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Somewhere recently in the green or the blue, towards the end of the comments somebody posted a link to an old advert on YouTube, for an English candy bar. [more inside]
posted by Rash to MetaFilter-Related at 2:34 PM PST - 29 comments

Sad news this morning: long-time mefite jbickers has passed away at 45. Here's an obituary from WFPL, one of the Louisville public radio stations he'd worked for. [more inside]
posted by cortex to MetaFilter-Related at 12:27 PM PST - 271 comments

I'd like to declare September 28th Reach Out to a New Mefite day. [more inside]
posted by ActionPopulated to MetaFilter-Related at 8:19 PM PST - 27 comments

The US presidential debates are upon us, and we'd like to steer the threads covering them so they are fun, readable, and don't break anyone's browser (if possible. Probably not possible.) Here are some things we've been thinking about: [more inside]
posted by restless_nomad to MetaFilter-Related at 7:07 PM PST - 426 comments

It's opt-in for members, but why not use it by default for everyone?
posted by gorcha to Feature Requests at 11:12 AM PST - 52 comments

After a long day of reading the site on mobile while waiting for stuff, the request here to add a "Favorite this post" link to the "Who favorited this post" page (the one that comes up when you click the link with the number of people who favorited the post) made a lot of sense to me. [more inside]
posted by limeonaire to Feature Requests at 11:10 AM PST - 42 comments

This article was previously posted to Metafilter, I believe within the last year. It was a long story about a man who worked as a fine art shipper who moved up in the ranks to become an art dealer. [more inside]
posted by turtlebackriding to MetaFilter-Related at 10:53 AM PST - 7 comments

There's currently a discussion on the blue about not reading. In the article linked, Professor Amy Hungerford references David Lodge's book Changing Places in which a professor invents a literary game called Humiliation in which players confess to embarrassing gaps in their reading. Was wanting to know what some of these gaps might be for my fellow MeFites.
posted by Fizz to MetaFilter-Related at 4:55 PM PST - 364 comments

Coming down the pipe a little late because summer scheduling is complicated, Jessamyn and I catch up on MetaFilter, MeFites getting married, MeFites going camping, MeFites arguing about stuff, and all the other things the doldrums of August bring with. This episode is about an hour and forty minutes and covers August 4th through September 7th. [more inside]
posted by cortex to MeFi Podcast at 3:38 PM PST - 51 comments

Does a write-up exist of the MetaFilter philosophy of moderation? [more inside]
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl to MetaFilter-Related at 8:46 AM PST - 80 comments

I do not like having ableist slurs on the front page of Metafilter. [more inside]
posted by hydropsyche to Etiquette/Policy at 3:36 PM PST - 507 comments [closed]

I've been looking in the Metafilter archives for a post about a free downloadable PC game. It had a retro side scroller design that was heavy into atmosphere and dream logic with a kind of a Soviet Russia look to it. It only had a number for a title (about four to six digits long) and the protagonist wasn't human (toaster? sandwich? yeah, that kind of odd). I'm pretty sure this was before I joined Metafilter in 2013 because otherwise I would have it favorited, and all my searches have all come up empty. Anyone remember it?
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI to MetaFilter-Related at 11:07 AM PST - 14 comments

Our Jessamyn was one of the first blogging librarians; in fact, I think she started her blog back when the term was "web log." A free speech advocate, author, computer literacy practicioner and pretty good pool player, Jessamyn has helped set the tone for the way Metatalk and AskMetafilter have evolved and we have been very lucky to have her input on tons of questions over the years. Happy birthday, Jessamyn! ♥
posted by Lynsey to MetaFilter-Related at 9:19 AM PST - 48 comments

Ask Metafilter, the internet's go-to source for sane, competent advice and information, reached its 300,000th question this week. (Previously, 200,000 and 100,000.)
posted by Horace Rumpole to MetaFilter-Related at 9:16 AM PST - 21 comments