I'd like to post a "What's your favorite X" AskMe. I'm using it to find the one answer I need for a specific use (and I'd be happy to update about my project in the thread later), but I think talking about my use in advance would bias people toward a too-narrow set of responses.
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posted by kalapierson
on Mar 26, 2013 -
60 comments
I know that I am a bit of a misanthrope,
this is not the first time I have been a whiner over AskMeFi, and that MeFi is not my private playground BUT is there anything that can be done to help/hinder people who ask again, and again, and again about their relationship on AskMeFi, chronically ignore what everyone says, and then are back a month later to ask about their relationship?
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posted by Megami
on Mar 20, 2013 -
104 comments
The level of naked bigotry in the comments to
this thread is absolutely appalling to me. Is it really okay on MetaFilter to flat out claim that transfolk are just making it up?
posted by Proofs and Refutations
on Feb 28, 2013 -
951 comments
I'm going to an IRL meetup later today, and as an extrovert I love meeting new people, adding them to my friends list on FB, and inviting them to fun things. However, I like to maintain boundaries between my online and offline personas, and my privacy will take precedence over establishing new friendships in 99% of all situations.
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posted by wolfdreams01
on Nov 28, 2012 -
280 comments
Is there a 'triggering' etiquette here? If so what is it, because I can't find any reference to tagging posts as 'triggering' on the FAQ.
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posted by Faintdreams
on Aug 9, 2012 -
136 comments
I posted this to the blue last night, and it was (rightly!) deleted by Taz because of the self link (I should note that she gave me the chance to delete the self-link and I didn't want to). My question is, where is a good place to post it?
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posted by luriete
on Jul 27, 2012 -
95 comments
Today
there's a post that is only a series of links to a single retail website. The thread head offers no critique or external perspective: it's a glowing recommendation. If I were going to write an ad for that store (knowing mefi is my target sales demographic), it would look a lot like that thread.
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posted by diorist
on Apr 10, 2012 -
267 comments
If asked anonymously and waited for more than 4 days, and your question does not show up, does that mean your question was rejected? or it means you need to wait even longer. There got to be some response to it so you can decide on what to do next (rephrase your question, ask again using userid, or rephrase question, ask anonymously again hoping to get it pass through the second time). Please explain the policy to me.
posted by akomom
on Mar 27, 2012 -
62 comments
Editorial handling of longitudinal and/or multi-faceted topic posts.
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posted by j03
on Mar 26, 2012 -
60 comments
I guess I’m unclear on what’s an appropriate post. I find the summer blockbuster movie links to be weird, but wasn’t going to mention it, but then there’s the whole discussion about an article being to mainstream because it appears on CNN.com.
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posted by bongo_x
on Mar 19, 2012 -
76 comments
Perhaps it's time to consider changing the guideline about requesting additions to the "Also On" feature?
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posted by zamboni
on Feb 27, 2012 -
28 comments
I am really surprised that this
comment was allowed to stand. The question is not about adoption, at all, and I think this comment is a borderline solicitation.
posted by lalex
on Jan 23, 2012 -
215 comments
Is this a good reason to delete a
fpp:
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posted by Foci for Analysis
on Oct 11, 2011 -
64 comments
If a link has been posted and deleted, am I right to assume that reposting the link, even as a sub-link in a post leading on another link about the same thing, is a bad idea?
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posted by running order squabble fest
on Jul 29, 2011 -
67 comments
I'm a reporter and think an ongoing story in my neck of the woods would make for a decent post on the blue. I am fully aware of the rules against promoting one's own work, but would it be acceptable to post about a topic I've covered, provided that none of the links go to that work, nor to anyone I am or have ever been affiliated with?
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish
on Jun 10, 2011 -
33 comments
It seems a comment was deleted at the beginning of
this thread, but several comments responding to it remain extant. This is confusing. Can something be done about it?
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posted by Dano St
on Jun 10, 2011 -
112 comments
I'm seeing Reddit stuff being posted as FPPs on a daily basis. Nothing wrong with Reddit, it's awesome, but I don't get why Reddit is never given any credit. I think giving credit is one of those things that makes Metafilter a nice place and it makes it possible to follow the related Reddit discussion.
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posted by Foci for Analysis
on May 28, 2011 -
160 comments
"
Another single-link FPP? WTF."
I am here to testify to you, my brothers and sisters, that the good lord smiles just as brightly on front page posts with a single link as he does on those with many! Hallelujah!"
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posted by stavrosthewonderchicken
on Mar 27, 2011 -
124 comments
I think that there ought to be a caveat somewhere about AskMe questions, pseudonymity, privacy, and social network scraping tools.
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posted by XMLicious
on Feb 17, 2011 -
62 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
I asked a
question in AskMe about a story I'm writing, now the story is pretty much finished, and I'd like to share -- just in case anyone is interested. But I'm not sure how.
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posted by patheral
on Sep 2, 2010 -
24 comments
I hate to get sidetracked but I find it interesting that there will always be two sides when it comes to this issue of how one should post on this site. Link heavy or light? Get the info out there quickly so discussion can occur, or wait and find as many links as possible and provide more for the posting.
We should always be striving for the latter.
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posted by cavalier
on Jul 13, 2010 -
90 comments
Just to engage in a probably-futile disagreement with cortex's decision
here. Yes, granted, I understand not wanting to get into the classifieds business. But this isn't trying to use Mefi instead of craigslist
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posted by crayz
on Jun 30, 2010 -
78 comments
Forgive me if this was asked before (I searched the FAQ), but I see a lot of people asking questions in AskMeFi who have never commented. Why are the guidelines different from MetaFilter (where you have to comment a certain number of times before you post)? I understand that some people are lurkers and we want to be accepting of that, but it seems like a lot of the questions which break the guidelines could be avoided. Maybe I'm just a whiner?
posted by Lizsterr
on Jun 25, 2010 -
28 comments
I have posted eight questions total on AskMetafilter and two were immediatly deleted (a 25% fail rate!). I read the FAQs and the questions that were deleted didn't fit into the "what not to post" arena, they weren't rude or anything. One was is X legal and the other was adventurous ideas for a family. How do I know what questions are appropriate to ask?
posted by MsKim
on Jun 8, 2010 -
70 comments
Is there any way that the moderators could close the door on the unofficial "brand new day" policy that allows people to shed their old Mefi usernames at will? I was about to get all apoplectic about St. Alia's contribution to a recent thread when somebody helpfully noted that it was just konolia in a different guise.
posted by The Confessor
on Apr 13, 2010 -
548 comments
