Is there a consensus on "backdoor FPPs?" I have noticed a few - do people think they unnecessarily steer a thread? Takeover discussion? Provide a new viewpoint and welcome context?
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posted by the man of twists and turns
on May 6, 2013 -
72 comments
You know that one comment you read once, maybe about the kindergarten teacher who speciously reassures you, "I always put on a condom before I teach?" Maybe the all-time perfect Ask Me flowchart for reconciling your career decisions with your sexual kinks?
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posted by grobstein
on Mar 22, 2013 -
79 comments
Some time back, I read a comment (I think on AskMefi) about how if you were jealous of someone else's success, it was because you were arrogant enough to think you deserved that success. In essence, be humble. I've tried to find that comment again with a combination of 'jealous' and 'arrogant' (and combinations thereof) but it doesn't seem to work; help is appreciated!
posted by titantoppler
on Mar 20, 2013 -
8 comments
Based on the front page, I can tell that other posters use some of the same resources to find potential FPPs that I do. I'll lay my cards on the table, and hope you do the same...
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posted by the man of twists and turns
on Feb 26, 2013 -
88 comments
This maybe just me with a particular writing hangup, but does anyone else find it difficult, sometimes have a "mental block", to come up with a title for the FPP they have constructed? End up sometimes spending more time on the title than constructing the rest of the FPP? Have abandoned FPPs as cannot come up with a decent title? Or have a fear that, no matter how good the FPP, a rubbish title will mean everyone will pass over it? Highly related; any tips for coming up with "good" (subjective, yes) titles.
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posted by Wordshore
on Feb 18, 2013 -
39 comments
Pony request. Essentially re-asking
this after a seven year gap: what are the chances of having a draft mode for posts so they can easily be built up or refined at different times and locations?
posted by mazola
on Feb 18, 2013 -
47 comments
We're going to be queuing MetaTalk posts from December 24th to January 1st.
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posted by pb
on Dec 21, 2012 -
41 comments
To people who have done this;
why did you create Front Page Post(s) on MetaFilter? The motivations are interesting in themselves, and may also provide positive reasons for people to cross the rubicon
from lurker to poster.
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posted by Wordshore
on Dec 7, 2012 -
122 comments
With US Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, it's time for another MetaFilter holiday tradition: The MetaTalk Queue.
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posted by pb
on Nov 21, 2012 -
112 comments
So, I made a
post last week and now the main link (the only one above the "more inside") is broken. It's a youtube video that was apparently removed by the copyright holder. What is normally done in these situations? Do y'all summarily delete? Ignore? Is it at all possible (or even worth it) to re-work the post?
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posted by zarq
on Nov 5, 2012 -
11 comments
This Halloween, if you could decorate your home or office as any movie or T.V. set, what would it be?
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posted by clavdivs
on Oct 31, 2012 -
131 comments
You tell me how to retrieve the HTML from a post that got deleted plz kthx? (I posted something on the front page last night, and it got deleted for too much personal commentary. I'm fine with that.) User Goofyy and deleting admin kaz suggested that I re-post sans commentary. This is moderation, it's not racism. So is there an easy way to get the HTML of my post back, or will I have to just re-type it all?
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posted by Sleeper
on Oct 2, 2012 -
39 comments
Am still a relative newbie here, and finding MetaFilter a fascinating source of high quality / low noise information and interesting stuff. But am struggling a bit with writing FPPs. So far, have had 7 go up, but 4 pulled. Stressing that am not complaining; every time there's been a reason politely given why, and I've retrospectively thought "Yeah, that's a fair point."
But it would be nice to consistently put up interesting and
always legitimate FPPs. I feel a bit that am learning the ropes of doing proper FPPs by trial and (often) error - perhaps have gotten practice on other forums, that are slightly or very different to Metafilter, hardwired into me and it's difficult to spot other than retrospectively when it's pointed out.
