When the iPhone first came out, I wasn't able to post a comment directly from the comment page, I had to preview first. Then pb did something to fix it, and that seemed to work for a few months, but now I'm back to having to preview first -- is anyone else having that problem?
posted by empath on Oct 11, 2009 - 15 comments

How long do you wait before posting to askmefi? I know in my case I tend to think it over for a few days, try and think if I can figure out what people would say in response ... then post it and be surprised with the results. But I'm curious if other people are more spontaneous.
posted by Admira on Oct 7, 2009 - 65 comments

Can't comment from Opera Mini on a Blackberry. [more inside]
posted by middleclasstool on Sep 9, 2009 - 39 comments

A reminder: @newpeople, using @username as a form of reply is discouraged on @MetaFilter. This isn't @twitter. [more inside]
posted by Antidisestablishmentarianist on Sep 3, 2009 - 139 comments

homunculus has made 1000 high quality posts to the Blue. He has just become the first MeFite besides mathowie to cross into quadruple digits. Quantity aside, his posts are quality.
posted by Kattullus on Aug 19, 2009 - 101 comments

Can have .img? We'll pay [more inside]
posted by birdsquared on Jul 18, 2009 - 89 comments

What are the peak hours of MeFi and AskMe? [more inside]
posted by pseudostrabismus on Mar 9, 2009 - 50 comments

I can haz pony filter: Some sort of live marker of deleted posts, perhaps in live preview, would be really nice. [more inside]
posted by goo on Mar 4, 2009 - 45 comments

Is there any update on the "edit your post/comment after posting" pony? [more inside]
posted by Chrysostom on Jan 22, 2009 - 35 comments

I want to put up an FPP about a not-for-profit that's done something cool, and important, and I want it to get some publicity, because I believe in their mission. But my wife works for them, on a volunteer basis, in a pretty important position.... [more inside]
posted by asavage on Oct 3, 2008 - 50 comments

Can we have a countdown timer for MeFi posts like we do for AskMe posts? How about for MetaTalk?
posted by desjardins on May 22, 2008 - 23 comments

Happy metafilter elephant day! [more inside]
posted by [@I][:+:][@I] on Oct 8, 2007 - 50 comments

There have been a few tweaks to tagging, flagging, and posting. [more inside]
posted by pb on Jul 31, 2007 - 35 comments

Ok, so now that February is over, what happens to the AskMe posting limits?
posted by wheelieman on Mar 1, 2007 - 14 comments

I can't post on AskMe - on the preview page, hitting Post just reloads the preview page. Firefox 2.0.0.1. Not seeing any error messages either.
posted by IndigoRain on Feb 13, 2007 - 11 comments

Winners of the December best-of post contest...and the envelope please...
posted by mathowie on Jan 2, 2007 - 104 comments

Just when I thought I'd figured out how to post code into AskMeFi ... some feature of the back end is changing two single quotes into one single quote?
posted by AmbroseChapel on Oct 30, 2006 - 30 comments

Preview and final post modes have diverged. I keep seeing complaints, after munged or garbled messages, about how 'it looked fine in preview!' [bit more inside]
posted by Malor on Oct 30, 2006 - 18 comments

PonyFilter: CDC Recommends... what?
It is obvious when you open the post because the headline is shown, but in the front page, it is just confusing... Can the headline be included on the front page, or can there be a note in the posting page that the headline is not shown on the FP, and shouldn't be used as part of the post summary
posted by nielm on Sep 21, 2006 - 19 comments

Idea: what if the "New Post" and "New Question" links vanish-or change to say "You are ineligible to post"-when you aren't eligible? That would eliminate a lot of the "Oh lemme ax metafilter about that." ...*click*... "Sweet Lady Marmalade! I can't yet!"

Then when you're allowed again they change back to normal.
posted by evariste on Sep 18, 2006 - 60 comments

Quick question - this is something I haven't been able to figure out. How do I post an FPP where the first words are not a link, such as this recent one by TheWig? Every time I try to leave the URL blank, I get a warning and a request to "please correct this".

Am I just missing something? Forgive me if this is a hopelessly stupid question.
posted by rossination on Jul 30, 2006 - 17 comments

Would it be possible to have the 24-hour posting limit waived if your last post was a double and deleted?
posted by persona non grata on Jul 21, 2006 - 28 comments

Can a n00b post to MetaTalk?
posted by econous on Jun 27, 2006 - 1 comment

note: Help maintain a healthy, respectful discussion by focusing comments on the
issues, topics, and facts at hand -- not at other members of the site.

This is new, right? I don't like it.
posted by rxrfrx on Mar 23, 2006 - 108 comments

How can I post a question on AskMeFi using the anonymous account ? When I login using my username and try to post a question, I see a link to post the question anonymously but if I have already posted in the past 1 week, then this link does not appear.
posted by inquisitive on Mar 17, 2006 - 24 comments

Sometimes, like in threads like this, it seems that some are either commiting PUI (posting under the influence) or PWI (posting while intoxicated). What is the correct terminology? (I ask because I do it all the time and it would make a great disclaimer!)
posted by snsranch on Mar 9, 2006 - 35 comments

I screwed up. Can you fix it? Thanks!
posted by Brittanie on Feb 27, 2006 - 1 comment

What would have been a better way to phrase this question?
posted by the giant pill on Feb 20, 2006 - 136 comments

We just got this request a bit ago, but I'm afraid I must make a similar one. Can someone post an AskMe for me? I've got a time sensitive question and AskMe tends to be the best place to get good help [more inside]
posted by twiggy on Feb 13, 2006 - 11 comments

Can anyone please tell me what the requirements are for posting on MetaFilter?

