Is there a consensus on "backdoor FPPs?" I have noticed a few - do people think they unnecessarily steer a thread? Takeover discussion? Provide a new viewpoint and welcome context?
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posted by the man of twists and turns
on May 6, 2013 -
72 comments
Based on the front page, I can tell that other posters use some of the same resources to find potential FPPs that I do. I'll lay my cards on the table, and hope you do the same...
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posted by the man of twists and turns
on Feb 26, 2013 -
88 comments
We're rolling out titles to the front pages of Ask, MetaTalk, and MeFi today (all the other subsites have titles on their front pages). In addition, we've revamped the posting pages on those subsites in order to make the title more obvious and prominent (along with improved helper text).
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posted by mathowie
on Jan 7, 2013 -
1923 comments
Not a call out of anyone specifically, and certainly "be the change you want to see" but the front page today is comprised entirely of one-liners, mostly SYTL. Maybe it's decompression from the August Best Post Contest, but typically MetaFilter is known for it's "essay-like" posts and it feels like reddit today.
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posted by four panels
on Aug 23, 2012 -
118 comments
Would it be possible to view the "Related Posts" section (that shows up at the bottom of pages on the Blue and Green,) when we preview our posts? Is it a bandwidth-intensive operation?
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posted by zarq
on Mar 28, 2012 -
25 comments
An otherwise
great post (thanks, Slarty Bartfast) is appended with the following:
I am hoping we will not debate here whether "Everything but Marriage" is really marriage equality. I am hoping we will learn about and admire the efforts of those heroes who suffered and fought so that we can all be free someday.
I was going to respond in the thread to this, but I thought MetaTalk would be a better place. It seems like a bad idea to me to preemptively tell people how to discuss political activism (or any topic on Metafilter, really...). "Learning" and "admiring" are not discussion (although they can arise from discussion). I appreciate the desire to see a FPP discussion go well, but basically telling people not to engage with one another seems bad style. Is there some kind of posting etiquette about this?
I figured others might have the same response as me, so to avoid totally derailing the thread, we can discuss here.
posted by Philosopher Dirtbike
on Jul 5, 2011 -
40 comments
can't post anything. paid my tab, but..............
posted by md30ford
on Mar 8, 2011 -
18 comments
Metadata for Metafilter Pony request: would it be possible to have a box that pops up that says something like "We noticed you're using tags X and Y, here are some other tags commonly associated with X and Y," to improve the descriptive qualities of user provided tags?
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posted by codacorolla
on Dec 23, 2010 -
34 comments
I appreciate Knigel's work on
this post but it needs to go asap, this is some crazy sick shit right here, and surely by posting it we are only encouraging in the dissemination of something really unpleasant.
posted by smoke
on Dec 11, 2010 -
127 comments
Is it possible to start a new post (in AskMe or MetaTalk, say) using the mobile version of Metafilter? Is it possible to contact the mods using the mobile version? I looked, but I didn't see any way to do so.
posted by leahwrenn
on Dec 5, 2010 -
24 comments
I'd love to find someone to interview for a class assignment (due Thursday), about problem solving in teaching English as a second/foreign language in a classroom. There seem to be a few experienced ESL teachers around here, and it would be awesome to be able to talk to one on the phone here in the US. Would it be appropriate to look for an interviewee via AskMe?
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posted by amtho
on Nov 15, 2010 -
17 comments
So I have an article that I want to post, but the article is essentially a question regarding how people read.
Abebooks had a blog post about it and the
Guardian picked up on this issue as well. Should I post this on MetaFilter or under AskMefi? No matter where I post it, people will offer up their own preferences for how they read a book. As I see it, this post would be more appropriate in the Green, but I'm not certain.
posted by Fizz
on Sep 7, 2010 -
9 comments
In regards to improving FPPs on metafilter, can we give contemplation to creating the ability to collaborate on a post?
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posted by lizbunny
on Jul 29, 2010 -
99 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
I'd like to post a link to some poetry on my mother's blog on the blue. Is that appropriate, or is it considered self-promotion?
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posted by bloody_bonnie
on Jun 27, 2010 -
48 comments
Why can't the new post page actually tell you when you can make a post again if you're trying to make a new post too soon? Like -- "Try again in 7 hours" or something like that?
posted by empath
on Apr 12, 2010 -
29 comments
The mobile load is pretty heavy. I have to go through five different loads to make a comment. We used to be able to post without reviewing first. What happened to primary responsibility?
posted by parmanparman
on Mar 12, 2010 -
37 comments
Ask Metafilter relationship questions that are 25+ paragraphs long, which is a more and more frequently seen problem, never go well. How about putting wording to that effect on the
Ask Mefi posting page?
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posted by MikeHarris
on Jan 10, 2010 -
32 comments
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
I can haz pony filter: Some sort of live marker of deleted posts, perhaps in live preview, would be really nice.
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posted by goo
on Mar 4, 2009 -
45 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....
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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
I'm trying to post in
this thread... I can preview, but when I try to post I just get "Your comment appears to be blank, go back and try again."... and I'm pretty sure my comment is not blank...
posted by russm
on May 8, 2008 -
4 comments
Don't post MeMail to a thread without the explicit permission of the sender.
Like this.
This is so very
no on so many levels.
posted by scrump
on Jan 10, 2008 -
19 comments
I’m MetaFilter user 250, which makes me officially oldschool, but: I very rarely post on any branch; all my old posts are terrible (I checked); my recent posts on the blue are extremely conservative to avoid being terrible like the old ones (many are obituaries); and I pretty much live for AskMe.
I write a ton of things on my own sites, but I never really manage to write very much of use on the various Metas. This at least is my feeling.
I won’t insult anyone’s intelligence by asking “Is it really OK just to
read MetaFilter?” Of course it is. I am just wondering how many other early members really, truth be told, never got the hang of front-page posts and other high-profile “content.”
I’m saying this after reading through the archived contributions from some new people (with userIDs 40 times higher than mine), who are way the hell better at it. “We can’t all good at everything”? Or what? What is the right way to react to this?
posted by joeclark
on Aug 4, 2007 -
128 comments
There have been a few tweaks to tagging, flagging, and posting.
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posted by pb
on Jul 31, 2007 -
35 comments
Onlyconnect and I hosted a gathering yesterday evening starting around 6 pm eastern. Attendees included at least five Mefites. Topics dicussed at that party that have subsequently appeared on the front page through no action of our own include:
- An extended discussion of "Freaks and Geeks"
- The further creative output of Judd Apatow
- Lesbian Until Graduation (LUG)
Look MetaFilter, despite the fact that I wore the new MetaFilter shirt that onlyconnect gave me (a decision driven by its festive coloring and roominess, since I was planning some serious eating), it's time to stop following us around and copying us.
posted by NortonDC
on May 28, 2007 -
29 comments
Ok, so now that February is over, what happens to the AskMe posting limits?
posted by wheelieman
on Mar 1, 2007 -
14 comments
