Pony request: I know this is slightly silly, but I would like validation for something that I find myself doing occasionally - can clicking on the check mark next to a question with a best answer in it jump me straight to the first best answer in the comments? Sometimes I read a question and want to just see what the person thought the best answer is. I did not see any requests for this in a search going back to 2008, so I figured I'd ask.
posted by Hactar
on Apr 5, 2013 -
18 comments
I know that I am a bit of a misanthrope,
this is not the first time I have been a whiner over AskMeFi, and that MeFi is not my private playground BUT is there anything that can be done to help/hinder people who ask again, and again, and again about their relationship on AskMeFi, chronically ignore what everyone says, and then are back a month later to ask about their relationship?
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posted by Megami
on Mar 20, 2013 -
104 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
I have been checking
this thread every day since it was first posted/I engaged and we have not heard back from the OP about whether she is safe/well/etc. I fully understand she may never write back (and that it may be in her best interest from a safety/life priorities perspective).
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posted by anya32
on Mar 5, 2013 -
5 comments
Did anybody ever do an analysis on what proportion of Ask questions get answered in some way with a suggestion to get therapy?
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posted by curuinor
on Feb 2, 2013 -
54 comments
I remember reading either a post or a comment that listed some sources for, I believe, free online counselling services. Can't find the post or comment in question. Does anyone kmow where it is? It was probably an askme.
posted by windykites
on Jan 27, 2013 -
4 comments
Sometimes when I load Ask Metafilter the green color will show up washed out, but I can open it up in a new tab and it is now a different shade. Usually scrolling down the desaturated page or selecting text will change it back to a more saturated green. Any reasons for this? Safari OSX.
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posted by travis08
on Jan 17, 2013 -
59 comments
Quick question about protocol on the human relationships section of AskMeFi. If someone asks a question there which can potentially be answered by just a yes/no answer, is it okay to just answer it with a yes/no, or should one always add reasoning to your answer?
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posted by Wordshore
on Oct 21, 2012 -
22 comments
Saying "I have personal experience in this" doesn't invalidate or even contradict information given in ask.
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posted by xingcat
on Sep 11, 2012 -
37 comments
This is a genuine query not a complaint - does anyone else read a lot of AskMeFi questions, think they could perhaps help, then when they look 'over the fold' get put off by the huge bulk of further details?
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posted by Megami
on Aug 23, 2012 -
59 comments
There must already be Ask questions about how to increase business/get more clients as a freelancer, but I'm not hitting the right search terms or something. Can anyone point me? Thanks!
posted by SampleSize
on Aug 22, 2012 -
3 comments
A meta for recommendations? A lot of AskMeFi posts are about stating your favourite stuff and asking for recommendations of the same - movies, books, games, music, this one new thread is about podcasts.
So how about it? A new Meta where you list the stuff you like, and others give you recommendations based on that.
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posted by Senza Volto
on Jun 10, 2012 -
48 comments
Looking for an AskMetafilter comment that listed recommended questions the OP should think about for an upcoming doctor's appointment.
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posted by NikitaNikita
on Jun 1, 2012 -
10 comments
Not Actually Extremely Problematic: The "popular tags" page on the green is a tag cloud, but none of the tags appear much larger than the others.
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posted by Tomorrowful
on May 12, 2012 -
28 comments
Just want to point out an excellent, very informative response to an AskMeFi question I posted earlier today.
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posted by kitcat
on Jan 12, 2012 -
36 comments
We've noticed a slight uptick in the number of anonymous questions submitted recently, and we've found that sometimes the questions don't provide the context we need to approve them. So with that in mind we added a small change to the
anonymous question form at Ask MetaFilter to help with that. We're now asking why the question should be anonymous.
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posted by pb
on Nov 9, 2011 -
85 comments
Today we're introducing a new way to find travel questions at Ask MetaFilter: Travel Locations.
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posted by pb
on Sep 7, 2011 -
114 comments
I don't usually have time to read all of the questions on AskMeFi, so I rely on the Popular Favorites (24 hours) tab to screen the submitted questions for those found most interesting by other MeFites. The problem is that because of the way they are sorted I sometimes miss some.
Would it be possible to sort them chronologically by the time and date of submission, the most recent being at the top of the list? That way I could scroll down the list until I get to the question I remember from my last browsing session.
What do others think? Thanks!
posted by Daddy-O
on Apr 14, 2011 -
12 comments
I think that there ought to be a caveat somewhere about AskMe questions, pseudonymity, privacy, and social network scraping tools.
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posted by XMLicious
on Feb 17, 2011 -
62 comments
My question is how do you manage meta and askmefi? I use RSS for both and given the "living" nature of the threads, I always feel like I'm missing something if I read a thread too soon so I usually whittle the queue down leaving the 100 most recent threads unread. But then I feel like I'm missing out on the more time-sensitive stuff.
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posted by screamingnotlaughing
on Feb 17, 2011 -
13 comments
I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who commented in my AskMeFi thread about my
slow iMac; you helped me narrow down the likely suspect.
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posted by bwg
on Feb 16, 2011 -
61 comments
Taxfilter? Mefitax? I know this isn't our domain, per se, but I think it is the type of thing we're great at. And there's plenty of askmefi history to warrant the discussion.
What is the proper place for tax questions in metafilter? Is there a proper place? Is there a better forum? Really better?
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posted by es_de_bah
on Feb 13, 2011 -
27 comments
Looking for an AskMeFi post about having trouble paying bills, in which a commenter suggested a US-based microcredit organization.
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posted by honeybee413
on Feb 10, 2011 -
2 comments
When is the best time of the day to post on AskMeFi to maximize the number of people who see my question and might provide a possible answer?
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posted by royalsong
on Jan 24, 2011 -
97 comments
I was just wondering... How many of you guys browse askmefi primarily as a source of entertainment, rather than as a potential answerer?
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posted by tehloki
on Nov 27, 2010 -
119 comments
Has there ever been a question on the green with such great responses that it spawned a post on the blue?
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posted by morganannie
on Nov 23, 2010 -
30 comments
Yet another "what should I do about this.." inquiry.
This question was posted on AskMefi and I find that the subject is mind blowing enough that I want to discuss it..
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posted by royalsong
on Nov 10, 2010 -
250 comments
What is the general consensus when you've contributed an answer to AskMefi and another answerer decides to be snarky about what you said?
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posted by royalsong
on Nov 2, 2010 -
114 comments
Is there anything comparable to AskMeFi for general questions, career-related questions or apartment-hunting questions? Or is there any way around the 1 AskMeFi question per week?
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posted by catquas
on Oct 7, 2010 -
166 comments
The front page of Ask MetaFilter contains JavaScript which references the Federated Media ad server
dynamic.fmpub.net. However, the ad server reports that it is should no longer be used.
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posted by RichardP
on Sep 14, 2010 -
31 comments
So I have an article that I want to post, but the article is essentially a question regarding how people read.
Abebooks had a blog post about it and the
Guardian picked up on this issue as well. Should I post this on MetaFilter or under AskMefi? No matter where I post it, people will offer up their own preferences for how they read a book. As I see it, this post would be more appropriate in the Green, but I'm not certain.
posted by Fizz
on Sep 7, 2010 -
9 comments
