MetaTalk posts tagged with callouts

When the Blue's About the Blue

l33tpolicywonk — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:31:02 -0800

The direction of the teen modeling post went really Meta and callout-y really fast ... do we have informal standards to apply here? (While trying not to call out anyone in particular, because I think all sides are at least partially to blame). I'm dismayed by how fast the thread became not about the article (nor even about whether its concerns were legitimate) but about whether various commenters in the thread were sexist or said sexist things. If chunkling_express was a new member, I think a thread breaking down like this would be really discouraging to his posting again. I think if a new visitor saw the thread, they would get a bad impression of Metafilter as a snarky, angry place. I'm not saying "flag it and move on", but I think I'm saying "flag it and steer the conversation back to the FPP." Am I way off base here?

Take it outside

spicynuts — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:34:14 -0800

Is there some way to get a clean up in the Colin Powell thread? Jesus, a hugely optimistic event and a couple of knickers in a twist hot heads turn it into a 3rd grade playground.

Take it to Metatalk if you don't like it.

three blind mice — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:33:45 -0800

Blazecock Pileon says " I'm not playing your games. Own your comments. Take it to Metatalk if you don't like it. And that's the last I will hear from you, because you're going to be ignored." Yesterday, I deposited this comment into this thread. Blazecock Pileon added this comment: It speaks much about you, that you believe the desire not to be murdered by fundamentalists is a request for special treatment. and racked up 18 favorites. Now I don't mind that BP disagrees with me, but I thought the "It speaks much about you" preface was a bit over the top. So I send BP a Mefi-mail. Blazecock Pileon: (I repeat the comments we both posted) And I was going write: It speaks much about you that you make the most uncharitable reading possible and then draw the most damning conclusion about the poster without even bothering to ask "what did you mean by.." But I decided to deposit it here in your mailbox instead of in that thread. Let's play nice. 3bm BP replies: "Or you could just admit you were wrong. Up to you." I reply: You're missing the point amigo. You've been posting on Metafilter long enough to understand how we play, right? You can disagree with what I say - I don't care about that - it was the ad hominen framing of your comment that was uncool. You don't have to admit you were wrong. Just - please - do try to follow the guidelines. Up to you. 3bm The response to this was "Take it to Metafilter." I reply: In case you missed it: note: Help maintain a healthy, respectful discussion by focusing comments on the issues, topics, and facts at hand—not at other members of the site. I saw some litter in that thread, did my civic duty, and deposited it where it belongs. You can dump your bin into Metatalk yourself." BP's final reply "not playing your games" opens this post. My attempt to follow-up: "Sorry, this user has blocked messages from you." Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, please settle this dispute for us.

1 + 1 = 0

loquacious — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:08:30 -0800

Answer the question or don't already, 1. Once again - snark is unwelcome in AskMe. Unless you actually have something to useful to contribute STFU and GTFO. Comment in question reproduced below:

Gee, I wonder which one of you wrote this. Please never write anything in this style again. To paraphrase the always reprehensible and should-never-be-quoted-or-paraphrased-by-anyone-in-any-circumstances Ayn Rand, "when good and evil compromise, evil always wins." Which is to say, any compromise between polyamory and monogamy is still polyamory. There is no middle ground here. And really, you were "confused" when she was hurt? Come on, she made a good faith effort and it didn't work. It's kind of fucked up for you to resent her for being hurt by you. Ugh, OK now I'm getting kind of pissed off at you for convincing her that your relationship is somehow not "fair" to you. How is it not fair? Nobody's forcing you to be in it. She's been very clear about what she needs, and you've decided of your own free will to be in a relationship that doesn't meet your ideal and then, it seems, guilt-trip her about it. And for the love of god, don't write another post in the style of this one. posted by 1 at 10:35 PM on March 6 [+] [!]

Darrin O'Brien is not amused

cashman — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:05:02 -0800

So we're letting this stay? It's been there a few hours - I'm just wondering if something changed with policies here. Are comments like that okay now? Or is Cortex the Killer waiting on a new plasma rifle shipment? I'm not the only one that noticed. Perhaps this comment is some really funny in-joke that I'm just missing out on?

Sometimes I Feel (Like A Very Small Girl's Blouse)

koeselitz — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:16:23 -0800

Sorry if I've offended. Let's bring disagreements here. At the risk of seeming somewhat self-centered, there were a few comments in the "Viagra (in a needle) for women?" thread that lead me to believe I'm routinely pissing certain people off. Look, that's not what I want to do. Sorry if that's the case. If you have something you want to say about it, I guess it'd be good to hear about it here, rather than wasting space in a thread. And I'd rather get it out into the open, rather than wondering about it and then saying something else to piss people off. I have a feeling it has something to do with what could be charitably called my 'polemical style' of relishing the invention of insults. I think I'll stop with that. I know I probably earned Pope Guilty as an enemy pretty quickly like that, for one. Sorry, Pope Guilty.

Self Link?

otherwordlyglow — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:16:22 -0800

Or are we just sick of self links? The first blog linked to in this FPP has author Jason Fenimore Sattler. The bio for Jason Sattler links to The Valley Jew blog - which is the blog listed in PeterNicely's profile.

Fighting words make for a heck of a derail.

Crabby Appleton — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:22:41 -0800

Will the blatent and offensive derail at the end of this thread be allowed to continue? Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with sotonohito spewing his venom , but I wish he'd do it somewhere else. I'm actually interested in the original topic of the thread. Or am I missing something fundamental about the way Metafilter's supposed to work? (And, yes, I did flag it, and refrained from posting myself.)

