
Deleted Thread blog, and it got me wondering: Do any of the admins have stats on the most posts deleted in one day? Or, the most doubles (i.e. the most posts on
one topic that were deleted - I'm guessing it must be an obituary post, maybe James Brown)? Or, the longest time span without a deletion? Etc.
posted by amyms to MetaFilter-related at 12:54 AM PST - 22 comments
October 29
i just wanted to mention that the plain theme is looking real nice these days and to thank matt and pb for keeping it updated.
posted by quonsar to etiquette/policy at 11:20 AM PST - 67 comments
Extremely minor feature request: would it be possible to update Metafilter profiles for ASL-compliance per ISO standards?
posted by Ryvar to feature requests at 7:53 AM PST - 47 comments
October 28
Can we add a feature in the Past Meetups page that also links to the follow-up on meetups (e.g. the threads that contain pictures and how a good time was had by all)?
posted by spiderskull to feature requests at 3:37 PM PST - 14 comments
October 27
October 26
Please forgive me if this is a stupid question, but how does one "view tags" for a FPP? (I tried searching for "viewing tags" or just "tags" but the amount of entries returned overwhelmed by googlefu) I know I can view popular tags, but is there a preference where you can see tags (such as near the flag/favorite entries)?
posted by Debaser626 to MetaFilter-related at 1:30 PM PST - 21 comments
October 25
I'd much like a diminutive horse, please. An option in "Recent Activity" to view "all activity," that combines "my posts" and "my comments" on one handy page.
posted by Kattullus to feature requests at 11:06 PM PST - 29 comments
Deleted: It's obvious from the comments that almost no one read the linked sites. It's obvious that the mod that deleted my post didn't either. I didn't express an opinion within the post, but tried to objectively cite various viewpoints and facts. It was essentially a response to what is currently being reported on the major news outlets, pointing to several sites in connection to what is being reported in those broadcasts. I honestly have no opinion as to the cause of the fires, nor do I have any opinion regarding 'eco-terrorism', nor even on what George Carlin said. These ideas are being discussed on all news outlets.
posted by sluglicker to etiquette/policy at 8:32 PM PST - 68 comments
I really hate this. But since I don't want to do the same thing, I need to explain what "this" is. "This" is writing a whole post on the front page without ever saying what the post is actually about. Teaser posts are teh suck.
posted by Doohickie to etiquette/policy at 7:09 AM PST - 85 comments
I'm getting this error [see more inside for error] every morning when I log into any Mefi site. I can delete any cookies related to MetaFilter and get in ok but I thought that I would only have to do it one time. It seems I have to do this every day. Is this something that anyone else had reported?
Thanks!
posted by KevinSkomsvold to bugs at 7:02 AM PST - 7 comments [closed]
October 24
I once saw an Ask MeFi post regarding, if my memory serves me correctly, a man who wanted advice on how to deal with a girlfriend who had a shit fetish. Help me find that post.
posted by JPowers to etiquette/policy at 7:51 PM PST - 4 comments [closed]
Why is it that i keep losing my settings for in-line youtube? It seems like whenever i change my change anything in my profile, it works, and then a few days later, the embedded youtube links are gone again. Is this a known bug or what?
posted by empath to bugs at 6:42 PM PST - 15 comments
A person's brother and sister-in-law were in a terrible accident and someone suggested retroactive COBRA. Where is this AskMe post?
posted by k8t to MetaFilter-related at 6:37 PM PST - 3 comments [closed]
So, it's come up a bunch of times, most recently
here. Is date.metafilter.com a possibility (or dating status in the profile screen, or whatever was last discussed)?
posted by serazin to feature requests at 1:28 PM PST - 226 comments
Could the favorites counts and [+/-] links be added to the "posted by" lines on Recent Activity, please?
posted by bonaldi to feature requests at 10:55 AM PST - 26 comments
This post was deleted for the following reason: this is an axegrindy HC post. I know it's election time and all, but it's too early for "your favorite candidate sucks" posts and if you have issues with the way other political posts have been handled, it would be better to take those to Metatalk or your own blog. -- jessamyn
posted by saulgoodman to etiquette/policy at 10:06 AM PST - 135 comments
Does it matter what I flag a post/comment? Does "offensive" have a higher priority than "other?"
