MetaFilter is not about us; it's about what we find out there on the web. If so, we should be in the background of our posts if not outright invisible, and we should avoid phrasing our posts as personal blog entries.
First example: "I found no post ... I only post it now ... as I see in my weblog's referer log ... that's how a few people found my site."
Second example: " I hope ... I've searched ... It has special relevance to me since I am ... Being 25 and wanting to pay off my loans, I may have ... " And
posts like this, which are all about personal experience and nothing else, are right out.
posted by mcwetboy
on Dec 16, 2002 -
48 comments