Suggestion for a new Metafilter tagline September 17, 2001 2:53 AM Subscribe
Dear MeFi members and Matt,
I'm only a newbie but what inspired me to register and join in was the beautiful sentence I got under MetaTalk when I first went there: "we're all in this together".
Your other tagline - "The Plastic.com it's OK to hate" - which is childish and funny, is the perfect complement; if not the nicest compliment.
Together they capture the spirit that captivated me and tens of thousands of others.
However, I dare to suggest another line, brought up by the very frequent use, before members' comments, of the phrase"Maybe it's just me".
It is, of course:
"Not Just You".
This would have the obvious advantage of promoting MeFi's essential character - bringing different, disparate people in - while affirming a certain need to be respectful to others. I.e., make contributions worthy of others' attention.
Don't forget that most people read MeFi without joining(like me until now)and this headline would appreciate their silent participation without coercively suggesting they do something about it.
So what do you all think about "Not just you"?
I'm only a newbie but what inspired me to register and join in was the beautiful sentence I got under MetaTalk when I first went there: "we're all in this together".
Your other tagline - "The Plastic.com it's OK to hate" - which is childish and funny, is the perfect complement; if not the nicest compliment.
Together they capture the spirit that captivated me and tens of thousands of others.
However, I dare to suggest another line, brought up by the very frequent use, before members' comments, of the phrase"Maybe it's just me".
It is, of course:
"Not Just You".
This would have the obvious advantage of promoting MeFi's essential character - bringing different, disparate people in - while affirming a certain need to be respectful to others. I.e., make contributions worthy of others' attention.
Don't forget that most people read MeFi without joining(like me until now)and this headline would appreciate their silent participation without coercively suggesting they do something about it.
So what do you all think about "Not just you"?
If you watch the message for long enough it turns into an elf that moons you for about .25 of a second, then quickly turns back to "More Addictive Than Crack". This always seems to happen when I am looking the other way, though.
posted by Kafkaesque at 11:37 AM on September 17, 2001
posted by Kafkaesque at 11:37 AM on September 17, 2001
Mine turns into an elf that is holding a laptop at the Golden Gate bridge like he's delivering a pizza.
posted by norm at 3:18 PM on September 17, 2001
posted by norm at 3:18 PM on September 17, 2001
Aw, man. Mine must be busted. The elf is actually delivering a pizza:
posted by jpoulos at 4:53 PM on September 17, 2001
posted by jpoulos at 4:53 PM on September 17, 2001
mmm pizza.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:12 PM on September 17, 2001
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:12 PM on September 17, 2001
hmm Junipero Serra....Matt Haughey...separated at birth?
eenteresting!
btw, both those pix made me giggle like...uh...like something that giggles a lot.
posted by Kafkaesque at 9:00 PM on September 17, 2001
eenteresting!
btw, both those pix made me giggle like...uh...like something that giggles a lot.
posted by Kafkaesque at 9:00 PM on September 17, 2001
...what a handsome guy, like a young karl malden
posted by newnameintown at 9:36 AM on September 18, 2001
posted by newnameintown at 9:36 AM on September 18, 2001
I don't know about you guys, but are elves usually tall and lanky and geeky in your part of the world?
posted by anildash at 2:18 PM on September 19, 2001
posted by anildash at 2:18 PM on September 19, 2001
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more addictive than crack
you're wrong. no you're wrong!
I believe they "rotate" based on some criteria.
posted by DBAPaul at 7:58 AM on September 17, 2001