http://metatalk.metafilter.com/tags/1142 Posts tagged with '1142' at MetaTalk. Thu, 25 Apr 2002 02:59:30 -0800 Thu, 25 Apr 2002 02:59:30 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://metatalk.metafilter.com/2129/I%2Dlove%2Dthe%2Dthreadends When a MeTa thread has played its course, chattiness and jokes sometimes rush in. Although I realize it's a minority sport, I just love <b>thread-ends</b>. There's something ecological about using left-overs for imaginative and friendly banter. Is my excuse, anyway...<br> <br> Like soon-to-be-deleted threads on MetaFilter, they serve a useful pressure-valve purpose: they redirect playfulness away from serious discussions and probably inhibit initiating purposefully chatty posts. At least for me. Is this acceptable, now that MetaTalk has become specifically Meta again? Or, at least, can it be lived with? I hope so. tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2002:site.2129 Thu, 25 Apr 2002 02:59:30 -0800 1142 chat cult longboat MiguelCardoso