MetaTalk posts tagged with participation

It's not every day you get to help launch a time machine.

carsonb — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:52:04 -0800

Look, I know G+ is a dead zone socially for a lot of people, but you can help change that! Come argue with me about what to do next over on shakespeherian's page there, where he's just started a brand new Choose Your Own Adventure By Committee. And it's about time travel!!! If you're not sure what I mean when I say "Choose Your Own Adventure By Committee" then check out juv3nal's excellent post with a rundown of and links to the first three stories. (The fourth Adventure picked up the first Adventure's story and ran with it; this new one so far seems to be unrelated to any of the other stories, but one never knows where Bjorn will hit ya'!) I look forward to resenting your unexplained choices!

WriteLearnThink.pdf

five fresh fish — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:07:48 -0800

WriteThinkLearn, a PDF for anyone having difficulty participating in MeFi and AskMe. Basically an excellent short tutorial on how to communicate well using written language. Anyone applying its lessons to MeFi will be a valued member, indeed. Most of us are already there, of course; that's why MeFi is so good. Still, FWIW I offer it to y'all. This strikes me as being more about "how to MeFi" than "for MeFi," ergo it's not a post to MeFi. If someone does think it'd be a good idea to put it into the Blue, go for it.

How much participation is enough?

Fferret — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:32:20 -0800

I'm trying to participate... But frankly, I'm a little intimidated. I check out sites, answer questions when I can. But I'm afraid to post anything which might seem whimsical or not serious enough on MeFi or AskMe. Am I right to be this cautious?

Hey new user! Ask Metafilter is part of a larger site, with history and community!

potch — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:05:56 -0800

With AskMe getting lots of press (as in here) as a unit seperate from Metafilter (meaning, blue, grey, white, mauve, etc.), there should really be a message on ask letting the droves of new users know that it is a part of a larger community, with other features, a resource for post discussion and discourse, and a user base not completely dedicated to the green. People who enter through Angel Island should know New York exists. /metaphor)

MeFi interferring with real life?

keswick — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:48:02 -0800

How many of you (if any) have had issues with MeFi interferring with real life? I use a pseudonym because way back in the dark ages of BBS's, I regularly indulged in flamewars and I ended up getting prankcalls at all hours and such. Now, I try not to get sucked into flamewars, but I have a feeling I'm still kind of a dick online, so I hang on to a pseudonym. How about you?

How to determine Metafilter Contribution Quotient

y2karl — Sun, 16 Mar 2003 23:50:09 -0800

I just wrote Dan Hersham asking this: Do you suppose there could be a way to determine Metafilter Contribution by word count? Could that be automated? Is this within the realm of possibility? How about by links in posts and comments, length per capita per person? And have you ever considered that MetaFilter is a gift culture , as is the so-called Hacker culture, where participants compete for prestige by giving time, energy, and creativity away in antagonistic cooperation, such as it is? Just wonderin'...

Request to bring complaints about MeFi posts to Metatalk

ZachsMind — Thu, 29 Aug 2002 07:58:17 -0800

God damnit! PEOPLE! Either participate in the posted thread as it is given, or IGNORE it. If you really have a problem with it, take it to MetaTalk and ask Matt to consider deleting it.

[whiny baby voice] "This is so tangentical..." This shouldn't be on a community blog it should be somewhere else.. blah blah blah!

Jesus Christ!

so, um, if you don't like metafilter, don't participate.

moz — Mon, 06 May 2002 13:14:42 -0800

so, um, if you don't like metafilter, don't participate.

How I Learned to Participate and Love the Web

o2b — Wed, 26 Sep 2001 17:47:15 -0800

Why I love Metafilter, or, How I Learned to Participate and Love the Web.

Personal attacks reducing contributions

crunchland — Fri, 18 May 2001 14:16:19 -0800

I just wanted to point out that I just finished writing a pretty thoughtful message in response to some of the comments in this thread, but decided, before I hit submit, that I really didn't feel up to the onslaught of personal attacks that I'd have to endure because of my opinion. So I pressed the backpage button instead.

Not that it matters, really. Maybe I'm just being thin-skinned. Some might say that if I felt strongly enough about my opinion, I'd be able to suffer the slings and arrows of the opposition. I dunno. In fact, I don't know if I even feel up to the kind of response this message is going to get.

But how many other MeFi users are doing the same as me? How many have just given up completely? This is how the blow-hards and the flame-warriors take over.

If you don't like it, don't eat it.

TuxHeDoh — Mon, 29 Jan 2001 05:42:07 -0800

IRL, if you're not interested in a conversation happening between two people, you don't particiapte. Why does this stuff happen so much. It seems to me, if you don't like a thread, don't click the link, don't comment on it. It seems like it should be a simple thing to do.

highly consistent in my 2 comment:1 link ratio

plinth — Thu, 23 Mar 2000 13:22:33 -0800

I want to feel more meta, but I seem to be highly consistent in my 2 comment:1 link ratio. CrazyUncleJoe clearly has me beaten on that front, but is that really a measure of metatude? More than likely, it's my lack of lists of lists of lists of links to other places.