MetaTalk posts tagged with newsfilter

Why no airplane terrorist post?

granted — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:41:58 -0800

I'm curious about why nobody posted anything to the front page about the foiled terrorism attempt on the 25th. I know that this site has a complicated relationship with newsfilter-type posts, but traditionally, huge national/world events override any distaste for that sort of thing. After the story broke I visited Metafilter expecting to find a 200-comment discussion, but there was nothing. I thought perhaps someone had made a single-link newsfilter post that had been deleted, but nope. I checked the archives to see if previous, similarly noteworthy terrorism attempts were posted, and they were; in fact the shoebomber was so OMG! that the poster didn't even bother to include a link because it wasn't "on any of the websites yet." True, in those days we were younger and dumber and more lacking in impulse control, but it's odd that an almost identical event doesn't even merit a mention today. Why didn't I post it, you ask. Well, I thought somebody else would. Also, I only had enough time to put together a single-link newsfilter thing and people around here get all mean about that, so I thought I'd wait for someone else to either do a better job or take one for the team. And then later, when I did have time, it had been long enough since the event that I started to worry that maybe there was some reason for its absence that I didn't know about. Which is why I'm posting this, instead of that. In short, I was afraid. Anyway, basically, I was disappointed not to see it because this site has better discussions than anywhere else on the web and I've been spoiled. So, any thoughts as to why it wasn't posted?

MetaFail

b1tr0t — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:21:06 -0800

What is up with all the shockfilter/outrage filter lately? Once upon a time, metafilter was the best of the web. These days, the front page reads more like "news" postings on fark.

An opportunity for me to ham-handedly reference Husker Dü's "She Floated Away."

klangklangston — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:02:22 -0800

This post, about the identified flying object that did not have any passengers, was a bad post for Metafilter. 1) The link itself was thin, and will almost certainly die later. It may as well have been, "Go turn on your TV right now so we can talk about this!" 2) The link was posted as the "news" was "happening," instead of waiting until we all knew that happening didn't actually happen. 3) The comments were predominantly of two stripes: cheap LULZ and sanctimonious garment rending over said LULZ. I know that we as a community have done breaking news well before, but those were exceptions and this was illustrating the rule that breaking news should be held to a higher standard. I'm not particularly mad or anything, and I realize that if it was going to be deleted, it woulda been deleted by now. But I hope by bringing this up in Metatalk that I can shift awareness toward a moment of reflection prior to posting whatever crap happens to be on CNN at the moment, thus reaffirming the higher standard consideration and encouraging both restraint on behalf of posters and, ideally, a lower threshold for deletion regarding similar posts in the future.

Obits done right

Horace Rumpole — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:33:32 -0800

I just wanted to commend WCityMike for his outstanding obit post on Natasha Richardson, and commend the mods for opting for a post that gets it right, rather than simply getting it first. I don't mean this as a callout of the earlier posters; I certainly understand the impulse to bring breaking news to the blue immediately. But I'm always happy to see moderation decisions that emphasize thoughtfulness and contextualization.

So broke they're changing their name to Vanilla Iceland

Sys Rq — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:06:33 -0800

Do we really need F O U R* posts in two days about the doomed Icelandic economy? *Okay, so that last one is only tangentially related, but the thread got pretty Icesavey pretty quick.

Experimental news site

tellurian — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:41:54 -0800

MetaFilter Journalists. [Opinion Content: Moderate. Sentiment: Mostly Neutral]

One is feets, the other is boots?

Dave Faris — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:02:54 -0800

How local is too local for the Metafilter front page? I'm not sure where the line is between the squalid little car boot story and the squalid little feet washing up on shore story, but I think there definitely is one, and on an international blog like Metafilter, when is a story too local to be featured on the front page?

Deletion of post about racist Australian Mayor.

seanyboy — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:22:02 -0800

I think the deletion of this post by indienial is a bad call. The continued destruction of all things Aboriginal is a big fat important & undercommented issue, and one which I was looking forward to reading comments about. I think that the state of Racial inequality in Australia (With highly contentious policies like AACAP) is drastically misrepresented internationally. Ironically, for the "stolen generation", the continued plight of the Aboriginal people of Australia is pretty much ignored. Racial policy in Australia is not in the same place as it is in America. I know why the post was deleted, and I don't really know enough about Oz politics to make a definitive call about how parochial a story it is. However, I feel something important may have been missed, and would suggest (by way of a fix to this problem) that maybe further posts on the subject could be run by a trusted Australian metafilter member to get a feel for how big or important the story is.

