MetaTalk posts tagged with meta

Do comments here on Metafilter get "disappeared"?

MikeWarot — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:12:54 -0800

I have a vague unsubstantiated feeling that some comments I've written got tossed into the memory hole. Am I being paranoid, or is this normal with some justification I'm not aware of? I wrote two comments earlier today about the supposed Boston Bomber story, and the second seems to have vanished. Is there any way to tell what happened and where it went? I've since recreated what I thought I said, and added a bit more... lets see if this one sticks.

diachronic panposticon

threeants — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:30:25 -0800

Now you can use MeFi in the present and the past! jjwiseman made this cool thing. According to the creator: Secret Metafilter highlights discussions that are still active on older Metafilter posts. The idea comes from Metafilter user painquale, who wished there was a way to easily find older, active threads, and called the body of such threads "Secret Metafilter." Thought this would be worth posting outside of Projects since the dark-blue (can this be a thing?) seems to get pretty low traffic, and this tool struck me as a neat way to keep abreast of the undead stirrings of posts one might not otherwise think to go back to. (Originally posted this to the blue but was recommended to put it here instead.)

What the heck is up with deleting posts?

MikeWarot — Thu, 02 May 2013 10:08:44 -0800

It seems that any interesting posts are getting deleted lately. Just now, The story about the bolt action rifle handed to the kid as a play toy - deleted. The story about the movies to help educate people before they make end of life decisions, deleted. And a few others that upset me at the time, before I noticed the trend... can't recall specifics. Is someone trying to push metafilter in a new direction, or what?

Deleting comments from MeTa

Brandon Blatcher — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:06:16 -0800

Hey, what's the deal with a joke comment being deleted from this recent MetaTalk thread? It was mild joke and I thought the bar for deleting comments from Metatal was much higher. I would ask in the thread, but when someone else did that, their comment was deleted, so here we are.

Looking for a MeTa

capricorn — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:52:09 -0800

Does anyone remember a MeTa about AskMe questions that really, really did not go the way the asker expected? I can't seem to find the post I'm thinking of. It would have been fairly recent, probably posted in the last year or so.

Putting the "Meta" in "MetaFilter"

the man of twists and turns — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:10:11 -0800

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... The Browser Arts & Letters Daily Longform Big Think 3 Quarks Daily Longreads Damn Interesting Farnam Street Brain Pickings What other aggregators, filters, sifting sites do you like? How do you find things to post? Happy hunting.

Just because you didn't say "go fuck yourself" doesn't mean you were civil

Pope Guilty — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:29:50 -0800

The Zwarte Pieten thread is grotesque. A thread in which a small number of posters argue over and over that dressing up as a fucking golliwog isn't racist and that those who disagree are troublemaking outsiders is not a productive nor civil thread; the only thing that distinguishes it from a Stormfront thread is that people here are actually allowed to argue with LucVdB and nemspyda. It doesn't help that they're basically just rephrasing "I don't see a problem with it and you're not qualified to object to it" over and over. It's actively insulting to other users, it's disgusting, and it accomplishes nothing but giving racists a platform from which to spew racism.

Everyone needs to respect what MeTa is for and remember to use it.

howfar — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:50:55 -0800

If something needs to go to Metatalk, it seems to me it doesn't need mods discussing it in thread while paying lip-service to the Blue/Grey distinction. If people need to defend their decisions, they can surely just direct the conversation here, not do what looks a bit like a drive-by on a Blue thread.

For the millionth time, you can't have your pony!

double block and bleed — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:57:33 -0800

The good news: MetaTalk has over 1,000,000 comments as of today. The bad news: the millionth comment was apparently deleted.

That's a lot of words.

empath — Mon, 07 May 2012 04:54:18 -0800

What is the longest metafilter comment that wasn't a stunt post?

