Do front page links now open in a new window?
posted by four panels on Dec 14, 2009 - 6 comments

Where do you people find the things you post to the "blue", and how do you consistently find them before the rest of us? Specifically to those of you who make art or photography posts here on Metafilter, where do you first learn of the things you link here? Reddit? Stumbleupon? Digg? Certain blogs? Where is the bleeding edge of the internet? [more inside]
posted by Pastabagel on Dec 10, 2009 - 92 comments

Could there be something like a Back Page Post? [more inside]
posted by jefficator on Nov 12, 2009 - 73 comments

I don't understand how to make a good FPP. [more inside]
posted by jefficator on Sep 28, 2009 - 66 comments

Idea: the Metafilter link-checker. Take the part of the 'new post' process that double-checks against prior posts, add the part of Mefi that conjures up the related posts, put a link to the feature up on the two lines of links near the logo. [more inside]
posted by WCityMike on Sep 18, 2009 - 42 comments

How to best construct a FPP with varying links? [more inside]
posted by Christ, what an asshole on Aug 30, 2009 - 68 comments

The FPP about the Webcomic "Multiplex has spawned two tangents -- it seemed time to split the discussions off so they don't derail talk about the strip itself (which I kinda like, so I wanted to save the topic from derails, if I could...). [more inside]
posted by EmpressCallipygos on Aug 3, 2009 - 121 comments

Sadly not from the Onion, but actually from the Sunday Express, whose story appears to be an extreme misrepresentation of the truth, and various blogs who’ve taken that untruth further via internet Chinese whispers. Can we ditch this from the blue or at least add a note to the effect that it is in fact bollocks?
posted by Artw on Aug 3, 2009 - 91 comments

In a FPP, how appropriate is it to post links to something, and then give additional information about the subject from a first hand perspective? [more inside]
posted by kimdog on Jul 22, 2009 - 70 comments

Is this post about shark species extinction, and the member who created it (a "Shark conservation biologist"), crossing the line into spamming/schilling? The linked article is weak and has an obvious agenda, the user and the writers of the blog linked have many connections and the username chosen by the poster is based on the title of his upcoming book. I don't think any harm was intended but it sounds like the guy is using the front page to sell himself, his cause and his book. If so, is that ok?
posted by Brandon Blatcher on Jul 5, 2009 - 192 comments

Have we had a post on the front page without a link before? [more inside]
posted by netbros on Jun 8, 2009 - 31 comments

Is this the record for number of links in a FPP? I count 106.
posted by Joe Beese on Apr 7, 2009 - 46 comments

A few years ago someone posted a link to a site which featured comic strips of embarrassing stories from people's school days. Does anyone remember the site? [more inside]
posted by popcassady on Apr 4, 2009 - 21 comments

Sorry for the millionth metatalk post today, but shouldn't we delete this FPP? [more inside]
posted by Pants! on Feb 20, 2009 - 42 comments

This is more a question in general than it is an effort to poop on a particular post. [more inside]
posted by dawson on Jan 15, 2009 - 68 comments

FPP link leads to spyware. [more inside]
posted by availablelight on Dec 24, 2008 - 30 comments

Whenever I preview a post—at least on the front page and MeTa—any &langs in my links became 〈.
posted by Korou on Nov 14, 2008 - 15 comments

Just out of curiousity, tomorrow, there's going to be about five million, four hundred thousand, six hundred fifty-two attempts to write a "first black President" FPP. Do the mods have any specific plans, or is it going to be whomever jumps the gun first? And are you guys going to be able to enjoy the festivities, or are you going to be too busy deleting everyone's massively respawning dupes? ;-)
posted by WCityMike on Nov 3, 2008 - 107 comments

Why was my MeFi FPP about the Clinton administration's connection to the subprime crisis deleted? [more inside]
posted by ZenMasterThis on Oct 3, 2008 - 2 comments

Lest anyone miss it on the blue, this post needs to be added to the list of those that are referred to whenever someone asks what an excellent FPP looks like.
posted by allkindsoftime on Jul 3, 2008 - 195 comments

My question is a two parter. I spend way too much time surfing the net, and sometimes come up on "stuff" that I think might make a good post here, but because I am fairly new by Metafilter standards, I am not sure it would be a good post. Is there a way for me to "unofficially" run my thoughts through someone PRE-post? I would rather not be humiliated publicly, which is why I ask. Secondly, even if I was feeling up for a good potential whipping on any given day, I am pretty bad with the technical aspects here. I would really do so much better if I had some one on one help. [more inside]
posted by LiveLurker on Mar 25, 2008 - 84 comments

Should we FPP the Obama speech? Some debate here. On the one hand it seems like it would be doomed to deletion as we have two open Obama related threads. On the other hand it's a really big deal, and (IMHO) rises above NewsFilter into Best Of The Web because it's such an incredibly good speech. Also those other threads are way below the fold. Thoughts?
posted by Artw on Mar 18, 2008 - 419 comments

I'd like to see a place where users can submit FPP requests to the general MeFi populace, and where users can respond at their will to said requests. [more inside]
posted by not_on_display on Mar 3, 2008 - 58 comments

Why do we not want most popular comments from all time available, the way it is for posts? [more inside]
posted by nzero on Feb 19, 2008 - 44 comments

LOLMIDGETS [more inside]
posted by LordSludge on Jan 31, 2008 - 203 comments

The Mitchell Report is a big deal (if you care about baseball or American sports, anyway). We should have a post about it that, y'know, links to it, or at least some substantive analysis of it, not a post that links to one guy's stats and a 100-word "article" that refers to things it's rumored to contain, followed by an unattributed list of names.
posted by dersins on Dec 13, 2007 - 82 comments

