Forgive me if this was asked before (I searched the FAQ), but I see a lot of people asking questions in AskMeFi who have never commented. Why are the guidelines different from MetaFilter (where you have to comment a certain number of times before you post)? I understand that some people are lurkers and we want to be accepting of that, but it seems like a lot of the questions which break the guidelines could be avoided. Maybe I'm just a whiner?
posted by Lizsterr
on Jun 25, 2010 -
28 comments
There was a question asked within the last year (I think) that was something like 'Why do people have pets if they know they are going to die before they do? How can they handle the grief?" There was a response post to the question explaining that love for a pet was unique in that you go into the relationship knowing that, most likely, you will outlive the pet and that therefore this is a noble kind of love etc. etc.
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posted by lucy.jakobs
on Jun 25, 2010 -
16 comments
AskMetaFilter Idea: "Re-Asking" questions? Something that anyone can do to any question to "bring it back to the front page" and have another bite at the apple
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posted by DetonatedManiac
on Jun 12, 2010 -
26 comments
Have you ever asked a question in AskMeFi that you now regret posting? Of course I'll provide an answer for myself.
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posted by hiteleven
on Mar 2, 2010 -
77 comments
I posted a FPP that was rightfully deleted, however out of it was coming some interesting details about the topic and I'd like to learn more. Can I rephrase it as an ask mefi or is that bad form?
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posted by Admira
on Feb 15, 2010 -
6 comments
What Ask Metafilter threads do Mefites think are the best-of for weight loss, diet and exercise?
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posted by WCityMike
on Feb 8, 2010 -
36 comments
Ask Metafilter relationship questions that are 25+ paragraphs long, which is a more and more frequently seen problem, never go well. How about putting wording to that effect on the
Ask Mefi posting page?
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posted by MikeHarris
on Jan 10, 2010 -
32 comments
I'm looking for the thread in which a person was interested in putting the music in movies, and wanted to know what that occupation was called/how to get there.
Thanks!
posted by biochemist
on Oct 9, 2009 -
8 comments
So it turns out if they close your AskMeFi after 3 minutes, they take your week from you. If anyone is interested.
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posted by jfrancis
on Sep 16, 2009 -
58 comments
Let me know if this is the wrong forum, but in
this AskMeFi thread the OP apparently executed a script someone wrote him. Judging from one of this follow-up comments, he had no knowledge of Windows batch files. I'm a little disturbed. Am I paranoid?
posted by d. z. wang
on Sep 12, 2009 -
35 comments
I am wondering if people could assist me in locating Ask Metafilter questions along the lines of
this and
this. I know it's a concept frequently asked about, but evidently the concept's too amorphous for tags to be of help, Related Questions just circularly refer to each other, and I can't find the right Google-
fu for this one.
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posted by WCityMike
on Aug 6, 2009 -
11 comments
Can someone help me find the Ask MeFi post where someone asked for general advice for a college freshman?
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posted by biochemist
on Jul 30, 2009 -
8 comments
PonyRequest : When we have an AnonAsk refused, could we have a reason sent to the asker as a matter of course, so that the asker could (a) know that it's been refused and can use their weekly on something else and (b) have some idea of what they did wrong and consider if/how they should rewrite it?
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posted by twine42
on Jul 5, 2009 -
24 comments
I'm trying to get feedback/helpers on a collaborative Google Map of bike paths in the Boston area. It's pretty small and unambitious, hardly something I've spent "a few months" on. Is this appropriate for MeFi Projects?
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posted by Muffpub
on Jun 18, 2009 -
32 comments
Pony request: can following all anonymous posts (or maybe, more widely, following a specific user) be integrated into MyAskMefi?
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posted by WCityMike
on Jun 9, 2009 -
29 comments
have pros and cons ever been discussed for separating AskMe's into segregated categories for
(
"
what do you recommend I do during my three months in X /
can anyone recommend a good shoe repairmen in X" ;
"
radioactive Y on my eyeball when I woke up-- should I see a doctor?" ; and
"
need help with Z computer-ish code-ism/softwareness"
)?
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posted by candyhammer
on Jun 4, 2009 -
50 comments
Why can't I make my AskMeFi question anonymous? Was this changed and I missed it? I searched, but to no avail.
posted by phaded
on May 25, 2009 -
4 comments
I posted an AskMefi question yesterday but now it's gone. So how do i know whether it's been officially deleted or not? I went to My Profile; under 'Contributions', I clicked on the 'questions' (number 40) and brought up the questions I've asked. The one i posted yesterday is not on the list.
I also did the search: http://www.metafilter.com/activity/29435/posts/ask/ as suggested in the FAQ and also came up blank.
However, when i go to the 'new question' page on AskMefi, it says i've posted in the last week. I know for sure that I haven't posted anything in the last week other than the question i posted yesterday.
I'm ok with deletion, but it would be nice to know the reason for future reference.
posted by storybored
on May 21, 2009 -
19 comments
So I've asked a few AskMefi questions now, and have noticed that they tend to get responses for about five hours, give or take, then the responses stop. When is the optimal time during the week to ask my AskMefi question, so that I get the maximum number of eyeballs looking at my question, and thus, get the maximum number of answers. I know that this may not necessarily increase the
quality of the answers I get. I am talking about sheer quantity. Thanks!
posted by Sully
on May 20, 2009 -
40 comments
I wanted to say something about the discussion happening in
this AskMe, but in a way that does not derail the thread itself. So, here I am.
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posted by prefpara
on Mar 17, 2009 -
321 comments
My Askmefi question only recieved one answer...I realize that this must just
happen every so often, but I'm wondering, a) how I might avoid it, and, b) can I ask the same question again in the hopes of getting more answers?
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posted by Griffinlb
on Mar 15, 2009 -
67 comments
I've just been noticing a recent pattern in Ask, which got me thinking about patterns in ask. Possibly NSFW.
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posted by gryftir
on Mar 6, 2009 -
63 comments
I was hoping you could help me find a specific recent Job / Career Search MeFi question. One of the answers was a list of several job search sites.
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posted by veronicacorningstone
on Feb 11, 2009 -
9 comments
I remember an Ask Metafilter question in which it was asked whether, if the current Queen of England went by a name based on her forename and surname (the format many of us go by, such as "John Smith" or "Jane Doe"), what that name would be. I can't seem to find it under the "queen" tag or via a Google search.
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posted by WCityMike
on Dec 10, 2008 -
69 comments
AskMeFi pony request: list members who frequently
answer threads with a particular tag
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posted by nitsuj
on Nov 1, 2008 -
37 comments
Matt. Yo MATT. Askmefi rss is borked again. I think.
XML Parsing Error: syntax error
Location: http://ask.metafilter.com/rss.xml
Line Number 1, Column 1:Connection Failure
posted by filmgeek
on Jun 1, 2006 -
7 comments
