Thank you backtaggers! [more inside]
posted by jessamyn on Nov 19, 2009 - 59 comments

Request: could important posts about the site be pinned to the top of MeTa for a little while? Or sidebarred? Or something? They tend to get lost in the shuffle, and then you have those "Hey, whatever happened to [whatever]?" posts that get closed. [more inside]
posted by katillathehun on Nov 2, 2009 - 39 comments

clavidvs didn't do it this year, so I will.
How many Trick-or-Treaters did you have come by this Halloween?
-and-
What did you give out?
posted by yhbc on Oct 31, 2009 - 159 comments

I am writing a dissertation about online communities, and MetaFilter will serve as the primary focus of my research. I need your help to better understand why MetaFilter functions better than so many other online communities. Can you spare 15-30 minutes to complete a short survey to improve our understanding of online communities? [more inside]
posted by lewistate on Oct 20, 2009 - 818 comments

What is the threshold of importance for something to become a metatalk post? [more inside]
posted by kathrineg on Oct 6, 2009 - 119 comments

There's a bug in the links on the MetaTalk "my favorites" tab. [more inside]
posted by flod logic on Jul 10, 2009 - 13 comments

Is it inappropriate to comment that you're unimpressed with a post? [more inside]
posted by msalt on Jun 7, 2009 - 145 comments

A great suggestion surfaced in the jakee-fiasco thread below: A prominent link to MeTa threads in the blue (and green). [more inside]
posted by knave on Jun 2, 2009 - 43 comments

Text display issues in MetaTalk (and MetaTalk only) after upgrading to Safari 4 beta. (Leopard) [more inside]
posted by emelenjr on Feb 24, 2009 - 19 comments

Why doesn't the "display Youtube videos inline" setting affect MeTa? [more inside]
posted by subbes on Feb 20, 2009 - 52 comments

Pony Request: Comments on the status blog.
posted by blue_beetle on Jan 26, 2009 - 26 comments

Metafilter Gray. [more inside]
posted by WCityMike on Jan 2, 2009 - 25 comments

I know we're all excited about tags at the moment but this comment got me looking at the 'MetaFilter gatherings' category. [more inside]
posted by tellurian on Oct 30, 2008 - 12 comments

Metatalk has thread tagging now? [more inside]
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken on Oct 28, 2008 - 58 comments

MetaFilter post updates that cannot be posted to the original thread should be posted to MetaFilter and abide by the New Post guidelines. MetaFilter post updates should not be posted to MetaTalk. MetaTalk...it's for site policy discussions, bug reports, and feature requests. [more inside]
posted by carsonb on Sep 22, 2008 - 8 comments

On the front page sidebar, it says "1, 2, 3, 4, 5 years ago"—links to Metafilter, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years ago. Could we please have this feature in Metatalk?
posted by interrobang on Apr 30, 2008 - 37 comments

MeTa Sidebar Picture Pony [more inside]
posted by plinth on Apr 16, 2008 - 5 comments

what's up with all the apologetic posts lately? since when did metafilter become a religious site where communal acceptance depends on strict penitence?
posted by yonation on Jan 28, 2008 - 193 comments

Congratulations to tkolar on posting MetaTalk's 500,000th comment! Imagine, a half million assorted snarks, whines, callouts, flameouts, bugfixes, meetup setups, not to mention all the pony requests granted or rejected, the longboat voyages, the real-life detective stories and serious discussion of male and female body parts. What a long Meta trip it's been. [more inside]
posted by wendell on Jan 11, 2008 - 77 comments

Feature suggestion: If a thread or comment is referenced in MetaTalk thread, display a little indicator on the referenced thread/comment and have it link to the MetaTalk discussion.
posted by jclovebrew on Sep 25, 2007 - 73 comments

MetaTalk [more inside]
posted by jonmc on Sep 14, 2007 - 63 comments

I like the new /random in the sidebar, but all I use it for is to try and find good flameouts on the grey. Could there be a /flame, so I can have something to do on a rainy day?
posted by KingoftheWhales on Aug 5, 2007 - 48 comments

What used to be a forum for bugs, feature requests, and the occasional callout for really egregiously bad behavior has devolved into a whinefest for anyone with a keyboard and a grudge. YOU ALL NEED TO STEP AWAY. Can we shut down MetaTalk for a week? I'm completely serious. The contact form is still there for emergencies.
posted by mkultra on Jul 29, 2007 - 82 comments

I was a bit confused by Jessamyn's post. Are insults really kosher in MetaTalk?
posted by desjardins on Jun 26, 2007 - 123 comments

closed closed closed closed closed closed closed What is the deal with every fifth or so MetaTalk thread being closed? Yes, some get messy, but that is where issues get worked out. The petulant pres closes off discussion because he can't handle it. Why does MetaTalk all of a sudden close all these threads? MetaTalk can handle it.
posted by caddis on Mar 20, 2007 - 185 comments

We need to come up with a solution so that people who post their gigs don't have to pretend they're "Metafilter Gatherings" or "Metafilter Related," and so that they don't get accused of shameless self-promotion or whoring themselves on Metatalk when they post messages such as this or this. They don't quite fit into Projects, but they don't quite belong in any of the categories here.
posted by Dave Faris on Mar 12, 2007 - 41 comments