So this and this were posted this morning, and, being that I loathe YouTube only posts in the first place, it got me thinking...Why isn't there a policy against YouTube-only Posts? [more inside]
posted by taumeson on Nov 20, 2007 - 170 comments

Best Deleted FPP ever! [more inside]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero on Nov 14, 2007 - 119 comments

I'm as big a fan as anyone of the LOL-christian/republican-does-something-out-of-character story, but this is in poor taste.
posted by Saucy Intruder on Oct 12, 2007 - 554 comments

Notes on the 30th anniversary of the death of Marc Bolan.... [more inside]
posted by kimota on Sep 16, 2007 - 13 comments

Great thread and everything, but shouldn't we be a bit concerned that the post itself is just the first two paragraphs (even the same links) of the main atlantic article, without even attribution? Seems a bit off to my delicate sensibilities.
posted by Sparx on Sep 6, 2007 - 64 comments

RedundancyFilter: is it called a Front-Page-Post because there is some ninja-stealth method for posting to "inside" pages? (But then that would just be commenting, right?) Sure, MeFi has its structural and terminological idiosyncracies, but FPP just always seemed... off the mark.
posted by progosk on Aug 2, 2007 - 89 comments

What are the rules for posting to MeFi? Ive noticed that many posts are news articles and many of the op/ed posts get snarked or berated for not being newsworthy... I thought this was "best of the web"? I for one will read digg if I want news and MeFi if I want to find interesting web articles...
posted by subaruwrx on Aug 1, 2007 - 134 comments

I am wondering what happened to Live Preview on the MeFi posting page. I miss that feature and it skips an extra click. But one of Admins probably has an answer involving a lot of Tech Mumbo Jumbo, or someone will kindly (hopefully) direct me to the previous MeTa thread regarding this.
posted by wheelieman on Jun 20, 2007 - 37 comments

This deletion doesn't make sense.
posted by kirkaracha on Jun 19, 2007 - 73 comments

Since when did MetaFilter become Sexual Harrassment Filter? How is a link to videos showing a teacher being groped by her students appropriate for an FPP? HOPE ME.
posted by grapefruitmoon on May 26, 2007 - 93 comments

So despite reading the MeFi Wiki and crunchland's profile, I managed to screw up my FPP ( this one ) and it now appears on the home page without a title. Would one of the admins be kind enough to correct the link title of the post? You may also suggest suitable means of atonement for this extremely n00b-ish screwup.
posted by your mildly obsessive average geek on Mar 14, 2007 - 22 comments

Possible FPP for somebody? I don't feel quite up to making a good FPP out of this, nor do I want to "clutter" the Blue with a one-link "newsfilter" item. But I do think that this smacks of an underhanded attempt to restore involuntary servitude, especially given the booming prison population thanks to harsh drugs laws etc. (I also wonder why the damn "farmers" can't simply put Help Wanted ads in the paper; they are willing to pay a decent wage to get their crops tended, right?)
posted by davy on Mar 4, 2007 - 12 comments

I don't usually call out bad posts in MeTa, but a Single Link Op Ed (to the WSJ OpJournal, no less) by the author of the classic racist screed "The Bell Curve" (though I Foody may disagree) which is a classic of "stating the obvious" ("Half of all children are below average... except in Lake Wobegon") is NOT the Best of the Web. It's not even worthy of me making a smart ass comment in the thread. Delete with extreme prejudice, mattamyn.
posted by wendell on Jan 16, 2007 - 80 comments

After another four times dead post on the home page, I have a little suggestion to people out to FPP that someone is still dead.
posted by dw on Jan 14, 2007 - 5 comments

wtf?
posted by mr_crash_davis on Dec 31, 2006 - 105 comments

Can we have an election day thread? Is that too NewsFilter? I can't think of what would make an appropriate link for an FPP on the blue, but here's the Tradesports lines at least. (Predictions, drinking games, oh yeah, and news/links are probably in order as well.) (And popcorn.)
posted by spiderwire on Nov 7, 2006 - 81 comments

This really isn't a pony request, but it would be cool to see what FPPs and AskMe questions had the longest time period between their initial posting and the final response. I'm amazed that there continue to be posts regarding Mark Foley long after it's dropped off the front page.
posted by Kickstart70 on Oct 2, 2006 - 25 comments

My front page post seems to have lost its title, which was "'In Connecticut, it shouldn't take more than a short ride to get to another hospital' -- Joe LieberMAN"
posted by orthogonality on Sep 22, 2006 - 18 comments

My FPP was deleted (not complaining; I agree with the reasoning). Aren't I supposed to get an email about this? I didn't. Forgive me if that's not the policy. I thought it was.
posted by grumblebee on Sep 22, 2006 - 13 comments

Quick, someone give this Safety Patrol Officer a gold star!
posted by deadfather on Sep 11, 2006 - 61 comments

So, about this best post of the day thing.. are you announcing it on MeTa every day?

I think it would be kind of cool if you also highlighted it on Metafilter, ala AskMe favorited comments. That way, scrolling back a day or two on the front page I'll be able to tell the winning posts at a glance.
posted by graventy on Aug 1, 2006 - 9 comments

BugFilter: I'm trying to post something to the front page of MeFi but after preview I keep getting this error ( Error Executing Database Query. / [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver][SQLServer]String or binary data would be truncated.). I've deleted cookies, tried different browers, etc. Is this on my end or not?
posted by mattbucher on Jul 26, 2006 - 7 comments

Mmmm. A one-link post to a mediocre commercial.

I dont think there is anything worth discussing about this commercial. [more inside]
posted by mathowie on Jun 13, 2006 - 235 comments

Is this album release announcement a good FPP?
posted by ludwig_van on May 6, 2006 - 31 comments