My post to Projects generated lots of hits and PR. Thanks!

June 27, 2006 7:03 AM

a week ago i made a post to projects of a bug-riddled site i was completely sick of working on. because of you guys, since then it's gotten like 20 bazillion visitors, been on 10 gazillion blogs (good ones, sometimes!) and even got a mention on some tv station in tennessee. the best part is that it isn't even complete enough to really be of any use to anyone! so i'd just like to thank you guys for sticking it on del.icio.us, stumbleupon, your blogs and wherever else and just plain making the internet hype machine work. metafilter rules!
p.s. feedback from projects should probably be sorted by date
posted by soma lkzx to MetaFilter-Related at 7:03 AM (33 comments total)

...did that just get fixed in like 35 seconds?!
posted by soma lkzx at 7:09 AM on June 27, 2006

I like Snacksby, it's a fun idea. As you clearly state, it needs help in filling out it's recipe database, but that will happen over time. I thought it was funny that it showed up on Yahoo Daily Picks today (on My Yahoo!), when I had only seen it on Projects a week ago.

Good luck with it.
posted by genefinder at 7:14 AM on June 27, 2006

I taught Snacksby what avocados and beer are. I feel so proud.
posted by Faint of Butt at 7:16 AM on June 27, 2006

I taught it bacon.
posted by handee at 7:24 AM on June 27, 2006 [1 favorite]

I was dying because I couldn't find out why I was getting all of this my.yahoo.com traffic. you have literally saved my life, genefinder.
posted by soma lkzx at 7:26 AM on June 27, 2006

i was waiting for an incredible avocados + beer recipe, a recipe that never came.

handee, did you teach it "rasher" of bacon? because i had no clue that's what a strip of bacon was called. and then, suddenly, there were rashers of lemon and guinness and eggs and everything else, and that's where the bugs come in.
posted by soma lkzx at 7:28 AM on June 27, 2006

feedback from projects should probably be sorted by date

Huh? There's feedback? Where?
posted by dobbs at 7:29 AM on June 27, 2006

When you vote, you can leave a comment as well.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:32 AM on June 27, 2006

The feedback is only seen by the person that posted the project, and soma, it was always sorted by date, it's just that you got like 1 or 2 comments a day for a week, so the times look all out of whack.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 7:37 AM on June 27, 2006

Thanks, Jess and Matt... and, just so I'm clear, it'll appear right on the project page to the OP? (I got none on mine, which is why I ask.) Thanks!
posted by dobbs at 7:40 AM on June 27, 2006

Yeah, that's what strips of bacon are called.
posted by handee at 7:43 AM on June 27, 2006

Snacksonomies!
posted by brownpau at 7:47 AM on June 27, 2006

mathowie: i remember before when looking at it it would say something like:

hey your site is lame!
posted by mathowie on june 21

lol
posted by jessamyn on june 22

but it doesn't look like that anymore,
posted by soma lkzx on june 21

because i swear it didn't have times then, and you could see how everything wasn't in order and stuff. weird.
posted by soma lkzx at 7:48 AM on June 27, 2006

Nope, it's shown times since I built it.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 7:49 AM on June 27, 2006

The commenting feature is newer though. Anyone remember when that started?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:45 AM on June 27, 2006

projects is the best part, and lowest traffic, of mefi. it's the well hidden digg of mefi, without all the mountains of noise even though it's self-promotion for mefites. nobody even bothers to comment on the posts to projects. it's weird. i left comments on a couple of projects posts i liked and felt like i was committing some big faux pas.
posted by 3.2.3 at 8:47 AM on June 27, 2006

3.2.3 - read this:

The feedback is only seen by the person that posted the project - mathowie

So chances are, people are commenting & you just aren't seeing it.
posted by raedyn at 9:05 AM on June 27, 2006

it really is a great idea, soma

(i never remember to go to projects--i should)
posted by amberglow at 9:23 AM on June 27, 2006

nobody even bothers to comment on the posts to projects.

What? They do so.
posted by cortex at 9:47 AM on June 27, 2006

The feedback is only seen by the person that posted the project

Here I was thinking I was the only person ever commenting!
posted by brundlefly at 10:00 AM on June 27, 2006

i had a similiar experience. projects.mefi didn't actually get me an insane amount of traffic, but a few hot spots picked it up and despite my site specifically excluding IE, i still got a decent amount of traffic.
posted by Tryptophan-5ht at 10:21 AM on June 27, 2006

It's a great idea, even if Instant Oatmeal+NeoCitrin+Peanut Butter got me bupkiss.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:23 AM on June 27, 2006

dobbsian. Chewy and sweet.
posted by peacay at 10:35 AM on June 27, 2006

Whether it's buggy or not, the idea/concept is awesome, and so I have hopes that it'll be worked on, fleshed out, etc... The idea/concept also requires group participation in order to work, so I think slapping it on everyone's blog is in all of the users' best interest, right?

Gotta like it when a plan comes together.
posted by twiggy at 12:14 PM on June 27, 2006

Great site, love the design, love the name, love the concept.
posted by empath at 12:15 PM on June 27, 2006

There's jack squat for spaghetti-o's, oatmeal, canned corn, powdered milk and peanut butter.

MacGuyver'd be all up in that shit making a briefcase nuke, yo.
posted by loquacious at 12:16 PM on June 27, 2006

A wonderfully delicious briefcase nuke.

But, as others have noted, there's room to grow.
posted by loquacious at 12:18 PM on June 27, 2006

I taught it tortillas!
posted by schoolgirl report at 12:42 PM on June 27, 2006

i'm going to marry all of you guys, i think.
posted by soma lkzx at 12:52 PM on June 27, 2006

i'm going to marry all of you guys, i think.

Sorry, it isn't legal in my state, but thanks...
posted by SpecialK at 3:31 PM on June 27, 2006

Woo-Hoo!
posted by Freen at 4:35 PM on June 27, 2006

Well, i meant to put this in the feedback, but, a feature i'd love is a way to add an ingredient to my pantry from the ingredient page...

If there is a way, i don't see it. Other than that, i loves it!
posted by Freen at 4:42 PM on June 27, 2006

The feedback is only seen by the person that posted the project

is that supposed to be obvious?
posted by 3.2.3 at 7:03 PM on June 28, 2006