MetaTalk posts tagged with money

You're no FUN!

leotrotsky — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:17:06 -0800

nothing personal but if this isn't hypothetical-filter, it's "help me break the law" filter which isn't much better. Come on, this is a great AskMe thread! Jessamyn, if we'd applied that rubric for deletion in the past, we'd be without such gems as this Best of Metafilter answer.

Five years of Ask.MeFi book suggestions from Human Relations and Work & Money

WCityMike — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:01:14 -0800

Ask.Metafilter is over 5 years old now, with volumes of suggestions and helpful ideas. philosophistry sorted through the years of posts categorized as Human Relations and Work & Money, and created ranked listings of the books people recommended the most often: Human Relations, Work & Money. Note that each little thumbs-up icon is a link back to the post which referred to the book in question. Posted originally in Mefi by filthy light thief, but deleted. [via mefi projects]

How ya gonna pay for that there server?

vytae — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:47:03 -0800

The status blog says that new hardware is on the way. Is this putting a financial strain on MetaFilter? Should we take up a collection? I don't know whether this is even needed, but I'm sure there are plenty of people here (myself included) who would be happy to chip in a bit on paypal to help pay for our shiny new hardware that keeps the bad guys out and the sites chugging along. I'm certainly not flush with cash, but I like to contribute what I can to make sure the things that matter to me can stick around.

Self Link on the Blue

delmoi — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:09:34 -0800

55335 on the blue is a self-link (I'm deliberately not linking to it), anyone know how to contact a mod? Are they asleep? It's especially irritating because it's a self-link to a crap site about "marketing and making money on the web". Also, how about a feature that allows a user to self-revoke posts for a certain amount of time (like 10 minutes) if they realize or learn it was a bad idea.

Is it acceptable to offer an incentive for a successful answer in AskMe?

sourwookie — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:21:07 -0800

Is it considered in bad taste or a breach of policy to offer a prize or reward to whomever successfully solves a tech problem I'm tempted to post in askme? I've tried various customer support avenues and have had no luck so far.

If it is acceptable, what sort of incentive would be appropriate? Money strikes even me in poor taste. Any ideas, or should I just scrap the reward avenue?

Joshua's quest continues.

k8t — Tue, 09 May 2006 03:31:04 -0800

Joshua's quest for money continues as he sells a Playstation on eBay, ships it to Nigeria, and doesn't get the money first. Click here for more of Joshuak's saga.

MetaFilter Fundraising for Fun

mathowie — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:07:43 -0800

Announcing the new MetaFilter Fundraising for Fun project. dios and rothko/AlexReynolds have agreed to let you guys vote with your dollars, for charity. Throw some cash into the till for the guy you want to take a break for a week, and in the end it all goes to Creative Commons' fundraiser. Think of it as a charity dunk tank: you put down five bucks to toss a few at the guy you love to hate. It'll run for a week, so let's make the fun last.

Filtering for Dollars

daveadams — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:06:54 -0800

'Filtering for Dollars: Let's ignore the questions about the veracity of the claims of the particular user here. Where is the line when it comes to soliciting money via Metafilter? [more inside]

Thank you for turning off Suicide Girls.

orange clock — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 08:39:30 -0800

Matt Haughey has shown tremendous compassion by rejecting a large revenue stream for the sake of this major Internet community. Rare is the system admin who is both concerned and available. I'd like to remind the users there exists a way to thank him and fund the site directly.

Economics knowledge dropped

Gyan — Thu, 06 May 2004 20:26:29 -0800

I nominate this thread for sidebar acknowledgement.

Scientology primer host passes bandwidth bill

rcade — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 10:41:31 -0800

The host of the '70s Scientology primer that brought so much joy to Metafilter and others is passing the hat for an unexpected bandwidth bill: "~50,000 people saw the site, and given that I do not think it is crazy to assume that 210 of them (you) can donate a dollar (just one!) to my cause."

Trying to find an old MeFi thread on benevolent lender

quasistoic — Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:02:38 -0800

I've been trying unsuccessfully to find an old MeFi thread about a guy who provides financial assistance to needy requestors facing large, one-time unexpected expenses. I'm sorry to ask in a forum such as this, but I was hoping for help finding the thread...

Micro-MeFi-Charges?

crunchland — Thu, 03 Apr 2003 05:24:10 -0800

With all this talk about finding ways to make Matt money, I've come up with the answer...

MoneyFilter for MetaFilter

jacknose — Thu, 21 Feb 2002 11:44:32 -0800

MoFi4MeFi (MoneyFilter for MetaFilter): Last September, Matt asked the following: What if I killed [MeFi] sometime in the future, and brought it back, but you had to pay a small membership fee or some other 'high' barrier to entry? That'd keep the crowd small, manageable, and only those that really cared to discuss things would contribute. Would that make things better? Worse?

The discussion that followed did not necessarily address the question (a few positively responded to a subscriber-based MeFi). Maybe, this idea needs to be reviewed again. [more inside]

So how about a Pledge Drive?

willnot — Tue, 05 Feb 2002 20:55:11 -0800

So how about a Pledge Drive? My local NPR station is begging for money again, and I was thinking - you know I'd rather give my $1/day (why that's not even enough for coffee) to MeFi. Currently the donation kitty is at $3,597. I bet we can get that up to $4,500 in no time. What do you say?

Money for Blogging and Your Chicks for Free

owillis — Mon, 23 Apr 2001 23:34:16 -0800

Blogging for cash? Anyone think that there's any sort of business model that could be applied towards weblogging? I've been thinking about something along the lines of text advertising, a-la Google's AdWords.