MetaTalk posts tagged with fpp

My Little NSFW Pony

darksasami — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:42:47 -0800

Would it be possible for posts that have the NSFW tag to be marked as such automatically on the front page? It looks like I was not the only one to click the link on this post without looking at the tags first. It's true that the majority of the time, people are good about marking such links, and it's also true that the post was tagged. We were not unwarned. But the design of the site makes it easy not to check the tags, and the fact that people are usually good about it makes people complacent. So, on the principle of designing around how people behave rather than how they ought to behave, how about if the text of a post with the NSFW tag was prepended with [NSFW] on the front page? It's probably not a great number of people that are affected, but it is a high risk if someone does click the wrong thing at the wrong time. An appropriately-placed [NSFW] mark could save someone a job.

loaves and fishes

four panels — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:17:22 -0800

Do front page links now open in a new window?

Where do you discover the links you post to the blue?

Pastabagel — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:07:15 -0800

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? (At a mod's suggestion, I am reposting this now deleted question from AskMe.) This question is motivated by my frustration at having over 20 failed attempts at posting something to the front page only to learn on preview that it was already posted a few days or weeks before. Where is everyone finding all these interesting links?

Could we post weak links to the "back" page?

jefficator — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:48:52 -0800

Could there be something like a Back Page Post? So I just read this on Gizmodo. Its quirky and interesting, but not at all sufficient for a FPP. I got to wondering. What if there was a back page? No comments to moderate. Users can just post weak-but-somewhat interesting links. People who dare can filter through the less-awesome-ness. Then if it gets enough favorites, maybe that link gets highlighted somewhere? It seems like some interesting links are just inherently too weak. Also it seems like sometimes something interesting happens after the start of a relevant existing thread--but the new bit will never be seen because the thread is off the front page. Please forgive me if there's already a mechanism for dealing with this situation. (Or if this isn't a "situation" to anyone but me!)

Would this be a new FPP?

jefficator — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:59:04 -0800

I don't understand how to make a good FPP. This is a specific example of a general question. I ran across this article today, and I think it would make a good FPP. But my recent endeavors have all been shot down. I don't trust myself. I can imagine it would fit under this previous post. But that post garnered a lot of attention. The businessman in me believes that indicates latent demand for new posts. Frankly I think this could stand alone. But the kid in me doesn't want his feelings hurt by another archived topic. Thoughts?

Idea: Metafilter Link Checker (Needs a Fancier Name)

WCityMike — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:59:29 -0800

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. Maybe add auto-links to site-specific searches via Google and Yahoo just for convenience's sake. Yes, there are other ways to do it, including prepping a new post. But it'd make it a few degrees easier: as it stands now, in order to get to the part of the Mefi posting process that double-checks your link against doubles, you essentially have to write it up first, and THEN get it rejected for doublehood. This'd be a much easier way to quickly ascertain that something's a double before writing up a good post. And if the "related post" stuff was added to it, hopefully whatever algorithm's in use there might be able to give a clue as to whether the subject matter was handled before, even if the link itself wasn't a double.

Everybody Dance Meow.

Christ, what an asshole — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:58:02 -0800

How to best construct a FPP with varying links? So in this (deleted) FPP, I collected a bunch of videos about different news organizations reporting on cats stuck in trees, which I find completely absurd and hilarious. I guess it didn't meet standards, and the reasoning given was "And that's it for this episode of Eye On Youtube." So I'm just curious what I could have used to pepper the FPP to make it worthwhile.

....Not about MULTIPLEX.

EmpressCallipygos — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:47:07 -0800

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...). Tantent the first: "Kids who work at movie theaters are incompetent!" Seems largely settled, but just in case anyone wants to weigh in. 2. Tangent the second: How can [that character] claim to be a member of any religion and then proceed to throw some of its foundations overboard?" The "what is and is not a Christian" topic seems to have done once before on the blue, so it seems to be a topic with lots of legs. ...And I'll start, in the comments.

Ministry of Truth

Artw — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:28:55 -0800

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?

Should I get my own blog?

kimdog — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:22:29 -0800

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? Someone recently sent me a link to a fabulous trailblazing musician, who is completely worthy of a FPP. And I was shocked to realize that I had met this person long after they disappeared from the music scene (their whereabouts had been considered a mystery). Would a posting about this person be kosher? Or should I get my own blog? I have absolutely no hand in any of the links I want to post.

