MetaTalk posts tagged with noobs

Happy fourth birthday!

UbuRoivas — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:11:48 -0800

Happy birthday to us - four years old today! 18th November 2004 was the date that new accounts were made available again, after more than two years of no new signups* & enforced lurking for many of us. For others who came in from the cold on that day, birthday donuts all round!** * (apparently, there was some deal with 20 accounts per day - barely publicised & involving some arcane game of chance like trying at the stroke of midday, American time) ** (bring your own donuts)

The effects of noobs on MetaFilter.

maulik — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:34:14 -0800

Not in defense of noobs. Because of noobs (myself included), the sky is falling and trends clearly show that metafilter is getting rapidly out of control!! Seriously though, this analysis shows that the "average age" of a metafilter poster has dropped by almost 200 days, I am in whichever camp wants to extend the incubation period for noobs like us...

Can we close signups now?

jpoulos — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 08:01:13 -0800

Can we close the door now? I'm genuinely happy to have some new blood, but here's the problem. Pretty much everyone who's been reading the site with their noses against the glass has been let in. Hereafter, we're going to get a bunch of folks who happen to be wandering by, and know nothing of how things are done around here. (I don't know if that's the case with notmtwain, I'm only using his/her post as an example because it glares so.) We can always open it up again later, but can we have a moratorium on new users? Just for now? Please?

MeFi Posting Frequency

feelinglistless — Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:30:23 -0800

The posting debate has been thrown open. I've posted my response as a comment here, and would love to here other's comments about how frequently people should be posting and what constitutes quality.