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[previous-filter] mefi checks if fpp links have previously been posted. how about doing the same for a few of the other large sites out there?

krautland — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:22:27 -0800

[previous-filter] mefi checks if fpp links have previously been posted. how about doing the same for a few of the other large sites out there? an example: this post resembles a recent one on boingboing. I'm not suggesting a hard denial being applied to posts that have previously been posted somewhere else but having the site mention it to a poster who might not be aware his link isn't as fresh as thought. boingboing seems an obvious candidate for inclusion... yaynay?

Previously

cashman — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:21:28 -0800

How about a Previously Box? People often make FPPs and link previous posts. Previously, previously, previously. Pretty Please? Previously (partially). It could be an entry box on the FPP form where you submit the url of any previously related threads you plan on linking. The result could go underneath the tags box when the FPP posts, or elsewhere. And instead of the word previously, maybe the title of the previous post could be auto-manifested as the link? or the number? Something. Or there could be something similar to the new related question interface in AskMe. Also, that link-forward idea in that previous MeTa thread was kind of nifty also. So for this FPP, something like: Detritus From a Dream February 29, 2008 11:37 AM Shaun O'Boyle recently returned from Cape Canaveral where he photographed the artifacts of the early space program. They are part of the Modern Ruins site, which is a great place to waste an afternoon. posted by Toekneesan (8 comments total) [add to favorites] [!] 9 users marked this as a favorite Related Threads Modern Ruins Best.. Urban... Exploration.. Site.. EVER. Bannerman's Arsenal Photoessay

Self-link/Spam fighting

davey_darling — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:46:26 -0800

After seeing this post and the posting history of the author, I had a bit of an idea. Why not add an average word count requirement to the three-post minimum before making an FPP? This would prevent people from being able to post after the common "I agree", "Thanks for posting this", "Those were funny robots!" comment histories we see on many of the self-linkers that squeeze in. You wouldn't really even have to publicize it - just throw up some sort of vaguely worded "You are below the comment threshold for posting" message or something if somebody tried to post without meeting the average. I doubt that there would be too many innocent bystanders affected by this - and you could even give the member the option of memailing an admin if they thought the message was in error. I suppose I could have memailed matt directly on this one, but where is the danger in that? I eagerly await your praise or flogging.

keep comments while still killing posts

zeoslap — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:25:44 -0800

I was a little sad to see the Purple Reign post deleted; I realize that the post itself was DOA but I loved some of the links posted within the thread. Perhaps there is a middle ground that is a step above killing that would still allow folks to at least see the comments while still culling the post.

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.

Local MeFi

milestogo — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:42:10 -0800

Idea: Metafilter Local. Thought about this because, thanks to MeFi, I typically know what is going on the internets but I never really know what is happening in my own city. What I am picturing is a new subsite that is dedicated to best-of-your-city, analogous to metafilter as best-of-the-web. If you hear about some event/thing you think the community would be interested in, you post it so people in your area can find out about it, go to it, think about it, watch it, discuss it. The rules we already have in place (e.g. no self links, needs to be more than a “one link youtube” FPP, etc) would help regulate the quality of posts. People could select which MeFi Local network they would be a part of, so users in different cities see the page differently (obviously.) Searched, didn't find: forgive me if this has been suggested before. Release the hounds.

3100 flavors of awesome

freshwater_pr0n — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:10:03 -0800

AskMe is quickly turning into my favorite food resource of all time. It's a vast treasure trove of practical, easy to make recipes and good food-related advice shared by regular folks, not food writers or even, necessarily, hardcore foodies. Can we have a thread consolidating the favorite/most useful recipes and advice AskMe has produced? I'm still working my way through this thread and some of the eye-rollingly yummy gems contained within.

34 Mefites think Mach3avelli is an asshat.

Mach3avelli — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:32:08 -0800

What do you guys think about instituting "personality points" towards users? You know, something along the lines of: 15 members think user x talks out of his ass too much. 6 members think user y suffers from a holier than thou complex. 24 members have been helped by user z. etc. Really, it's all about helping create context, especially for new and less frequent users. I would love an option where I could scroll my mouse over a name when I read advice in an AskMe thread and see something like, "173 users recommend against this user's advice." It could be all spelled out in a user's profile next to the "this user links to" category.

A hiatus isn't a moratorium, but it'd be nice.

anotherpanacea — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:43:45 -0800

Suggestion to reduce complaint-filter: a MeTa queue similar to anonymous AskMe. If a complaint can be handled by an admin one-on-one, the admin can deny the requested post and take the conversation to e-mail. If it's a meetup request or a policy issue that seems worthy of discussion, the admin can approve it and let everyone chime in.

Would it be possible to have "how many new" show up after you click a category to browse through?

canine epigram — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:17:27 -0800

I love the (x new) comments feature, but I notice that it doesn't work if you're browsing questions by category (say, "human relations"). Would it be possible to add that feature so one could still see how many new comments had been added to questions when vewed by category?