Is there a sandbox area, or some other mechanism for getting other people to look at one's FPP before it goes 'live', to see that it's legitimate (beyond the clear warnings not to self-promote) in terms of content and style and any other criteria? I have no problem with constructive criticism, peer review et al.
posted by Wordshore
on Sep 14, 2012 -
97 comments
"Your post could not be added. You have not posted enough comments to be able to post to the front page." Huh?
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posted by zardoz
on May 19, 2012 -
6 comments
What is the longest metafilter comment that wasn't a stunt post?
posted by empath
on May 7, 2012 -
52 comments
I think
this could go on the blue, but the last time I tried on a link from a blog it was deleted. Would this work?
posted by notned
on Jan 30, 2012 -
135 comments
Looking for a MeFi user profile with detailed post ideas posted in the "About" section.
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posted by reenum
on Jan 13, 2012 -
4 comments
Pony request: In an effort to save people from their own mistakes how about an extremely minimal editing ability for comments?
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posted by RolandOfEld
on Nov 30, 2011 -
56 comments
It's almost time for another major US holiday and we're trying something new here at MetaTalk this Thanksgiving: a post queue.
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posted by pb
on Nov 22, 2011 -
241 comments
For the last decade or so, hunnerds of MeFites have culled their favorite tracks from their music collection, burned them onto handy, decorative CD-Rs, and mailed them across the globe. It's that time again, so let's MeFiSwap!
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posted by carsonb
on Jun 18, 2011 -
334 comments
Suggestion, not critical: perhaps a way to show that a post has been closed/deleted, in the style of the "X New Comments" update at the bottom of the thread?
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posted by taz
on Jun 17, 2011 -
53 comments
Search seems to be failing me when I check to see if my post is a double. This has happened several times despite efforts to ensure it's not a double.
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posted by bwg
on Jun 16, 2011 -
28 comments
Dear mods, I posted an askme question on the
blue. So sorry! Please delete with prejudice
posted by nj_subgenius
on Mar 29, 2011 -
4 comments
When is the best time to post to "Ask" in order to have the most looks with the least number of new posts pushing my question off the page? Has anyone figured this out? Is this "cheating"?
posted by flummox
on Feb 20, 2011 -
71 comments
I posted in
this thread that I thought he should respond with, "Yeah, that's fucking bullshit, huh?" Did that get deleted? Is there a no profanity rule on mefi that I don't know about, or did I violate some other rule?
posted by The Dutchman
on Feb 8, 2011 -
59 comments
I'm looking for a Metafilter post that was about a browser ... um, application? or plug-in? or site? that featured different windows so you could drag/arrange your pages into groups by arbitrary topic or category, or work vs. leisure browsing, or whatever you wanted. Do you remember that?
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posted by taz
on Jan 20, 2011 -
33 comments
I flagged
this post (as other) on the blue because 1) It doesn't do what it says on the tin 2) it's behind a paywall 3) it has one link with no other information. Should posts only linking to a paywall be on the blue?
posted by rebent
on Jan 6, 2011 -
63 comments
I've been trying for months now to find a metafilter post from a year or two back. It was MLYT, to someone who made short video pieces - as I recall, a lot of them were of carefully assembled stacks of things falling over.
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posted by pinespree
on Oct 16, 2010 -
7 comments
Racking my brains here looking for a semi-recent (this year? 2009?) Ask Metafilter question: Someone's wife was documenting every perceived slight and argument, I believe by printing out chats and emails.
Please tell me I'm not imagining this post, as it had some thoughtful answers that would be useful to show to a friend to whom this is now happening!
posted by bunji
on Oct 2, 2010 -
22 comments
I'd probably want to sweep
this booger-string of a deleted thread under the rug too if it was my site. But it's sort of sad to lose such a gold star collection of mefi members practicing the non-bigotry they preach, so if anyone lost a comment they're particularly proud of the deleting mod pretty much invited you to re-post it to the open thread
here.
posted by jfuller
on Oct 1, 2010 -
24 comments
I swear we've seen these Askme questions dozens of times before, but I can't find them. I'm looking for those posts about not being able to drink and how to cope with it.
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posted by two lights above the sea
on Aug 10, 2010 -
10 comments