posted by dw to feature requests at 8:19 AM PST - 50 comments
re Phonetics for Beginners, Oct 23: several posters said that they had learned to read without phonics. I'm interested in this because it's relevant to the debate about how to teach reading. Do you think this had any impact on how well you read, how much you like to read, the types of reading you do? Do you have any trouble figuring out unfamiliar words or pronouncing people's names? or did it not matter at all, in the end?
posted by cogneuro to MetaFilter-related at 2:00 AM PST - 24 comments
October 23
Show #17 of the podcast features an interview with
scody and recaps from the last three weeks of the MeFi universe. It was recorded on October 19, 2007 and runs about an hour long.
posted by mathowie to MeFi Podcast at 4:49 PM PST - 27 comments
We added a bunch MeFi Mail updates that seemed worthy of a post here (and if you have more ideas maybe add them here)
posted by mathowie to feature requests at 10:51 AM PST - 102 comments
October 22
Bug? Anon ask.me post came up as less-than-anon in (my) RSS feed.
posted by lowlife to bugs at 11:14 AM PST - 29 comments
October 21
October 20
October 19
MeFi Mail is being rolled out, so pardon the dust for the next hour or so and once it's live, feel free to discuss it here.
posted by mathowie to feature requests at 2:26 PM PST - 437 comments
I have a question about Metafilter post content/style. I've just had a post deleted and can't understand why even though there was a brief explanation given.
posted by richards1052 to etiquette/policy at 12:03 AM PST - 94 comments
October 18
Is the header on the blue looking strange to anyone else? On mine, the "New Post," "My Profile," "Preferences," "Recent Activity" and "Favorites" links are all smooshed together underneath the search box (not the tabbed links, just the text links). I'm viewing the site in IE, WinXP, and I just noticed the smooshed links within the last hour.
posted by amyms to bugs at 9:12 PM PST - 20 comments
What happened to the Flickr pics on profile pages? and the photostream? Also my Flickr link under the "social apps" section of my profile has been disappeared.
posted by exlotuseater to bugs at 8:18 PM PST - 33 comments
I'm gonna be in Asheville next week starting Wed, Oct 24 through Tues, Oct 30 if any interested Mefites want to get together. Anyone looking for an excuse to go for a day hike to some waterfalls (or something equally breathtaking) is especially encouraged. :)
posted by mediareport to MetaFilter gatherings at 6:23 PM PST - 27 comments
October 17
October 16
I can't see any email addresses in member profiles. What is happening?
posted by unknowncommand to bugs at 8:08 PM PST - 3 comments [closed]
October 15
October 14
Now that some ex-Texans are settled and some other OK Mefites are wanting to meet, it looks like November 10th would be a good time for a meetup here in the city. This invitation goes out to any one willing to drive in for the night - (looking at you
ufez and
bugg) and those close enough to carpool. Come inside and help decide where to get together.
posted by thatothrgirl to MetaFilter gatherings at 4:21 PM PST - 26 comments
October 13
October 12
October 11
If we click on the
music tag, and scroll down to see the
Users who often use this tag, we find that
CKmtl has used the tag in 65 posts, and
nkknkk has used the tag a staggering 164 times! But in fact, it's
not true. What's up?
posted by flapjax at midnite to bugs at 6:21 PM PST - 55 comments
October 10
O glorious snark gods! My writing has improved tenfold, my salary has doubled, my sex-life is perky*, and I have YOU to thank for it!
*May or may not be true.
posted by YamwotIam to MetaFilter-related at 8:47 PM PST - 186 comments
IdleCuriousityFilter: What media mentions of MetaFilter have generated significant numbers of new accounts?
posted by lalex to MetaFilter-related at 8:20 PM PST - 17 comments
October 9
"...I think we've pretty much worn out the Republican Gay Sex Sting news thing." - cortex
I disagree, but oh well. It did seem to have some interesting conversation going on. I just kinda think that if we allow newsfilter posts at all then we're always going to have this sort of thing.
posted by Kickstart70 to MetaFilter-related at 9:37 PM PST - 114 comments [closed]
October 8
As alluded to
here, I would like to formally propose a meet up at the
Eastlake Zoo. It's a dive bar, true, and a relict from a bygone epoch but there are few such places left hereabouts and none as venerable. I'm thinking somewhere between Thursday October the 25th to Sunday October the 28th at 7:00 to 8:00 PM in the evening, depending upon who's doing what all where else when. I lean towards any of those days, myself.
