Anybody interested in meeting your fellow MetaFilistines at local gatherings? November 27, 2000 8:32 PM Subscribe
Anybody interested in meeting your fellow MetaFilistines at local gatherings?
heh, someone was just asking me if I was open to doing something like this...
The only downside to something like this (from the people I have met recently) is that talking 'bout metafilter is kind of boring. Getting together because we happen to hang out here, and talking about other things could be kind of fun though.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:52 PM on November 27, 2000
The only downside to something like this (from the people I have met recently) is that talking 'bout metafilter is kind of boring. Getting together because we happen to hang out here, and talking about other things could be kind of fun though.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:52 PM on November 27, 2000
I know a couple of Toronto area MeFi's are also looking to get together, we just don't know who we are.
Also, from my experience at BBS meets, conversation rarely focuses on the board, you get to know the people behind the posts. Conversations may be similar (Have you seen this site? What a terrible/marvellous/whatever layout!) to what we talk about here, but I doubt people are going to talk about "Oh, and then in this thread userX said this, and then userY said that! LOL!" :-)
posted by cCranium at 4:56 AM on November 28, 2000
Also, from my experience at BBS meets, conversation rarely focuses on the board, you get to know the people behind the posts. Conversations may be similar (Have you seen this site? What a terrible/marvellous/whatever layout!) to what we talk about here, but I doubt people are going to talk about "Oh, and then in this thread userX said this, and then userY said that! LOL!" :-)
posted by cCranium at 4:56 AM on November 28, 2000
It's not about Metafilter. It's about taste communities. People who like one thing are bound to have other things in common. I'd like to meet some L.A. MeFis, if you're willing. (Los Angeles, not Louisiana.)
posted by waxpancake at 5:44 PM on November 28, 2000
posted by waxpancake at 5:44 PM on November 28, 2000
As a complete aside, MetaFilistines is one of the most humourous group-names for us I've seen yet. I'm officially stealing it for the next time I need to refer to us as a group.
Probably a few times after that one, also.
posted by cCranium at 11:42 AM on November 29, 2000
Probably a few times after that one, also.
posted by cCranium at 11:42 AM on November 29, 2000
I, too, wanted to post to this thread solely to applaud "metafilistines".
posted by baylink at 12:13 PM on December 1, 2000
posted by baylink at 12:13 PM on December 1, 2000
Ok, I'm game for the LA breakfast thing.
posted by Optamystic at 11:56 PM on December 2, 2000
posted by Optamystic at 11:56 PM on December 2, 2000
Well, thank you. Came up with it myself, too. (pats own back)
posted by waxpancake at 4:11 PM on December 4, 2000
posted by waxpancake at 4:11 PM on December 4, 2000
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