When I'm looking at a user's page and click the timestamp of one of their MetaTalk comments, the link redirects to the original post instead of the user's specific comment. Does this happen to anyone else?
posted by lalex on Mar 7, 2007 - 10 comments

In trying to flag this post, http://ask.metafilter.com/57197/Dont-Worry-Be-Happy as the worst sort of existential Chatfilter/guideline buster, I realized there isn't a 'link' feature in MetaTalk. And I am an HTML cretin. I expect this is intentional, or I'm missing something obvious.
posted by docpops on Feb 18, 2007 - 23 comments

MetaTalk.
posted by Smart Dalek on Jan 28, 2007 - 37 comments

Make "titles" in MetaTalk RSS feed longer? (more)
posted by staggernation on Jan 25, 2007 - 8 comments

The Projects search box does a site-specific search of MetaTalk, not Projects.
posted by gsteff on Aug 9, 2006 - 5 comments

What's the record for most metatalk posts in a day? Have we approached, or even broken that record today?
posted by shmegegge on Jun 20, 2006 - 31 comments

Disspics: they seem to be made for MetaTalk.
posted by Termite on May 11, 2006 - 37 comments

MetaTalk Header and Categories [more inside]
posted by shoesfullofdust on Apr 6, 2006 - 16 comments

Is there any reason why MetaTalk posts don't have a Headline/Title?

I think that they could be more useful than http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/11568 [for example].
posted by dash_slot- on Mar 24, 2006 - 6 comments

[pony] Tags in MetaTalk?
posted by Afroblanco on Feb 11, 2006 - 16 comments

Pony Request: Dates/Times on the MetaTalk RSS feed?
posted by blue_beetle on Feb 7, 2006 - 2 comments

TTL tag is missing in MetaTalk RSS (and possibly other feeds) but not the main Metafilter feed.
posted by blue_beetle on Feb 2, 2006 - 8 comments

I'm pissed and slightly baffled. My first post to Ask MeFi was deleted. Apparently I should have posted it here in MetaTalk instead? No one has bothered to explain why, but I'm assuming it's because it was a question about MeFi. (Why do I keep having to log in every time I return to MeFi on my iBook, but not on my PC?)

Well, excuu-uuse me!

I paid $5 for the privilege of posting one question a week, which is then deleted? That's just rude.
posted by blogrrrl on Jan 19, 2006 - 332 comments

This is the second–most prominant story in today's New York Times. Not what MetaFilter is for. Extra specialicious complaint: MeTa has become a chat forum. Also this, this, this, this, and this.
posted by Ethereal Bligh on Dec 19, 2005 - 129 comments

Bug: Try going to a user's MetaTalk comments page (example).

If you click on the page numbers at the bottom, offsets don't seem to work. Therefore, clicking on page 10 should return comments 451-500, but actually returns comments 1-500. Presumably, if everyone who sees this clicks on page 109, and therefore requests all 5437 comments, the world will explode.
posted by matthewr on Nov 22, 2005 - 14 comments

Reading the thread about the eBay scam stuff, it made me want a new pony.

Wouldn't it be neat if when someone takes a post to MetaTalk (for whatever reason), that the original post be marked somehow (maybe similar to the "best answer" check-mark) to indicate that it had been brought to the other forum (by that I mean MetaTalk). This would make the whole MetaUniverse™ a more unified whole, more interconnected...

It'd also be entertaining for grouses like me who love to watch a trainwreck happen...
posted by jpburns on Nov 14, 2005 - 163 comments

Inspired by this blog's "Open Mike Friday" I thought I'd try a MetaTalk "Open Mike" night.

So, what's up/new with you? (Self-linking OK).
posted by spock on Sep 17, 2005 - 74 comments

Occasionally I like to trawl through the MetaTalk archives. There used to be a link on the front to 'current archives' then 'all archives' but that seems to have disappeared with the introduction of the 'next' and 'previous' links. [more inside]
posted by tellurian on Jul 14, 2005 - 7 comments

GoingBlindFilter: Is anyone else seeing the green Ask Mefi header but on Metatalk? Here's what I mean
posted by vacapinta on Apr 21, 2005 - 6 comments

When looking at a MetaFilter post, the line under the description looks like this:
posted by too_many_notes at 4:56 AM EST (13 comments total) ( feature_request ) [!]

However, in both MetaTalk and AskMetaFilter the "(13 comments total)" is missing. I find this information useful in the thread. Could the green and gray be more like the blue?
posted by too many notes on Mar 10, 2005 - 8 comments

This will be my last MetaTalk post for the next seven days, because MetaTalk is now subject to the same time limits as Ask MetaFilter.
posted by me3dia on Feb 3, 2005 - 49 comments

The MetaTalk front page currently reports two new comments but only shows me one. Obviously, a thread that has scrolled off the page is still active. How do I find out which one it is?
posted by timeistight on Jan 23, 2005 - 5 comments

I submit reason number one that closing metatalk threads may, in fact, be a bad idea.
posted by The God Complex on Jan 15, 2005 - 136 comments

This thread is has [sic] been closed.

Matt, you're closing MeTa threads after four (or ten) comments now?
posted by mr_crash_davis on Jan 12, 2005 - 147 comments