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
Noticing a disproportionate number of posts gravitating toward a particular set of subjects in the Blue over recent weeks and months.
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posted by quadog
on Mar 30, 2013 -
58 comments
I've noticed that the search function doesn't catch YouTube doubles if the URL isn't exact. Here's a tip: grab the alphanumeric ID of the video from its URL and search mefi using only that. For example, searching for 9Iq5yCoHp4o pulls up
this post, but a search for http://youtu.be/9Iq5yCoHp4o and http://www.youtube.com/embed/9Iq5yCoHp4o fail, even though they all point to the same video.
posted by desjardins
on Mar 25, 2013 -
19 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 -
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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
I like the FPPs that have many versions of the same thing, such as
this cups and balls post. I'm sure I've seen others in the past, but I can't remember them, and the search engine is letting me down. Are there any other FPPs that have many versions of the same thing - song, short film, etc?
posted by LSK
on Jan 24, 2013 -
27 comments
I'm a big fan of borderline-believable alternate history myself, but I thought there was a general Metafilter policy against
this sort of FPP?
posted by 256
on Dec 11, 2012 -
45 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
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
Assuming any MetaFilter users are interested in writing posts or comments during voting and counting, how will this bloggie handle what will be its 4th US presidential election?
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posted by Wordshore
on Oct 30, 2012 -
80 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
On the occasion of his
750th post, a shout out to Artw for the abundance and quality of his contributions to MetaFilter.
posted by Egg Shen
on Sep 9, 2012 -
144 comments
I notice that a few posts have been deleted already today (and yesterday there were seven!), so I was wondering if the mods have any stories about days where they had to delete an extreme number of posts from the blue?
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posted by rebent
on Aug 20, 2012 -
51 comments
I thought there was a way to view a removed FPP? Do those land somewhere?
I was just enjoying a link that was posted, but now the FPP is gone! I assume it was removed.
posted by TangerineGurl
on Jul 27, 2012 -
16 comments
There was a FPP deleted about the blocking of parts of the NDAA and a link to a Guardian.uk article by Naomi Wolf. Why was it deleted?
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posted by victory_laser
on May 22, 2012 -
40 comments
If a linked article on the blue is about a delicate or heated topic, please read it before you leave an angry or dismissive comment. If you don't want to read it, please don't comment in the thread.
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posted by Narrative Priorities
on Apr 25, 2012 -
162 comments
I'd like to know the reasoning behind keeping some posts up while deleting others, especially as it pertains to these particular threads.
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posted by misha
on Apr 20, 2012 -
268 comments
As a follow up question to
this MeTa, isn't it kind of bad form for another user to re-post a deleted FPP before the original poster has a chance to revise and, uh, re-post?
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posted by apricot
on Mar 19, 2012 -
28 comments
What percentage of FPPs have [more inside]?
posted by Trurl
on Jan 6, 2012 -
25 comments
What percentage of FPP links get clicked?
posted by Trurl
on Dec 22, 2011 -
57 comments
I seem to post a lot of FPPs that revolve around podcast or other audio content these days, and It's gotten me curious... how often do you stop and listen to the content in links of that kind? Is it more or less likely than the chances you would watch a video?
posted by Artw
on Dec 17, 2011 -
101 comments
So yesterday there were three separate FPPs linking to this month's Wired magazine. I'm not criticizing the posts (the discussions were interesting, the additional links in one of them were informative, etc.), I just find it odd. Was there any relation between the posts, or was it just random?
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posted by Hactar
on Oct 5, 2011 -
35 comments
I am just curious regarding
this post, how exactly it could be revised to be acceptable? Is the horror of the topic itself simply not appropriate for MeFi, or is linking to some vague news descriptions but not repeating them or posting the source material what's desired?
posted by crayz
on Oct 4, 2011 -
68 comments
This has turned into one of the worst threads related to health, obesity and body image I've seen around here in ages. Can we
please not generalize to assume people who are overweight have some sort of mental instability, gluttony and/or poor self or impulse control? It's rather ugly. Thank you.
posted by zarq
on Oct 3, 2011 -
309 comments
I am publicly turning in my FPP homework assignment.
Ahem.
I would like to think I purposely make dumb FPP mistakes so the newer members are less intimidated to post.
However, thank you
rouftop for pointing out the obvious also
everyone who applauded him.
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posted by TangerineGurl
on Sep 30, 2011 -
62 comments
I have sent a query to admin, but to help me get a better idea of what the MeFi community (overall) thinks, and the perspective they come from, I'm looking for feedback and discussion about why my
FPP was deleted. I'm looking for reasons why, not simple statements of objection. I'm not looking to respond or debate with anyone. Unless a technical question is asked of me, I probably won't respond. I would sincerely just like to read and take or leave what I find. Thank you.
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posted by ottimo
on Aug 31, 2011 -
269 comments
