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The "Life Hack" question now on AskMe made me think of this. Over the years, AskMe has collected a bunch of enduring info on life hacks and other topics. One or more people could organize that, put it into a booklet form and sell it for the good of MeFi. Or would that be any conflict?
posted by NotLost to MetaFilter-Related at 1:42 PM - 51 comments

Hi there, MetaFilter!

Welcome to your monthly Site Update! You can find the last Site Update here.

Reminder: I will be the only mod actively monitoring this thread so please be patient. I’ll reply to your feedback and questions at least twice a week. I’m looking forward to your feedback and questions! [more inside]
posted by loup (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 1:58 PM - 10 comments

Hi folks -- here's a thread to talk about constructive next steps after this thread from two weeks ago. [more inside]
posted by jessamyn (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 9:20 AM - 123 comments

Unexplained shadow outside your window? Cold spots in the kitchen? Is that one conference room no one uses cursed? Settle in with a cup of something warm, light a candle, and tell us your own personal ghost stories! [more inside]
posted by Kitteh to Uptime at 11:32 AM - 51 comments

I have never understood why a subsite for discussing "TV, movies, podcasts, and books" is not also for discussing music. But, at a scan, that subsite is truly never used for music. Could it be? As in, is that currently allowed and, if not, would such a change be welcome in this community? [more inside]
posted by kensington314 to MetaFilter-Related at 9:48 AM - 27 comments

Proposition: We should consider lowering the waiting time for new posts on the blue from one day to 12 hours. [more inside]
posted by Rhaomi to Feature Requests at 10:47 AM - 133 comments

kanuck posted some straight-up blackpill content on the front page. It's still up. I've flagged the post with a note for the mods, but how can we as a community respond more assertively to blatant misogyny that's "well packaged"? [more inside]
posted by MiraK to Etiquette/Policy at 8:56 AM - 189 comments

I'm working on holiday/ end of year sales plans for my artistic venture and wondered if there's anything in the works to promote the MeFi Mall this year? It felt like it was sort of forgotten last year. [more inside]
posted by Sweetie Darling to MetaFilter-Related at 12:39 PM - 7 comments

I suggested a book club in the "How will we care for our elderly" post on the blue and want to follow up and make this happen. Mods, should I put this book club in Projects? Meetups? Chat? All three? It will be virtual of course, and probably mostly asynchronous, but I imagine adding in an every other month or every three months Zoom chat. [more inside]
posted by spamandkimchi to MetaFilter-Related at 11:13 AM - 16 comments

Thanks for your patience as I have worked through talking with lawyers who talk with their experts. This is a substantive update with some news and some questions for the community. The short form is: everyone on the team of people I spoke with agrees that MeFi could potentially be a non-profit organization (with the ultimate determination being made by the IRS). Now we need to decide how to move forward and make MeFi into a community-run organization. I'll give some backstory and a "where we are with this" situation inside. [more inside]
posted by jessamyn (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 7:52 AM - 182 comments

I want to discuss how the MetaFilter community addresses comments and users who support or defend Nazi/fascist ideology. A user over in this thread, which discusses Canada's House speaker praising a Nazi veteran, had their comment removed and was given a moderator's note regarding this decision. But I don't find this acceptable. Why would we allow additional comments from this user to be made in that thread? An instant ban would be appropriate for anyone who wants to defend Nazis in this community, otherwise MetaFilter is just setting ourselves up for a Nazi bar problem. I'd like both the moderator team and the community to weigh in on this.
posted by Fizz to Etiquette/Policy at 1:28 PM - 242 comments

now that the annual metafilter fundraiser is over, this is your opportunity to support other people and projects that are underfunded. Sort of like an auction or the mefi mall except you don't even have to acquire anything! Share stories, links, etc. [more inside]
posted by aniola to MetaFilter-Related at 11:35 AM - 10 comments

The ableism in this thread was so blatant and astounding that we really need to talk about it. The notion that it’s ok because it’s a thread for caretakers to vent is nothing short of disturbing for a disabled person. We would not feel as though other forms of bigotry are ok to vent about in a thread and the people pushing back on it are just not understanding how necessary it is. This is not a matter of more moderation being a solution. This really is a matter for people to wrestle with and come to grips with. You are describing fellow Mefites as “grotesque.” You don’t view it that way, and we’re supposed to be ok with it because it’s your experience. But sometimes you really gotta challenge your experiences and ask yourself why you are treating something hurtful and subjective as an objective truth for yourself and learn how to change yourself. This is the work. This kind of ableism is rampant and that thread is a super distilled version of it. [more inside]
posted by Bottlecap to Etiquette/Policy at 11:28 AM - 50 comments

Some sad news: MeFite dayan passed away last night. He hadn't been on MeFi for quite a while but hung out in a MeFi spinoff group I'm in and was also really involved in the quizzing and Jeopardy communities and I thought people here might want to know. [more inside]
posted by jessamyn (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 1:31 PM - 50 comments

I've noticed in a couple of AskMes that the answers/advice being given can really be harsh sometimes. Especially when the person asking has maybe not been their best selves. Reading through a thread can seem like a pile on. I'm wondering if this is truly helpful. [more inside]
posted by brookeb to Etiquette/Policy at 8:03 AM - 62 comments

Welcome to your monthly Site Update for MetaFilter, our beloved community weblog! The last update is here. You’ll find some updates regarding the site below. I’m looking forward to your feedback and questions.

Reminder: I will be the only mod monitoring this thread so please be patient and constructive as I reply to your feedback and questions. [more inside]
posted by loup (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 12:28 PM - 188 comments

This is a test page that was created for Fanfare that I think would be way better at fostering conversations and getting people chatting. You can see active conversations and jump in if they interest you, and start a new one if there's a show/movie/game you like that's been posted but isn't getting any attention. Can it be the default? Hopefully an extremely simple change, and the old style could be kept as a fallback.
posted by Sebmojo to Feature Requests at 1:34 PM - 46 comments

I made an offhand offer of Bluesky invites in a thread and rapidly got more interest than I had invites. So I thought perhaps there was enough interest, and hopefully enough surplus invites, in the community to balance out! [more inside]
posted by restless_nomad to MetaFilter-Related at 2:07 PM - 173 comments

I see there's a real-time chat, why not one in the style of the site? A sort of miscellaneous, Not Otherwise Specified subsite. I'm imagining basically chatfilter questions & maybe funny or interesting things not chewy enough for a FPP. (This is not really A Suggestion, more a what if & why/why not curiosity.) [more inside]
posted by Baethan to MetaFilter-Related at 11:14 AM - 40 comments

Why all the bee chat all over the site this week? I appreciate it, but I'd like to both appreciate and understand it. [more inside]
posted by kensington314 to Bugs at 9:56 AM - 49 comments