The Favorites Experiment

Foci for Analysis — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:36:44 -0800

As a follow-up to my previous MeTa, I've been running a little Mefi experiment where I strictly use favorites as references. Please join me inside for some bean cake and snark counseling. In the previous MeTa I requested an overhaul of the favorites system so we could have upvotes and references. Some hours after posting that MeTa I removed all my favorites so that I could use favorites for references only, i.e. things that I want to read later or follow up on. Now that I've been doing this for almost four months, I would like to share my thoughts. Removing thousands of favorites took hours and I lost several comments that I really wanted to save (didn't bother reading every single one, just removed them as fast as possible) which kinda sucked. Not using favorites as upvotes took some time to get used to. I slowly realized that I favorited stuff for a variety of reasons, e.g. to agree with someone, to express gratitude, to express sympathies, etc. Just using favorites for references removed a layer of social interaction, and honestly it often feels asocial and rude not to favorite as the least I can do when someone has written a nice and long comment is to hit the + link. My new favorites system essentially created a todo list with items I wanted to read later on or stuff that I needed to use as references. For example, I kept a FPP about Hong Kong films for a long time just so I could examine the many individual links. One thing I've realized with this new approach to favorites is that it's become much easier not to read stuff. I can favorite FPP's and if I haven't read them within a couple of days I just remove it as a favorite because chances are that I will never read it at all. Less information angst in other words. To collect interesting comments and posts, I've made a basic list of my Mefi profile page where I add comments that really strike a chord (interestingly enough, I don't feel the need to keep track of entire FPP's like this). I still haven't found a substitute for the social layer that favorites used to provide (expressing sympathies, saying thanks, etc) without actually writing a comment. I find the Favorited by others counter on my profile page a bit addicting, so maybe it is jerk-y that I don't extend the same favoriting courtesy to others. I'm not sure what the point of this MeTa is beyond providing some anecdata for future discussions. That and I really needed to get this out of my system.

Thoughts on comment thread meta-comments.

smidgen — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:56:42 -0800

Perhaps I don't have enough experience on the site to gauge this, but does anyone else find one liner meta comments about threads really annoying and useless? Perhaps this is something that should be mentioned in the guidelines? From the negative "This will not go well." to the typical sarcastic "This is thread is going nowhere..." to the positive "I'm surprised this went well!", they seem out of place and more about the person writing it than the topic at hand. When I remember, I'm going to start marking all of these as noise.

Please help me collect some meta MeTa Data data. Ta! –Me.

iamkimiam — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:29:22 -0800

Hi Everybody! I'm trying to come up with a "MeFi glossary of terms / phrases / behaviors" to include in my PhD dissertation about linguistics and MetaFilter. If you could help me with this, that would be fantastic. I'm looking to create a list of the types of things that say to you (or to others) "Oh, that's so MetaFilter!" or "That sounds like something a MeFite would say." This could be anything from the use of a single character to a phrase or meme, to a way of doing things here. If you can think of something to add, please share it in the comments. Thanks! This post is mod- and University of York ethics-approved. If you have any questions about this or the research I'm doing, please feel free to post it here or email me at mefistudy@gmail.com.

30,000 and still counting...

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:36:42 -0800

delmoi has posted 30,000 comments to Metafilter. (Previously) (Previouslier)

Meta Filter

puny human — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:50:35 -0800

I came across this interesting bit of information while doing some research on the London based conceptual artist Stephen Willats. According to his wiki, "His 1973 work Meta Filter consisted of pairs of participants seated at a computer, attempting to reach an agreement about the meanings of various images and statements." You can read more about Meta Filter here, and more about Willats at his website here.

Why MetaFilter is Awesome

hat_eater — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 06:33:27 -0800

Why MetaFilter is Awesome And Why the World Needs to Know Since I joined MetaFilter recently after a month or so of lurking, I'm becoming increasingly amazed by it's awesomeness. I'm greatly uplifted by these examples of the greatness of humankind. I'm grateful. A bit high on endorphines, actually. And I think many other people would like to feel like that too, if they knew how. I mean, without needles and stuff. So! Could you kindly please: a) provide links to more such MetaFilter Awesomeness cos' I'm hooked and I need my fix b) weigh in on the idea of creating a permanent repository of MetaFilter Awesomeness so that any passerby can appreciate it c) and/or tell me this has been proposed previously by many a breathless newcomer and point me to the relevant discussion where my idea was crushed ruthlessly by logic and reason long before it was born.