Easier tabbed browsing?

graymouser — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:15:01 -0800

When browsing via the tabs up top, would it be possible / desirable to keep the tabs in session and redirect when you hit the home page? [more inside]

Enforced preview, please?

mzurer — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:42:49 -0800

For my own sake, what about enforced preview when posting? In the absence of the ability to edit posts, post-post, forcing the preview stage would probably save me some embarassment. Maybe it could even be a user-configurable option.

Question math

petsounds — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:29:35 -0800

if ((TodaysDate-DateofLastPost)+(TodaysDate-DateofPostBeforeLast) >60 ){ ok you can ask your question}else{ no sorry wait some more}

wouldnt something like this give people their 2 questions within 30 days to use as they wish? (and stop all the whining)? if not programmers feel free to tell me im stupid

Newsfilter: Zero Tolerance

Eideteker — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:12:51 -0800

Newsfilter: Zero Tolerance. [mi]

Making flags public

twiggy — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:56:36 -0800

Feature idea: I'm not sure if it's meant to be private-ish or not.. if it is, you can scratch this idea. I was thinking it would be cool to be able to see "this post / comment has been flagged as:" with a list. The usernames of the flaggers could be anonymous, but it'd be nice to see what the hive mind flags things with.

Mefi compilation album idea

nylon — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:26:50 -0800

Various artists: Feelin' Blue (Metafilter Records, 2006)
Given the response to cortex's excellent music post, and given the range and quality of music on offer, I have an idea that will make us all rich and famous* [follow me inside...]

You might post my project to MeFi, but can I add related info?

Kickstart70 — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:04:19 -0800

At some point down the road I will release a project to Projects. I think it's cool and interesting enough that a MeFi post could well be deserved, not just linking to my project but to a number of related sites and documentation. I'm very close to this project, so I can handily write up what I think is a good and wide view of the issue to do more than promote my project. However, I don't want to be accused of self-linking and instead would rather post it to Projects with enough info for someone else to post on MeFi about it. Would suggesting someone do this in the writeup in Projects be going too far?

PS. Additional suggestion for the form I'm currently filling in: "Projects related"

Proposal - Mefi Mentorship for new users

JMOZ — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:04:00 -0800

Encouraged by one supportive comment here, I am proposing the MeFi Mentorship program for new users. The idea is to ease new users into the MetaFilter community and avoid the kind of ugliness that happens when newbies don't understand how MetaFilter works. [more inside]

Preflag: frivolous

delmoi — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 13:02:08 -0800

FeatureReqeustFilter: I think it would be cool if we gave users a way to 'pre-flag' their own comments as being frivolous. Other users would then be able to automatically filter out frivolous comments. So users (like me) who find comments like this totally hilarious would be able to see them, and users who wanted substantive discussion could also get that.

Hide instead of delete

freshgroundpepper — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 02:12:21 -0800

Rather than deleting comments that are "bad" because they're considered trolls (or just not helpful in AskMe), I think that it would be better to hide them so that only the person who posted the comment can still see it.

A gmail account for anonymous askme followups

grumblebee — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:36:49 -0800

I created a gmail account for anonymous askme followups. The username is anon.metafilter and the password is metafilter. Anymore can post there. Just log in at gmail.google.com and send email from that account TO that account (anon.metafilter@gmail.com).

Since gmail allows tags, you can tag your messages. You can also reply to them (or other users can reply to them) and gmail will automatically keep all the replies together.

Why hasn't someone already done this? Is it a bad idea? (No one will be forced to use it). If it's a bad idea, why is it a bad idea? Of course, it could (perhaps will) get utterly chaotic with people deleting each others posts, etc.

Lets see what happens.

Constructive suggestions for dealing with trolls

Zonker — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:41:15 -0800

Some constructive suggestions for dealing with trolls . . . [more inside]

Firefox extension

orthogonality — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 18:52:00 -0800

I'm considering writing a Firefox extension for Metafilter. Would anyone use it? [+]

Recall thread containment

Shane — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 08:02:33 -0800

Do we need periodic MeTa "What current posts are you looking for but can't find?" consolidated threads (answering q's like this and this and this), lessening these same threads in AskMe? Do we need occasional MeTa posts in which we can all ask about AskMe post resolutions, too, like "Did she get all the glass out of her underwear?" Is this a plan? Pros/cons? Does the question of pros/cons of this plan need ITS OWN MeTa post, or is that getting all corporate/committee/Dilbert/Peter Principle/Call in the consultants?

a limit on how far one particular detail can be discussed

[expletive deleted] — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:34:57 -0800

I have a proposal for political arguments that might make them more productive: a limit on how far one particular detail can be discussed. A problem I noticed on this thread is that nothing gets resolved because the discussion revolves around one minor detail.