MetaTalk posts tagged with members

See Astro Space Laboratory

Artw — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:24:21 -0800

I'd just like to take a moment to misuse MetaTalk and draw your attention to this lame gawker list type post revealing the origin of MetaFilters own Astro Zombie.

Asking for a friend!

grobstein — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:59:08 -0800

Are you in prison? Are any Mefites currently incarcerated, but nonetheless participating in the site? I'd be curious how you access the site and what your imprisoned Mefi experience is like. If anyone would rather not respond in the thread, I'd still like to hear from you via MeMail and can repost your comments with your permission. Note: this thread is not about one-time Mefites who may be imprisoned and now incommunicado (like Hoder?).

Who makes up the mefi audience?

sixcolors — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:04:12 -0800

Who are the people who make up metafilter? The longer I lurk on metafilter, the more I am amused by the people in this community. I'm a member of several online communities. Most of them have the same demographics....on surface. Educated, middle or upper middle class, ages 20-40, and liberal. However, I find this community completely different from the rest. I find the same topics here that I find on the other message boards, but the type of replies are not similar. I am trying to pin down why. To tell the truth besides the traits I listed above, I don't know what kind of people make up metafilter. I'm curious which groups are over and under-represented here on metafilter. An example, people by occupation. And I am very very curious if there are any similarities in childhoods lived by regulars on this site. I guess that's the education major in me. But anyway I'm just curious what kind of lives people on here live once the computers are shut off. It's kind of difficult since most of the regulars don't post much about their lives.

Users are people too

infini — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:37:00 -0800

I'm tired of the word 'user'. can we use 'members' or 'readers' instead when referring to them e.g. "X users favourited this" etc? i know its just semantics, but users are people too and as a member of the design profession the choice of words worries me sometimes. besides who wants to be known as a 'user'? Yah, this is a pet peeve

Labels

davidmsc — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:10:09 -0800

Why is the term "USian" used on MeFi in place of "American" so often?

Is there a way to search members by location?

pjern — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:33:24 -0800

I swear I remember a way to find users from a specific locale- but I can't seem to conjure up a search-string that will do what I want, which is to find users in and around Munich and Berlin, Germany.

The rasion d'etre of my search is that I've found some 1500 photographs I took there 30 years ago, and I'd like some assistance in determining locations/stories.

Member count error on the front page.

liquorice — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:33:03 -0800

Am I the only one who sees "Connection Timeout" in the place where the number of members should be listed on the front page of MeFi?

Logboy injured in Iraq

madamjujujive — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:02:30 -0800

One of our longtime mefi members - Logboy - was recently redeployed to Iraq. When I noted in one of his comments that he was on leave, I bookmarked his weblog and was shocked and saddened to read that he was injured by an IED. Damn.

Which members here best represent their opinions for each political group?

troybob — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:36:15 -0800

Which members here do you think best represent their opinions (1) for the right/Republican side, (2) for the left/Democrat side, and (3) absent recognizable or predictable side/party affiliation? [more inside]

How many people sign up per day?

c:\awesome — Tue, 23 May 2006 19:36:28 -0800

My friend and I were discussing MeFi and came to a point of contention when estimating the number of new users MeFi receives per day. My guess was 5 to 10, his was 25 or more. Perhaps this argument can be laid to rest here. How many new users does MeFi average per day?

Favorite member sites?

growabrain — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:20:39 -0800

Right now there are 35,070 members in MetaFilter. Many members have their own unique personal sites. Which are your favorite less-known ones?

Connection timeout members

Godbert — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:06:17 -0800

I'm getting this on the front page of MeFi:

Connection Timeout members | You are logged in as: Godbert / logout
5 links and 88 comments posted since your last visit

Searching Profile Pages

robocop is bleeding — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:54:55 -0800

Is there a way to search user profile pages for certain words? I was trying to add a 'MetaGame' keyword to my page for use by geekily Mefites to match up in online games (MMORPGs, Live!, Nintendo Wifi, etc) for some constructive combat from the safety of our Mom's basement.

Am I missing something obvious, or is the a pony that could be coaxed to life?

Some long gone members are back to posting

jonson — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 12:31:24 -0800

Like the undead coming back to vote, people who haven't posted in several years are coming back to Metafilter...

Welcome back Quonsar!

furtive — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:03:42 -0800

Welcome back Quonsar!

My pants is missing its fish

Dreamghost — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:48:26 -0800

Whatever happened to quonsar?

MetaFilter Members In Iraq

Mo Nickels — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 11:30:16 -0800

Are there any members who are serving or have served in Iraq? Any members who live, or have constant contact with someone who lives, in Iraq? If you're willing, I have language-related questions, both about American military usage and colloquial modern Iraqi Arabic. Email me at the address on the web site linked in my profile.

Request: a way to filter out particular users.

plexi — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 11:51:57 -0800

Hi, would a "filter user comments" option be a lot to ask? There are a few users who just never really say anything useful or contributory, and I think if I could just filter them out it would be nice.

unquestionably the greatest 1000 member group

sgt.serenity — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 17:07:45 -0800

"Unrelated, but let's just point out once again that the 14K group is unquestionably the greatest 1000 member group in the history of Metafilter."

I would like to hear the opinions of 14k'ers on this subject.
Various Mefi-Untermenschen are free to offer us , the 'greatest generation' , their tributes.

Where do I ask a question about MetaFilter and how it's used?

peacay — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:05:35 -0800

Do I ask this here (or has it been asked before) ??
I want to ask people just how they organize their MeFi/MeTa/AskMe screens/feeds/time - I'm not actually asking yet as I want to think about framing the question a bit more (so it might become wider surfing focussed or not), but should it go here or in AskMe?
(but people might answer anyway so it could be a moot point I guess)

Connection timeout members

31d1 — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:02:38 -0800

A little bug on the front page. Top right reads "Connection Timeout members | You are logged in as ..." or merely "Connection Timeout members" if I'm not logged in.

The effects of noobs on MetaFilter.

maulik — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:34:14 -0800

Not in defense of noobs. Because of noobs (myself included), the sky is falling and trends clearly show that metafilter is getting rapidly out of control!! Seriously though, this analysis shows that the "average age" of a metafilter poster has dropped by almost 200 days, I am in whichever camp wants to extend the incubation period for noobs like us...

Add something about other online communites to the profile page.

MiguelCardoso — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 23:19:18 -0800

It would be nice if the question Are there any other community weblogs where you regularly participate? could be added to the standard welcome questionnaire ("What's the deal with your nickname? When did you first start using the Internet?" etc.) [More inside.]

Last-second meetup? Tuesday in Dallas

Ufez Jones — Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:54:36 -0800

Last-second, sloppily thrown together Dallas Happy Hour, featuring special guest matteo. Tuesday, July 13th (tomorrow) at 5:00, Trinity Hall Irish Pub (at Mockingbird Station). (more inside)

Connection failure members...

wendell — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:22:03 -0800

Just in case you haven't noticed:
"Connection failure members..."