MetaTalk posts tagged with policy and comment

Bewildered

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:40:27 -0800

So I posted a comment in this thread that was deleted. Poor me, too bad, so sad. My comment, ten or fifteen deep inthread as I remember it, said some shit like 'In a perfect world, we'd have a Metafilter where members didn't link to revenue-generator Gawker link-bait posts' or some loosy-goosy crap along those lines. I'm not upset about having my special immortal words deleted -- it was a short and offhand comment after all -- but I am kinda bewildered because I don't understand why it was canned. That just don't seem right to me. Seems awfully arbitrary.

Can I post a self-link in a comment?

EllenC — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:01:46 -0800

I'm fairly new to MetaFilter, and really only ever read the Ask section. I know - and respect - that I'm not supposed to post a self-link anywhere. But in a question I read yesterday, I saw that a lot of people object to websites that play sounds (as do I). I've found a program that lets me mute the whole browser window, and would like to put that info somewhere as I think a lot of people would like it. But I do run a site that gives discounts on software, and will have one on that program next week.

So I guess I have 2 questions - can I politely post a link to the program at all? It's not news, just something it sounds like people want. And second, can I post that my site will be discounting it next week?

Thanks,

Deletion query

_sirmissalot_ — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:15:01 -0800

Ah! The sting of deletion has pricked me for the first time. Without getting into boring specifics (I would assume my offense was off-topicness), I wonder if the policing in AskMe has become more stringent? Guidance from the deleters-on-high would be appreciated--I am all for making the site as useful as possible, and also for not wasting my own time.

Metafilter is not for pyramid scheme

baphomet — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 12:18:00 -0800

It should be pretty obvious that stuff like this should not fly in the blue. Using this site as a quarry for pyramid schemes is inappropriate and action should be taken accordingly.

Plea for editorial discretion when deleting AskMe comments

kenko — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:45:35 -0800

YA plea for editorial discretion/benevolent neglect. [greater within]

Deleted comment cipher?

thedevildancedlightly — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:33:36 -0800

In this post a number of comments that (at least in my opinion) were legitimately funny but a little tasteless were removed without notice. Two questions - (1) would it make sense to have a "comment deleted" notice so that meta-comments make a little more sense, and (2) why were they deleted if none of the guidelines were violated?

counting own comments in new comments?

michel v — Thu, 31 Jan 2002 08:09:02 -0800

I think not counting own comments as new comments is actually big of a deal.