I posted a question asking what tangible things I could do to improve the lives of people I love. Why was it deleted?
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posted by windykites
on Dec 10, 2012 -
32 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
Within the last week or so someone posted on Askme needing disability/accommodation referrals/support in Massachusetts.
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posted by anya32
on May 17, 2012 -
2 comments
Are there examples of someone using AskMeFi a question that they already know the answer to?
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posted by komara
on Jan 17, 2012 -
47 comments
I've noticed lately that askers on Ask Metafilter often post something they think is clever but which gives you no clue to what the question actually is until you click through. Like
this.
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posted by cilantro
on Aug 18, 2011 -
69 comments
I have a question for AskMe but I feel like I've read something similar at some point on Ask in the past and am at a complete loss in terms of locating it.
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posted by allkindsoftime
on May 16, 2011 -
54 comments
The
sidebar (see Apr 12) featured
this post, in which someone's seemingly obscure question was answered in just six minutes. I think MY
experience was even more amazing (as my question was more obscure), though it did take Gator an hour and ten minutes to cough up an answer. What are some other AskMe Astounding Stories of Snappy Answers to Obscure Questions?
posted by grumblebee
on May 13, 2011 -
47 comments
When is the best time to post to "Ask" in order to have the most looks with the least number of new posts pushing my question off the page? Has anyone figured this out? Is this "cheating"?
posted by flummox
on Feb 20, 2011 -
71 comments
I swear we've seen these Askme questions dozens of times before, but I can't find them. I'm looking for those posts about not being able to drink and how to cope with it.
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posted by two lights above the sea
on Aug 10, 2010 -
10 comments
This is a sort of odd question that was allowed to stand. Previously it was dentists. Corner stores. Dishwashers. Something seems a little off.
posted by fixedgear
on May 5, 2010 -
248 comments
When was AskMefi added to Metafilter? (No more inside, short and sweet).
posted by crazylegs
on Apr 28, 2010 -
60 comments
On the green, where it would normally say "New Question", I'm getting "New Question (0)". Feature? Bug? Indication of something I didn't know about the site?
posted by notsnot
on Feb 20, 2010 -
4 comments
What was the shortest AskMe question without [more inside]?
posted by Joe Beese
on Feb 16, 2010 -
76 comments
Find-that-Question: A while ago there was a question about a website/application that would throw all sorts of cool little radar screens and such up on the screen. I think it ultimately was used to make a background in a news conference? I'm not sure. But can anyone find it? I'm tried searching for all combinations
(wha? "combinations" isn't in the FF 3.5 dictionary) of
computer,
screen,
movie,
radar, and
website. Help :/
posted by niles
on Aug 28, 2009 -
8 comments
For sale is a problem? Someone
posted a link to something I had posted to Projects. (I had nothing to do with the post, though I did work on the game posted.) That it was removed so bluntly seems weird to me.
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posted by chasing
on Aug 6, 2009 -
60 comments
This
question was deleted (and we all figured it would be), but I'm curious: What if it was for real? Did the mods contact the asker? Did he confess to it being a joke? If he said it was a joke, did you believe him? What if he really does have a dead body in his apartment? Do we just say "Oh well" or do the mods try to contact the authorities?
posted by amyms
on May 30, 2009 -
91 comments
My Askmefi question only recieved one answer...I realize that this must just
happen every so often, but I'm wondering, a) how I might avoid it, and, b) can I ask the same question again in the hopes of getting more answers?
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posted by Griffinlb
on Mar 15, 2009 -
67 comments
WTF? How come you quit opening all MeFi links in a new page? And what are those goddam photos on the right side all about? Jeezus! I just figure out these damn digital parking meters and somebody comes up with something new.
posted by CCBC
on Feb 11, 2008 -
31 comments
What's this whole "wendell!" thing about? Why do mefites shout out wendell in the middle of threads?