When is Enough Enough?

timsteil — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:21:58 -0800

Should I have learned a lesson from this? I posted this with no political agenda whatsoever, and it seemed to take on a lively little life of its own. I am fairly surprised it didn't get deleted when it started going off the rails. I'm just wondering if this is an example of an unintentioned, yet good place for folks to vent political, or the MeFi equivalent of tossing a stink bomb and running away.

Silent deletion of FPP, no reason given.

Sukiari — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:15:07 -0800

What the hell? Silent deletion of my FPP! I know that political correctness is the force that moves Metafilter, but come ON here people! The post was a short one, centered on this story: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314564,00.html and apparently that's a story that Metafilter is not ready to handle at this point in time.

This pony has 60,000 to 1 odds

desjardins — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:53:39 -0800

I know this is an incredible longshot, and I'm putting up my snark shield already, but is there any support for having a NewsFilter subsite? People who hate newsfilter FPPs could totally avoid them, and people like me would know what the hell's going on outside without ever having to leave the site. The news events that are important to MeFites are likely to be of interest to me. Likewise, a lot of the crap on the major news sites is NOT of any interest. I'd feel much more intelligently informed if MeFi was my main source of news. [snark shield now fully activated] Alternatively, if newsfilter posts were allowed on the front page, there could be an option to simply hide them if the user so desires.

There is a snark in the title, covered with a URL

Saucy Intruder — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:56:07 -0800

I'm as big a fan as anyone of the LOL-christian/republican-does-something-out-of-character story, but this is in poor taste.

True to form

four panels — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:46:50 -0800

True to form, this post could use a little balance. "True to form" implies there is some factual consensus to what you say, when really it's sort of an opinion for your blog. If someone said, "True to form, the frenzied pill zealots in Ask Metafilter are hysterically recommending Paxil" it would be deleted fairly quickly. I'd posit you're post is no different.

worn out the Republican Gay Sex Sting news thing

Kickstart70 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:37:07 -0800

"...I think we've pretty much worn out the Republican Gay Sex Sting news thing." - cortex I disagree, but oh well. It did seem to have some interesting conversation going on. I just kinda think that if we allow newsfilter posts at all then we're always going to have this sort of thing.

By request...

mkultra — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:32:08 -0800

By request...

Is MeFi the new digg?

subaruwrx — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:12:26 -0800

What are the rules for posting to MeFi? Ive noticed that many posts are news articles and many of the op/ed posts get snarked or berated for not being newsworthy... I thought this was "best of the web"? I for one will read digg if I want news and MeFi if I want to find interesting web articles...

Celebritytrainwreckfilter sucks

Burhanistan — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:01:18 -0800

Why?

No

TheOnlyCoolTim — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:28:37 -0800

No. Can we have some standards and not participate in this crap? I'd also like to ask for a pre-emptive strike on any NewsFilter post about the latest missing and found dead rich white girl they're talking about now.

Horrific, but should go elsewhere.

shmegegge — Tue, 08 May 2007 13:41:15 -0800

Much as I think that this news story merits discussion, I can't help but feel like askme isn't the place for it. There isn't really an answer anyone can give.

pythonTerry Jones is a film director, actor and Python

b1tr0t — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:05:10 -0800

worst deletion of the day (yesterday, now). If we have to have newsfilter here, why can't it be pythonNewsFilter?

Iran hostage crisis post?

shivohum — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:30:41 -0800

Am I missing something or has no one posted about the unfolding Iranian hostage crisis with the UK soldiers? I think I may just have missed it, and if someone could point me to it, I would appreciate it. Thanks.

Let's define news- and politics filter

keswick — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:39:28 -0800

"if you can craft a definition of news and politics related threads that anyone can read and judge their pending post against, and it's so clear and concise that no one would second guess it and wonder why their news or politics related thread was removed, I'd be happy to add it. Because right now, there's no way I could make a black & white, water-tight set of guidelines for discouraging and deleting political and news posts. I don't keep them around for the traffic, I keep them around because there's no easy way to say what should stay and what should go, as six years of metatalk have already covered." -mathowie

Let's do this.

Newsfilter: Zero Tolerance

Eideteker — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:12:51 -0800

Newsfilter: Zero Tolerance. [mi]

One thread for midterm elections day 2006?

spiderwire — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:14:29 -0800

Can we have an election day thread? Is that too NewsFilter? I can't think of what would make an appropriate link for an FPP on the blue, but here's the Tradesports lines at least. (Predictions, drinking games, oh yeah, and news/links are probably in order as well.) (And popcorn.)

Why was this deleted?

The God Complex — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 12:43:05 -0800

Why was this deleted?