Of course, the total guts move would be to show up for their Halloween party. Just sayin'...
posted by y2karl to MetaFilter gatherings at 3:43 PM PST - 35 comments
Suggestion: Can we somehow make the tags of a post viewable from the front page. Whether it is just printed out directly on the page, or whether you need to hover or click on something to see them.
posted by empath to feature requests at 12:26 PM PST - 39 comments
October 7
I've noticed a weird variation on the I-don't-know-the-answer-but-here's-a-wild-guess syndrome on AskMe: in "help me translate this" questions, people who quite clearly don't speak the target language still offer their awkward, ungrammatical or just-plain-wrong translations.
posted by signal to etiquette/policy at 8:37 PM PST - 111 comments
October 6
I've been fooling around with user javascript for Opera and fixed a few problems with the live preview. The first problem is that it doesn't appear at all for me. The second problem is the sluggish live update performance when viewing longer threads. My solution is available
here, but I wouldn't mind if it found another home, like the metafilter code? For instructions on how to install and enable user javascripts, go to
Opera's documentation.
posted by KirkJobSluder to bugs at 9:58 PM PST - 12 comments
C'mon. Give us the search secret. When I plugged a link for a post I wanted to make into the search field, nada. But when I composed the post, I got a flag of the prior post. What gives?
posted by filmgeek to bugs at 6:19 PM PST - 8 comments
Would you please post your meetup pics in the original thread instead of creating new ones? They don't show up in the meetup sidebar.
posted by brujita to MetaFilter gatherings at 4:37 PM PST - 29 comments
October 5
Podcast request: Would it be possible to mention the thread numbers of the threads being discussed in the podcasts?
posted by bugbread to feature requests at 2:22 PM PST - 14 comments
I've just joined MeFi as a new member, specifically for the purpose of asking a question on AskMeFi. Usually, I do this from work, and until a few days ago, I could reach AMF without a problem from work. Now, I can reach all parts of MeFi
except AMF from my office. Is there some issue going on? I'm not getting the usual 'forbidden' error, I'm getting 'gateway not available', which indicates the site is not reachable. The hostname resolves, and I'm getting good ping times from it. Suggestions?
posted by Fferret to MetaFilter-related at 12:15 PM PST - 41 comments
FPP Deletion
Cortex, I'm protesting your deletion of PSmealey's
Killing Joke FPP . I thought it was very worthwhile regardless of the fact that PS decided to post the Wiki piece on the band. Methinks this is perhaps a case of a too itchy trigger finger, no?
posted by Skygazer to etiquette/policy at 10:19 AM PST - 53 comments
October 4
The great AskMe folllowup roundup -- sort of a pony, sort of a good idea. People, if you have posted an AskMe in the last year or so (meaning it is still live) and you found the answers helpful, and something happened as a result of the AskMe, many people are curious to know what the end result is. Going back, marking best answers if you haven't done so, and telling us what the heck ended up happening would all be much appreciated.
posted by Deathalicious to MetaFilter-related at 2:41 PM PST - 221 comments
Hey gang, what are your Twitter usernames? I want to follow more people but can't figure out how to find people who are interesting, funny and/or would link cool things. I know you would. Who are you? I'll post mine as soon as this thread doesn't get closer or deleted.
posted by sneakin to MetaFilter gatherings at 5:18 AM PST - 90 comments
October 3
October 2
October 1
The podium of the MeFi September running challenge is as follows : sequential (257k), caution live frogs (184k) and middleclasstool (156k). Sequential apparently could not choose between running and walking, in the walking challenge getting the best of shinypenny/longdaysjourney (242k) and fluffy battle kitten (51k).
posted by pj_rivera to MetaFilter gatherings at 6:23 AM PST - 16 comments