OK boys, no hitting below the belt.

nevercalm — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:51:37 -0800

And in this corner, weighing in at 30706, is Big Bad BeeeeeeeePeeeeeeeee! And in the very same corner, weighing in at 52373, is CeeeeeeeeeePB! Or, you know, things are getting a little ugly over in the "The UK is one big terror magnet thread...."

Perhaps the problem is not MeFi, but you.

klangklangston — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:02:19 -0800

Really? You don't care? How much? To avoid being coy— Every time I seem to see jouke in a thread, he's offering a content-free epistle on his apathy. Rather than engaging in the threads, I'm taking it here. (As I only get one MeTa every, what, four days, there were also rumblings of a Southeast Michigan meetup next Wednesday in the Detroit thread. Perhaps there will be a happy derail.)

wtf is the point of this FPP?

dobbs — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:20:27 -0800

Seriously, wtf is the point of this FPP? The site's not in english so it seems to me to be a thread that has no other purpose than to comment on the attractiveness of the women who are featured. How is this appropriate for Metafilter?

I really don't understand this site anymore.

mogabog — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:32:28 -0800

I really don't understand this site anymore. I have been reading for a year and been a member for about seven months. My last two posts turned into people yelling at me, or telling me I posted in the wrong place.

Just like this one will turn into people calling me names and being negative.

I don't get it. I read the "About Us" and "FAQ", I get yelled at for signing my posts, not posting in the right place. NOBODY offers help, just kicking me in the shins for not understanding the subtle nuances of this site. Which, I might point out, aren't explicitly outlined! Something too "MetaTalk-y"? Great, what does that mean? These the same folks that yelled at me when I made a comment that MeFi looks like 2 day old Reddit.

Y'all have fun with your internet clique. There are good people on this site, but these days it seems like the mean ones are loudest.

Signed,

Me

when did posts with incredibly little content become acceptable on Metafilter?

Citizen Premier — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 23:21:56 -0800

Ok, when did posts with incredibly little content become acceptable on Metafilter? How is this an acceptable post? Why not just link to the image on the front page so we don't have to bother clicking a link to see one image?

Likewise, likewise, likewise. I get enough crap like this emailed to me from my dad. Ok, I don't mean to be so frank and rude, but I fear for the future of Metafilter. Posts like these are not the best of the web.

Memorialize this crap elsewhere

casconed — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:17:47 -0800

Fine, i'll bite - 55526. First of all, I don't think some lame newsfilter post about another idiot soldier dying in a pointless war deserves to be in the blue. Quite apart from that, i DEFINITELY don't think some half-assed tribute, in the form of a PERIOD, is a worthy title for an FPP. Memorialize this crap elsewhere, I say, and stop tying up the front page with your idiot posts.

Hey languagehat, are you reading the comment I wrote?

davy — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:39:31 -0800

Hey languagehat, are you reading the comment I wrote? [more inside]

WTF????

mystyk — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:29:22 -0800

WTF????

Eurovision spoiler alert would have been nice

tomble — Sat, 20 May 2006 16:38:47 -0800

The Eurovision post had the winner's name in the title. Could there not have been some consideration for people living in countries where it is has not been shown yet?

I look forward to watching it tonight, and while my life doesn't hinge upon who wins, there's a certain pleasure in finding out.

Can this either be edited with a big SPOILER INSIDE notice, or removed? I made a minor effort to avoid finding out who won, but didn't expect to see it mentioned in the first line of a MeFi post.

a self-linking double post callout

three blind mice — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:50:07 -0800

You know, there ought to be a rule (or at least social approbation) against a self-linking double post callout. It seems like it's OK to link to previous comments, but one should let a third party make the DP call.

Name-calling doesn't lead to further conversation

bshort — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:59:45 -0800

"...fuck you bshort. And shove your opinions up your ass..."

"...I suspect “go fuck yourself” is about the longest sentence you can comprehend..."

"...Lard brain Nazi..."

"...And you are a shithead..."

[more inside]

This thread is a disaster.

phearlez — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 13:11:16 -0800

This thread is a disaster. It has such a long pissing match in it that advances nothing that I simply cannot see going click-click-click all the way through the noise to flag each off-topic post. I feel like I need a button for "there's so many violating posts in this thread I cannot possibly flag them all individually and still have time for 3 squares and 8 hours of sleep in a day." [mi]

This is the most mean spirited thread

grapefruitmoon — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 07:13:11 -0800

This is a front page tragedy. Lord Kinbote sums up my feelings well : "This is the most mean spirited thread I have ever read on MetaFilter."

Deletion Day

interrobang — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:45:17 -0800

All right, I'm starting to feel sorry for the guy...

Someone needs a time-out

Rothko — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 18:36:26 -0800

Someone needs a time-out.

Dios is blatantly trolling.

[expletive deleted] — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 02:32:07 -0800

Dios is blatantly trolling. Again. This time, there can be no doubt in my mind that he is simply posting ridiculous, inflammatory and disingenuous comments for the purpose of starting needless arguments. If he had bothered to read the post, he would know that his point is invalidated completely. Do we have to tolerate his constant shitting on any political thread?

Can this thread please be deleted

zerokey — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:26:45 -0800

Can this thread please be deleted (I know it will anyway). I searched MeFi before posting it, but didn't see results. My most humble apologies.