posted by humannaire
on Sep 5, 2007 -
151 comments
The AskMe
guidelines make a simple-sounding request: 'Please avoid "help me name my kitten/computer/website" and "help me make a mix CD" questions.' But these kinds of questions are posted
fairly frequently, and seldom seem to be deleted. How many of these kinds of questions are posted, and what proportion of those are removed? If the guideline isn't being enforced because people love the name-my-whatever questions, maybe it would be better to just get rid of the guideline. Alternately, if the guideline is to remain, maybe it would be better to make it more prominent, and/or to delete a larger proportion of the questions which break it.
posted by box
on Sep 2, 2007 -
76 comments
I seem to remember an AskMe post regarding the bell-like, bubble-ish synth noises that Radiohead (and others) coax from their machinery, and how to replicate them, but i cant find the post using my limited google/AskMe-fu. Anyone remember this and can point me in the general direction?
posted by provocateur
on Jul 13, 2007 -
4 comments
I have an idea for a web-based business and not only need a web page but a program to keep track of units/credits, no money involved. It would involve marketing/advertising which I have experience in but no experience in computer programming. Where do I go from here?
posted by bethrossrn
on Jun 21, 2007 -
5 comments
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is there a "metafilter skins" or "mefi css" customization repository where I can choose more interesting themes? Or some super-customization method? I'm really feeling the need to see some yellow and purple stripes with kitten wallpaper lately; feelin' weary with the same old blue, green, and grey after all these years.
posted by DenOfSizer
on Jun 16, 2007 -
40 comments
Do AskMe posts that don't contain a question on the front page annoy everyone else? Should the relevant text on the "Ask a new question page" be more prominent?
posted by ludwig_van
on Apr 8, 2007 -
40 comments
In the spirit of Valentines Day I am reminded of a thread on mefi or askme about the different ways people express and understand love. That is, some people are "do-ers" (ie make dinner, buy flowers) and others are "say-ers" (ie "I love you" "You look pretty today"). And there was a theory that this was the source of a lot of misunderstandings between couples because say-ers don't interpret the actions of do-ers in the right way. Does anyone else remember this? I have a strong feeling this was actually a comment on an AskMe thread. Thanks.
posted by like_neon
on Feb 14, 2007 -
7 comments
AskMeFi RSS feed: Could use some sort of delineation between the question text and the More Inside text.
posted by staggernation
on Jan 30, 2007 -
14 comments
Why does
this thread have a little yellow check mark by it on the main askme page, yet none of the answers are marked as best?
posted by matkline
on Nov 13, 2006 -
14 comments
"I don't know if she's paid or volunteer, but I damned sure wouldn't want to have jessamyn's job." Well, me neither -- I sometimes disagree with the judgement calls, but wouldn't want to be the one making them, and I don't see why anyone would volunteer for it. So is jessamyn paid?
posted by reklaw
on Oct 15, 2006 -
43 comments
i am having trouble accessing my blog on the ask mefi thread i started earlier. for some reason i can access all other parts of mefi, but not that thread (http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/47579). its over the idiot roommate who has an internet girlfriend from alaska. i just want to let people know i created a blog about it since many wanted to be updated.
http://wowthisisbad.blogspot.com/
posted by j-urb
on Sep 29, 2006 -
10 comments
Every time I clicked on "Preview Question" when I was typing my most recent AskMe missive, a new window opened. Is that supposed to happen? If so, it is slightly strange - I corrected/added to my question a bunch of times and I had five windows open before I knew it!
posted by MeetMegan
on Mar 11, 2006 -
4 comments
what's the policy for/function of an anon question? i've been using metafilter for awhile, but have never used it. since isaw about seven anon questions in a row, i'm curious: how long do they usually get to take approved? as i understand it, they are hand-screened? so, is it a few days...a week? and, do they count towards your question of the week (they have to, it would be too easily abusable, i guess...just one of the sentences in the explanation seems to mean that).
sorry for the confusion -_- just one of those things i never quite got around to figuring out.
posted by Lockeownzj00
on Nov 8, 2005 -
8 comments
What's with the one question per week? I am an active Ask.Mefi user and often have many questions (to the tune of 2-3 per week) that get awesome responses. Anyone know of comparable places to ask on a wide variety of subjects?
posted by omidius
on Jan 17, 2005 -
41 comments
