I made an ill considered remark in timsteil's
folkstreams post and he made a polite response which made me feel ashamed after I saw his consternation. I wanted to clarify my harsh out and went to make a clarifying comment when my computer crashed and I had to reboot. And when I got back, I made my comment and then saw his was already deleted. I am getting so sick of the editing of our conversations.I really think sometime that there should be placeholders for all deletions you make. You are overdoing it, in my estimation.
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posted by y2karl
on Mar 17, 2013 -
54 comments
We're going to be queuing MetaTalk posts from December 24th to January 1st.
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posted by pb
on Dec 21, 2012 -
41 comments
With US Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, it's time for another MetaFilter holiday tradition: The MetaTalk Queue.
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posted by pb
on Nov 21, 2012 -
112 comments
New month, new podcast, this time we interview LobsterMitten on her new role as mod, then go into our favorites from the month. It runs pretty long, around 1hr 45min.
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posted by mathowie
on Nov 6, 2012 -
50 comments
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.
posted by howfar
on Oct 26, 2012 -
78 comments
As part of the discussion for the recent post about the Boy Scouts not giving an Eagle Badge to a gay scout, we were talking about Eagle Scouts returning their badges. I have a question about the moderation in that thread.
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posted by andoatnp
on Oct 5, 2012 -
87 comments
It's New Mod Monday! (actually they'll filter in over the next two weeks, but anyway ...semantics!)
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posted by mathowie
on Oct 1, 2012 -
208 comments
This post ought not to have been deleted. The reason given: "This post was deleted for the following reason: Seems like an interesting and pretty fucked-up case, but most of the links here seem like they're kind of filler material and if the meat of the post is essentially "read this legal PDF" it might need to be presented a lot more in those terms, or with some good long-form journalism or analysis. Otherwise we've just got folks arguing about rape charges yet again. -- cortex"
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posted by anigbrowl
on May 24, 2012 -
206 comments
It is Eurovision Time. A disclosed self-link in a high quality FPP with many links. I didn't like it, but didn't think the account should be banhammered as it doesn't appear malicious. To be clear, self-link bans are obviously good.
posted by jaduncan
on May 14, 2012 -
21 comments
Mefite[1]
Anil Dash[2]
writes[3]:
"Simply learning from disciplines like urban planning, zoning regulations, crowd control, effective and humane policing, and the simple practices it takes to stage an effective public event, we can come up with a set of principles to prevent the overwhelming majority of the worst behaviors on the Internet." Examples? Why
Metafilter, of course, (as well as Stack Exchange sites, of which he is a board member).
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posted by Tuesday After Lunch
on Dec 29, 2011 -
89 comments
It's almost time for another major US holiday and we're trying something new here at MetaTalk this Thanksgiving: a post queue.
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posted by pb
on Nov 22, 2011 -
241 comments
Podcast 66 is almost two hours of jabbering, starting with a 30min interview with taz our newest moderator. Then we dilly dally about all things MetaFilter. It was recorded on Friday, October 21st.
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posted by mathowie
on Oct 24, 2011 -
58 comments
Mods, I love you, and I have no beef with you, but the moderation in this thread is so oblique that I can't tell if it's aimed it me or someone else. Could you clarify please?
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posted by unSane
on Oct 16, 2011 -
186 comments
What's the etiquette for posting a link on the blue when your only real justification for it is "Wow, there are some amazing pics on this blog"?
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posted by dougrayrankin
on Aug 9, 2011 -
49 comments
Why are so many police brutality posts deleted off metafiler? For sure, there are some fairly inflammatory ones that need-a-delete'n but
perfectly reasonable ones are frequently deleted with nothing but claims that the discussion won't go anywhere.
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posted by jeffburdges
on Jul 27, 2011 -
96 comments
I know it wouldn't fly on Metafilter or AskMetafilter, but can Metatalk have some sort of downranking system for comments? The opposite of a favorite?
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posted by royalsong
on Dec 21, 2010 -
60 comments
I appear to have just gotten my first comment deletion, out of this
thread. Out of concern about aggressive moderation and love for the MetaFilter community, I have several pony requests.
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posted by eschatfische
on Dec 6, 2010 -
192 comments
They're talking about Metafilter's community guidelines and moderation policy over at
Hacker News.
posted by chrchr
on Sep 21, 2010 -
85 comments
Are users notified when admins edit their comments or posts?
posted by Mwongozi
on Apr 10, 2010 -
30 comments
Could we have a real documented policy on spoilers, ideally enforced by the people who approve the posts in question?
Is it *really* necessary to approve
posts (Warning: multiple "House" spoilers!) that are
basically spoilers as read, or that have
unwarned *spoiler* links? Perhaps all spoilers should be in the "more inside" section, with a prominent warning in the description field?!
If
multiple people are complaining that a post basically spoiled the episode, then what's the point of expecting the *spoilers!* or *NSFW* courtesies from posters at all, if no such standards actually exist?
posted by markkraft
on Apr 7, 2009 -
192 comments
It's an interesting story in its own right. Its surface correspondence to the Palin rumors makes for a a good 'hook', which I used, but I don't think that makes the possible solving of a 260-year old mystery less interesting or worth reading about. The coincidence is amusing, but the post doesn't rest on that, and if anything it makes the post more fun. And it certainly doesn't belong in the existing Palin thread.
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posted by orthogonality
on Sep 1, 2008 -
71 comments
