Threads Have Titles Now?

November 12, 2002 7:31 PM

Hey - if this isn't a new feature, or if I missed a memo, please tell me, but does each thread have it's own title now? I only ask because when I just thought better of posting to the "pancakes" thread and saw "Prattling On About Pancakes" up in the title bar, it startled me a wee bit, and now I see that each thread is similarly titled. New thing?
posted by yhbc to MetaFilter-Related at 7:31 PM (20 comments total)

There's a bit of an explanation here Commish. Matt is trying to make his site and this one more compatible with RSS readers.
posted by eyeballkid at 7:36 PM on November 12, 2002

Ah. And now I see that it's only the most recent five or so threads, so it's not like he's going back and titling them all, but still, this seems like an awful lot of work. Couldn't the poster put in his or her own title? (But if that's the case, I guess I'll find out soon enough).
posted by yhbc at 7:40 PM on November 12, 2002

Yep, there's the new field for "title", big as life on the "Post a Link" page. Okay, then - I guess there's no real point to this thread any more either.

Thanks, Matt!
posted by yhbc at 7:42 PM on November 12, 2002

we could always prattle on about pancakes...
posted by quonsar at 7:44 PM on November 12, 2002

I think that's been done before. We could check now though, I bet.
posted by yhbc at 7:51 PM on November 12, 2002

This Rules! I can finaly add MeFi to NetNewsWire, and make some sense of the threads!

Thanks Matt!
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 7:57 PM on November 12, 2002

Ah-ha! I get it now. For a minute I though Matt'd singled my post out for some reason. Silly me.

Thanks, Matt, for re-titling my post, 'cause I got it wrong, I think, when I built the pancake extravaganza - it really threw me that I couldn't post until I had a "title" .... its a great feature, and I like it a lot (now that I understand what it does), but I could have used some additional directions on the preview page when I was trying to write the post....
PS: yhbc - what made you think better of it?
posted by anastasiav at 8:29 PM on November 12, 2002

anastasiav - it was just a lame joke about the folks who first thought to grab "www.pancakes.com", and how much they may have had to pay for the domain name. After I had it up in preview, I decided it wasn't really funny, or appropriate for the thread. Would that I do that more often.

Hint - it involved "silver dollar pancakes".
posted by yhbc at 8:37 PM on November 12, 2002

Ah. I see.

I'm always flattered when people say I create good posts, but I also always find myself wondering why I never get many comments (I know, I know, its not about the comments, but still...), so I just thought I'd ask....
posted by anastasiav at 8:55 PM on November 12, 2002

You should have seen the test thread.

Hint: It involved Google and socks.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 9:13 PM on November 12, 2002

It was a great post, anastasiav. It's just that anything I could think to post in a thread about pancakes would look like attempted thread derailment.
posted by timeistight at 9:19 PM on November 12, 2002

Yay! Could we have it on lofi too?
posted by gleuschk at 9:51 PM on November 12, 2002

Google's going to love this. Expect to see Mefi threads ranking higher in Google searches.
posted by waxpancake at 10:39 PM on November 12, 2002

I also always find myself wondering why I never get many comments

The number of comments is in inverse proportion to the awesomeness of the post.
posted by hama7 at 11:20 PM on November 12, 2002

Possible problem: a search for "Prattling On About Pancakes" gives me this.
posted by Yelling At Nothing at 1:36 AM on November 13, 2002

Yay, thanks Matt!

Now for heavens sake can someone please post that picture of the rabbit with the non-pancake on its head? It's been 15 comments, and nobody's posted it yet!?!?
posted by fvw at 7:54 AM on November 13, 2002

I mean, someone's got to do it.
posted by NekulturnY at 8:31 AM on November 13, 2002

The number of comments is in inverse proportion to the awesomeness of the post.

This is a truth.
posted by hughbot at 8:59 AM on November 13, 2002

I like this as now I have one less process to think make sure I do when composing a post. I wonder if all the discussions on how to make a post better generated this, as I came to a similar conclusion for me. The title would give a clue to those that would rather know the subject than in the words of Gomer Pyle, Surprise?! Surprise!?!.

I also always find myself wondering why I never get many comments

Some FPPs have taken the words out of me, so no comment. I now make sure to leave something of positive note when this does happen, when appropriate.
posted by thomcatspike at 12:16 PM on November 13, 2002

Thanks, Matt! [just another NNW junkie, suddenly finding a new vein]
posted by dsandl at 8:52 AM on November 14, 2002