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. [more inside]
posted by WCityMike on Sep 18, 2009 - 42 comments

I think it was here that I came across a great webpage listing forum trolling techniques that read like an academic listing of informal logic fallacies. It had things like finding errors in small and irrelevant details, ad-hominem attacks, using provocative and loaded terms, shifting claims, concern trolling etc... I've looked for it several times recently and can't find it. Anybody remember the link?
posted by srboisvert on Aug 2, 2009 - 25 comments

The AskMe link entry control generates malformed HTML when fed a URL containing double quote characters. [more inside]
posted by flabdablet on Jul 14, 2009 - 32 comments

Have we had a post on the front page without a link before? [more inside]
posted by netbros on Jun 8, 2009 - 31 comments

Links to specific comments don't work for me when using Chrome (with Vista). [more inside]
posted by Pater Aletheias on Apr 4, 2009 - 20 comments

I noticed Neatorama had another post from Metafilter on their site (previously), but then looked closely and noticed it wasn't Metafilter they were linking to. [more inside]
posted by Toekneesan on Mar 6, 2009 - 34 comments

What do I need to do so that links in AskMeFi open in a new page, instead of taking me away from AskMeFi? Links on pages from other sites do.
posted by qsysopr on Mar 2, 2009 - 20 comments

Is there some behind-the-scenes Youtube link changing going on? (not that there's anything wrong with that) [more inside]
posted by niles on Mar 1, 2009 - 4 comments

Anyone else see that Neatorama linked to the oval office desk post? Though they don't really give credit where credit is due. link [more inside]
posted by Toekneesan on Jan 29, 2009 - 23 comments

Within the past few months someone posted a link to either a graph or (an article containing a graph) that showed that GDP calculated within a few months of the time period in question bears no relation (no statistical correlation) to GDP calculated with more complete non-estimated data two years down the line. I would like to find this graph. [more inside]
posted by If only I had a penguin... on Jan 23, 2009 - 4 comments

Pony request: I seem to be eternally replying to something in Recent Activity, only to find I've actually responded to the wrong thread. I'm not sure I'm entirely alone in this... [more inside]
posted by Artw on Jan 12, 2009 - 39 comments

Just how "Self"-ish does the self-link ban cover? [more inside]
posted by Nice Guy Mike on Dec 8, 2008 - 22 comments

MeFi URL's don't work without a trailing slash in some cases. [more inside]
posted by blue_beetle on Nov 7, 2008 - 43 comments

Is there a way to link to a comment only? For a blog, for instance. A bonus for certain comments who have over 100 favorites maybe.
posted by Bitter soylent on Oct 10, 2008 - 25 comments

Why do people keep linking back to the thread they're in? [more inside]
posted by Who_Am_I on Jul 16, 2008 - 32 comments

One or more of the links you entered were found in 47597 previous threads. [more inside]
posted by wilful on Jul 14, 2008 - 30 comments

"Protection from the Atomic Bomb" doesn't display a link anywhere in the text of the post (for me). The rest of the page is fine. What happened? [more inside]
posted by Kronos_to_Earth on May 7, 2008 - 36 comments

My little pony: how much work would be required to turn the "contains answers marked as best" checkmark on the front page of AskMe into a link to the first best answer?
posted by flabdablet on Mar 27, 2008 - 18 comments

Very short question. Why does it say 'X new links' when most posts here don't have links? Shouldn't it say 'X new posts or X new flameouts/hugesexismthreads/podcasts'?
posted by Memo on Nov 27, 2007 - 36 comments

could someone please direct me to an explanation about how to enter links or urls so they are highlighted? thanks
posted by Rain Man on Aug 3, 2007 - 1 comment

Small request: could we have a link to our userpage (ala the "x members | You are logged in as: x / logout" seen on the mefi/ask/metatalk homepages) on post comment pages (and possibly all deeper pages) as well as on the front pages?
posted by Item on Jun 21, 2007 - 9 comments

I download what I imagine might be legally construed as "copyrighted material" all thie time. But I'm actually upset with this post because I know some people that worked on US v. John Lennon. (Double standard, I know.) So are there any guidelines about posting full-length, copyrighted movies? Is this post this even in good taste? Where's the context? Does it have any intent other than to illegally distribute a movie? Is this even a problem?
posted by phaedon on Jun 3, 2007 - 55 comments

So, I was all set to take the survey which is mentioned at AskMe (right-hand side, under the list tags/post block)

"MetaFilter Readers. Support this site and its advertisers by participating in a brief survey: questionmarket.com."

Unfortunately, this is the result when clicking on the link: "The website you're looking for cannot be found. The website may no longer exist, or may have moved."
posted by ericb on May 21, 2007 - 17 comments

Why no 'link' button in AskMeFi?
posted by conch soup on May 12, 2007 - 54 comments

Minor AskMe usability gripe: Can [more inside] be a link to the thread? When a question is unanswered, the only way to get into the thread is by clicking "0 Answers." It seems more logical to click on [more inside].
posted by eyeballkid on Apr 4, 2007 - 8 comments

In my favorite posts/favorite comments page, the links inside my favorites posts are retained, while the links inside my favorite comments are stripped out and rendered as plain text.
posted by phaedon on Mar 30, 2007 - 10 comments

PonyFilter: It's annoying to click on the same link twice in a post. How about sending the New Post form back for the user to "fix" it?
posted by Armitage Shanks on Mar 14, 2007 - 31 comments

NoBiggieCuriosityFilter: I run a t-shirt website, and I've noticed a significant bump in traffic today coming in from this askme post I made a while ago. While I normally get a few randoms in from MeFi a day, this seems significantly larger then usual, which I can only assume is because someone somewhere else is linking to that ask me question and generating traffic for me second hand. I'm really just curious about it, and am wondering if any of the admins would mind taking a quick look at where they are coming from for me. If not, no Biggie.
posted by Jezztek on Mar 12, 2007 - 3 comments

This article tells people to check out askmetafilter.com, not ask.metafilter.com. The link goes to AskMeFi though, not askmetafilter.com, which appears to be a shady spam and pop up info site...and I refuse to link to it.
posted by lobstah on Feb 18, 2007 - 7 comments

Error: your link is improperly coded, please check it, and try previewing again.