Just when you thought it was safe to post again

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:07:56 -0800

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?

No A

netbros — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:30:44 -0800

Have we had a post on the front page without a link before? Not a callout. Just wondering if anyone remembers a link free FPP.

Is this the record for number of links in a FPP?

Joe Beese — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:03:24 -0800

Is this the record for number of links in a FPP? I count 106.

Embarrassing stories site thing

popcassady — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 08:44:17 -0800

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? I seem to remember the FPP announcing that the site in question was back up and running after a long hiatus.

rumors! innuendo!

Pants! — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:19:58 -0800

Sorry for the millionth metatalk post today, but shouldn't we delete this FPP? Since the good folks at last.fm apparently didn't actually do what they were accused of doing, it doesn't really seem appropriate to keep that thing alive. People could click into the comments and see the accusation has been flatly denied, but I know that most people won't.

Join my Cause!

dawson — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:24:30 -0800

This is more a question in general than it is an effort to poop on a particular post. I have no real problem with "Growing Up In Guantánamo" as a post other than the heavy-handed editorilizing and the blatent shill for organizatios, be they non-profit or not. I'd just like clarity on why this was allowed to stand. Or, at least, this version of it. and while my question is serious, I'll just sit back with my bowl of dicks and mostly stay out of the inevitable snark

Spyware alert.

availablelight — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:54:18 -0800

FPP link leads to spyware. I didn't (and still don't) have this problem on my own PC/browser set up (running AVG now just to double check), but my link to an article on The New Republic is starting up a spyware ad for some folks. (Explained by Doctor Zed here--removal instructions helpfully included). Mods emailed earlier, plenty of warning in the thread at this point, but wanted to notify here as well.

URI filtering?

Korou — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:03:21 -0800

Whenever I preview a post—at least on the front page and MeTa—any &langs in my links became 〈.

The Meme Equivalent of Grey Goo: Tomorrow's FPP

WCityMike — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:59:54 -0800

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? ;-)

FPP Deletion re Clinton and Subprime?

ZenMasterThis — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:09:50 -0800

Why was my MeFi FPP about the Clinton administration's connection to the subprime crisis deleted? I've been following MeFi threads on this subject fairly closely and this looked like new, interesting material

5 minutes of great reading.

allkindsoftime — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:20:03 -0800

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.

I Need a Buddy

LiveLurker — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:54:16 -0800

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. This isn't the first time I wanted to post something, yet didn't because of the above listed reasons. I seriously doubt that with all the lurking we got going on here, that I am the only one feeling this way. Is there a way for us to deal with this? While this is being discussed, if someone would want to offer up their personal help to me, I will be more specific with this most recent thing which I find fascinating and worthy of discussion here, even though I have no clue how to post or if I should. If that person feels that this is worthy of a post, then they can roll with it in order to get it out there in a timely fashion. My objective on this particular suggestion is just to get something out there now, because by next week it will be old, if it isn't already. (All that, assuming it is front page material, while it just might be newsfilter?)

Should we FPP the Obama speech?

Artw — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:39:35 -0800

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?

A callout... to SHINE! [SFX: twinkle twinkle twinkle]

not_on_display — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:15:46 -0800

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. I enjoy learning about subjects through MeFi FPP's and their threads. It feels much more dynamic than just reading a Wiki page or just netscouring myself. MeFites take me to unexpected places, which is something I've really cherished about MeFi. I can see where a Pony like this can be construed as more of a "wanting to steer" than "going with the Me-Fi-Flow," but I find that even where the subject matter is something I think I know, you lot always surprise me in opening another door, another window to let the soft scent of the neighbor's fabric softener in. So, say, I think to myself upon writing that, "I'd like to see an FPP of cool-ass 1970's or 1980's commercial product iconography,"* and I could post it somewhere, I bet someone out there would totally pick up the ball and run with it, all MeFi-style, dodgin' tight ends and snarky comments, going... all... the... way...! And I'd be all, like, in the bleachers goin' YEAH!! with about a dozen to maybe a couple hundred others. That star could be YOU!! *Simulated FPP request on closed course by professional driver.

best comment ever?

nzero — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:47:34 -0800

Why do we not want most popular comments from all time available, the way it is for posts? It's been mentioned before, but I'm not sure I understood the answer. The truth is that I'm just wondering if this is the most popular comment of all time, but really, it seems weird to have 7 days/30 days/all time available for posts but only 7 days available for comments. So, what's the reasoning?