Happy 2nd anniversary AskMe

December 8, 2005 12:47 AM

thirteen plants a seed and sure enough, 3,400 posts later it shoots. Happy anniversary AskMefi. [I ♥ that it was about cameras]
posted by tellurian to MetaFilter-Related at 12:47 AM (20 comments total)

Happy Birthday!

Love,
loqzilla

*lick*
posted by loquacious at 1:08 AM on December 8, 2005

Two years already? You've got to be fucking kidding me. My life has changed not one jot in those two years. I'm depressed now. Party on people; I'm going to sit in the corner and get drunk. I apologies in advance if I do a sick in the plant pot like last time.
posted by chill at 2:06 AM on December 8, 2005

This comment in the founding thread is particularly prescient. Good call y6y6y6, no sign of petering yet ...

Thank you Matt and thank you Thirteen, AskMeFi enriches my life.
posted by Dag Maggot at 3:33 AM on December 8, 2005

I love Metafilter. I love the community. I love the people I've met. In some ways, I even love the bitter, snarky bickering sometimes. (Hell, that's why I read MetaTalk.)

But if the Internet was collapsing tomorrow and I was given the choice to save a single website, it would be AskMe. Metafilter is community, but AskMe is the power of community. Frequently it is truly awesome to read. Thank you, AskMe, and thank you, AskMefites.
posted by Plutor at 4:08 AM on December 8, 2005

AskMe is a great resource. Thanks go to those who make it what it is.
posted by Rothko at 4:15 AM on December 8, 2005

AskMe is my favorite part of teh MeFi, by far. Good advice and agony aunt entertainment, what more could a web-browser want?
posted by By The Grace of God at 4:28 AM on December 8, 2005

Heh, remember when all the cool kids used to call it AMF?

Oh, and how about giving Hackworth some credit?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:28 AM on December 8, 2005

goodnewsfortheinsane: "Heh, remember when all the cool kids used to call it AMF?"

Personally, I preferred AxMe.
posted by Plutor at 4:32 AM on December 8, 2005

I guess I was wrong about not having much to contribute to Askme, considering that as of today comment I have 700+ answers. Only one of them was off-topic and snarky, I swear.
posted by iconomy at 5:10 AM on December 8, 2005

Dag Maggot: In Matt's defense, he did make that prediction nearly a year before he re-opened memberships. I don't think it would have petered out myself, but I think AskMe began to hit its stride when the new members arrived.
posted by terrapin at 5:33 AM on December 8, 2005

Holy crap... it's been 2 years?

It's also Jim Morrison's b-day. Word.
posted by Witty at 5:36 AM on December 8, 2005

Yay for the power of helpfulness!
posted by selfnoise at 5:41 AM on December 8, 2005

Happy Birthday AskMe. You are, quite simply, genius.
posted by brautigan at 5:50 AM on December 8, 2005

When you bow keep your eyes low and your palms flat next to your thighs.
low bow
posted by JohnR at 6:23 AM on December 8, 2005

God, that's hilarious to read the early predictions... That Matt wouldn't read it often, so it'd be a haven for bullies and that it would peter out...
And so many names that have gone away...
posted by klangklangston at 6:57 AM on December 8, 2005

^I am so fucking awesome!^
posted by thirteen at 8:38 AM on December 8, 2005

Awwwwwwwwww.
posted by jenovus at 12:29 PM on December 8, 2005

Is this question #1?
posted by smackfu at 2:07 PM on December 8, 2005

No, this is. Or at least, it's the only AskMe without an "Older" link. Appropriately, answer #1 comes from user #1.
posted by donnagirl at 2:19 PM on December 8, 2005

i bet he was hitting refresh.
posted by jeffj at 11:30 PM on December 8, 2005