Change in MetaFilter's attitude on things that are "different"

TrishaLynn — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:26:18 -0800

"Change" in MetaFilter culture? I know I'm newish, but I'm curious about something... I'm writing in response to stoneweaver's comment on the Offbeat Mama post wherein s/he writes: I've been struggling to find a way of talking about my childhood with people who weren't raised in the same way environment. I was delighted to see this on the front page and excited to read the comments. But the comments just reinforce that I should keep my story to myself. Snark and condescension about the right way to raise a child is limiting the voices you hear. It's a strangely conservative reaction for such a liberal place to have. So my question and something I hope y'all can help me with, but when did MetaFilter get so reactionary towards the counterculture? I know that there's at least one group out there on an alt-sex site which was created purely because people asking questions about BDSM in AskMe were feeling ostracized and marginalized by the overwhelming negative answers they were receiving. And now we're bringing this into parenting as well? When did all this start happening?

Recommended policy for the super inquisitive overthinker?

doublehappy — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:47:18 -0800

RE: Meta questions, in particular this one, and where they should go. I feel like questions about something someone saw some time somewhere on the site should go in Ask. That's where people go to ask and answer questions. Often people aren't sure they even saw what they saw here. Even if I'm wrong, it seems strange to delete (twice?) a question of this type that was posted on Ask instead of MetaTalk. There were 7 answers and they seemed to be doing an okay job of answering the question.

MeTaIRL

reductiondesign — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:12:58 -0800

Why do I keep seeing meetup threads on MeTa? Isn't that what IRL is for now? This isn't a complaint; I'm just curious. I thought one of the reasons IRL was created was to clear out all of the meetup threads. Am I crazy?

Meta meta

bru — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:49:00 -0800

This blog post is so meta-MetaFilter that I wouldn't dare post it on MetaFilter. Note that that the comments are probably metameta and sometimes more.

Are all links created equal?

Drasher — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:56:31 -0800

Why are there two places to click? Why does the "[more inside]" link point to the same place as the "XX comments" link? I checked the FAQ. [If this is not worthy of discussion, feel free to flag it and a mod will delete the question... but I would still like an answer of some kind.]

I make a hardcore tater hotdish

Demogorgon — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:28:14 -0800

Twin Cities meetup Some of us have been talking about organizing another meetup after the holidays. I was thinking we could do something different like a potluck. It has also been suggested that we do a movie night and drinks either at someone's house or at a theater. Ideas/offers are needed!

20,000 and still counting...

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:39:35 -0800

delmoi has posted 20,000 comments to Metafilter. (Previously)

I'll take "SEO spammer" for $5, Alex.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:15:56 -0800

So you think you know Metafilter? To repent for not being able to make it to any of this weekend's festivities in person, I made you all a silly little gift: a Metafilter Quiz. 30 questions, 50 points is a perfect score. Play it at the meetup! Or in the quiet comfort of your easy chair! The link is at the end of the [more inside]. Some quick notes: -Googling, Wikipedia-ing or even clicking away from the quiz tab or window is of course ~~frowned upon with extreme prejudice~~ strictly forbidden in the interest of sportsmanship. -I tried to tune the difficulty so that it would be impossible for noobs and a breeze for die-hards. You may well disagree. -It's perhaps understandably biased towards the last five years or so (when I've been around), but I tried to put some old-timey stuff in there too. -Correct answers are worth between one and three points, and I tried to sequence the questions so that they very vaguely rise in difficulty. This is of course very arbitrary and subjective. -Something so inside-baseball-ish as this should of course come with specific feedback and background (and links!) per question, but the free version of ClassMarker (which I used) won't allow it. Perhaps if there is interest we could make a page on the wiki or somewhere where questions and answers are explained. -If you spot an error of any kind, let me know via MefiMail. Thank you for everything, Metafilter, and here's to another ten years! NOW PLAY.

MetaMetaMetaMetaTalk

wendell — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:20:29 -0800

Coding Horror Guy celebrates MetaFilter's 10th Birthday by making a post with the title Meta Is Murder and bringing in cortex to explain how MetaTalk "is key to the success of the site because it's a sort of release valve." So relieve yourselves here. Consider this post a place to spout off on anything that doesn't fit in with the Totally Awesome 10th Anniversary Meetups this weekend or just to point out that wendell screwed up again.