I mean, it looks random but I am not sure.
posted by Makebusy7 on Feb 1, 2006 - 4 comments

Not a complaint--just a question.

Why is it that new FPP's will show up on the Metadash widget about 5-10 minutes before they actually appear on Metafilter? I refresh, still not there, despite the fact I can read it on Metadash. Some sort of time machine?
posted by sourwookie on Jan 29, 2006 - 4 comments

Just made an FPP, but it hasn't shown up on the front page.
posted by MetaMonkey on Jan 12, 2006 - 12 comments

Here or AskMeFi?

i'm not sure if i should post this here or ask mefi, but i'm looking for an old post that i found around Thanksgiving.

It was a blog and/or humorous editorial about Thanksgiving in the White House. Does anyone know what I'm talking about and/or know where I can find it?
I've searched for keywords and searched the tags, but i'm just not finding it.
posted by pelican on Dec 21, 2005 - 2 comments

I am unable to add tags to my latest post. I click on "add tags", and I am redirected to the Front Page. Safari, OSX.
posted by matteo on Dec 19, 2005 - 9 comments

Like the undead coming back to vote, people who haven't posted in several years are coming back to Metafilter...
posted by jonson on Dec 4, 2005 - 106 comments

I want to make an FPP (my first), but I want to make absolutely sure it isn't a double post. What is the best/most thorough way to check this? I have tried googling key terms but I get so many results that it would be impossible to search through.
posted by arcticwoman on Nov 16, 2005 - 29 comments

When posting to AskMe there is some confusion on the descriptions of the text boxes. I copied the italicized text from the "Preview Your Question" AskMe posting page.

Below the "Your question" box the text reads:
This will be the "more inside" area where you explain additional details about the question if necessary. If you use this space, don't write "more inside" to the question area, it will automatically be added for you.

Then below the "Extended explanation" box is something similar:
(optional) This will be the "more inside" area where you explain the question fully if necessary and remember there is no need to write "more inside" .....

I found this a little confusing and repetitive. I know that the top box is what would be a FPP, but maybe this could be phrased better? Is the text below the top box supposed to introduce/explain the second box? Of course, I posted a question so now I can't get back to the original "Post a new question" page to see if that is how this is written there.
posted by clgregor on Nov 13, 2005 - 2 comments

I thought these were some great ideas from duck on how to turn a random interesting thought into a good FPP. (The now-infamous 'mushroom' FPP itself is discussed elsewhere)
posted by iffley on Nov 13, 2005 - 10 comments

When trying to post a comment from XP/IE7.0b I get an error message. [MI]
posted by yeoz on Nov 10, 2005 - 8 comments

On the AskMe preview page, the following text appears: "If everything seems right, hit the post button below. If not, hit your browser's back button and tweak the form again." How about: "...If not, edit below and hit the preview button again to confirm your changes before posting." or some such wording referencing the ability to edit ON the preview page?
This isn't really a bug, but it seemed the closest category
posted by birdsquared on Sep 14, 2005 - 3 comments

Minor request. Could we have a link to the tags list URL on the Post a Link page? Thanks.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson on Sep 8, 2005 - 4 comments

What if instead of being able to post a link every 24 hours, we simply post ever metafilter day? That would take away the need to count down the hours, make posting easier, and still have the same limiting effect.
posted by Citizen Premier on Aug 26, 2005 - 30 comments

The Linux (R) post text doesn't appear in the new mycomments page.
posted by odinsdream on Aug 21, 2005 - 2 comments

Get to the question. Since the introduction of the system more inside feature in AskMe the number of posts where the question isn't on the main page has been trending upwards. Yesterday was especially bad. It would seem that actually asking your question where skimmers can see it would be a prudent course of action.
posted by Mitheral on Jun 23, 2005 - 10 comments

I posted a new question to AskMeFi this morning, and after hitting submit, I was taken directly back to the main page, where my question wasn't listed. I tried going back in to post, but it said I'd already asked my question for the week. To be sure, I logged out and back in, and my question still didn't show up, and I couldn't re-ask it. What happened?
posted by nitsuj on Jun 6, 2005 - 13 comments

Variable LINK_DATE is undefined. [more]
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken on Jun 3, 2005 - 8 comments

so, are there differences between the posting limits (once per week) on ask.mefi and metafilter proper? In other words, once you've posted anywhere on the Mefi network, do you have to wait a week to post elsewhere, or is the posting limit unique to each area?

Also, it would be cool if "best answers" were tallied for each user, and posting frequency tied to it somehow. Or not. Please don't hurt me.
posted by mecran01 on May 27, 2005 - 11 comments

Could we please not allow someone to start an Ask MeFi thread before they have contributed to the site by posting comments somewhere? It is really not too much to ask. I know this could be abused by someone posting periods or "What so and so said", etc. I wonder if there is an elegant solution.
posted by riffola on Apr 10, 2005 - 92 comments

The description of the Your Question field on the AskMetaFilter post preview page has the text from the Extended Explanation (AKA more inside) field).
posted by kirkaracha on Apr 7, 2005 - 2 comments

Minor feature request: a via field on the blue's posting page. As part of the redesign, I'd love to see an optional field for including a "via" link. Two reasons: (1) it would encourage posters to acknowledge the source of the link, if applicable; and (2) it would allow some interesting statistics to be generated from the aggregation of via data.
posted by monju_bosatsu on Mar 11, 2005 - 18 comments