I was trying to make a new post with a link to this page, but MeFi won't let me :( Are https links verboten in the blue?
posted by clevershark on Dec 2, 2006 - 13 comments

Just a thought about one link posts: Maybe people could save them until they had at least two or three, then posted all at once as say "OneLinkFilter: X, Y, Z" or "YouTubeFilter: X, Y, Z". Others could then emply their one link pile into the comments. Doing this might give the admins more freedom to delete one link posts which were covered as mere comments previously and don't generate much new chat. Other ideas like "YouTube friday" might require too much organisation.
posted by jeffburdges on Aug 15, 2006 - 52 comments

Clean-up in aisle 53254; malformed link at the bottom of the page. My bad, sorry.
posted by Asparagirl on Jul 25, 2006 - 5 comments

QuickPony: Any chance we can please see the My Profile link bumped up to the top navigation bar, next to My Comments and Favorites? I love the quick-and-dirty account overview, but I don't love the scroll-to-bottom, or click through to main page, click user name action. (Or too much clutter? Discuss.)
posted by disillusioned on Jul 20, 2006 - 9 comments

This is a bad post. I don't dislike single FPPs, but a single link that points to a single product for sale on the internet, with no extra information or interesting stuff...is not in any way showing the best of the internet. There are hundreds of these for sale from all sorts of companies, and they've been around for a long, long time.

To top it all off, I question that and my post (containing one word: "Spamfilter?") was apparently removed. I can deal with that, but the issue at heart still exists.
posted by Kickstart70 on Jul 7, 2006 - 21 comments

Cedar has posted an interesting AskMe question on how to occupy oneself during three months in the stir. But when curious minds eager for details on how he came to such a predicament click on the Homepage URL link in his user profile page, they're greeted with a "Whoa!!" NSFW porn site.

Shouldn't he warn folks on the profile page? Should I or someone warn readers of the AskMe thread? What's the drill on something like this? [And I hate to be paranoid, but could it be possible this is an attempt to drive traffic to said porn site?]
posted by mojohand on Jun 27, 2006 - 57 comments

Matt: Can you disable checking the UA for determining if the little link/bold/em helper buttons show up by the posting box? Just so you know, it works fine with Opera when I have the user agent masked as IE.
posted by bigmusic on Jun 20, 2006 - 11 comments

Matt or Jess, small glitch in my post....
posted by wheelieman on May 1, 2006 - 3 comments

MinorCorrectionFilter: as luftmensch pointed out, the 6th link in this FPP should probably point to this site (or some more descriptive page within it).
posted by rkent on Apr 30, 2006 - 10 comments

In the comment box, after clicking the link icon (or Ctrl-Shift-A), and pressing the Escape button, it shouldn't insert a "null" link, but just cancel adding the link.
posted by Sharcho on Apr 1, 2006 - 13 comments

You forgot to post a Wikipedia link. one link newsfilter axegrindfilter post[s] are now open season. Or are they?
posted by mischief on Mar 7, 2006 - 25 comments

Could someone tell me why, when - in a comment - I post a link and use the little "link" box, it doesn't work?
posted by onegreeneye on Feb 18, 2006 - 5 comments

In revising my post, I screwed up the very first link in this thread. Should have been this instead of the same link I posted later in the description.
posted by Meredith on Feb 16, 2006 - 2 comments

Just a style suggestion for links that include single words with multiple links.

A period ('.'), or a middle dot ('·' ·), or even a spacing cedilla ('¸' ¸) between the links would make it a lot less annoying, especially for those of us with motor control problems. I'm not suggesting this as any sort of rule, just as a nicety.
posted by Kickstart70 on Feb 10, 2006 - 26 comments

dead project. The link was to the ebay sale of this thing which ebay removed for whatever reason (copyright violation, maybe)? Maybe the link should be changed or the post deleted (and perhaps the poster could be allowed to repost another URL)
posted by delmoi on Feb 7, 2006 - 11 comments

New comments on category pages. I'm not marking this a bug, because I don't want to be asinine about it. [más adentro]
posted by Eideteker on Jan 12, 2006 - 9 comments

The "newer" link at the bottom of FPP #19 leads to #24 (Download Abiword) which doesn't exist. The "older" link from #25 also points to #24. Shouldn't #19 link to #25 and vice versa?
posted by blue_beetle on Dec 5, 2005 - 2 comments

Apologies for what is most likely an extremely dumb question, but how do I create links within posted messages without resorting to HTML?

It's been a while since I posted and I remember there used to be a simple user interface to create hyperlinks, but now all I see in the posting area is a plain text-entry box.
posted by plenty on Nov 30, 2005 - 18 comments

TinyPonyFilter: Add HTML LINK element to MetaTalk's HEAD content to benefit the RSS features in Mozilla.
posted by sjvilla79 on Nov 18, 2005 - 4 comments

Of all the posts I've made, I've yet to figure out how to make posts that don't start with a link, where the main link begins further into the post (example). I once tried opening with a closed-anchor tag, but no luck. What's in the secret sauce?
posted by Rothko on Oct 31, 2005 - 11 comments

so what's this?

http://www.turnbothknobs.com/

I found it when trying to find out where those Mwah! graphics came from.

serched the site as extensively as I know how, but couldn't find anything.
posted by shmegegge on Sep 11, 2005 - 24 comments