I, too, have reason to thank MeFi today: Back in January, peep posted to Metafilter about Mel Juffe and Edward Gorey's The Recently Deflowered Girl, which had been long out of print. Through a delightful stroke of luck, I have become the editor responsible for bringing the book back into print, and the mefi thread about the book was pretty darn helpful to that end. [more inside]
posted by ocherdraco on Nov 2, 2009 - 53 comments

Thanks Metafilter [more inside]
posted by bonehead on Nov 2, 2009 - 66 comments

I need to know who ended up taking care of beers at ATX 10yr so I can give them the dosh sent to my paypal address. Also... [more inside]
posted by batmonkey on Aug 16, 2009 - 14 comments

This is a callout. I accuse each and every one of you of being awesome. [more inside]
posted by pjern on Aug 5, 2009 - 102 comments

AskMe saved me more than TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. Thank you! Thank you! [more inside]
posted by visual mechanic on Jun 18, 2009 - 52 comments

Local Askme Girl Makes Good [Thanks everyone!] [more inside]
posted by palmcorder_yajna on Apr 15, 2009 - 67 comments

Hey, AskMefites, thanks for potentially saving my life. [more inside]
posted by desjardins on Apr 7, 2009 - 53 comments

Changed interface in Recent Activity!
"78 total comments. 5 since the last comment you read. 20 since your most recent comment, last 10 shown below..." This? Is very cool! Thanks! Very much!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur on Mar 31, 2009 - 50 comments

Just wanted to thank the many MeFites who chime in to offer advice to travelers... [more inside]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson on Mar 24, 2009 - 30 comments

$5 is a bargain [more inside]
posted by werkzeuger on Mar 12, 2009 - 87 comments

Thank you to all those who have sent kind words to us - they really do help us stay tough. And thanks as a whole to the MeFi community, which has kept me entertained, interested and mentally functioning the past weeks as I lurked, learning new things and following the drama. Vivienne passed away in her sleep last night - I guess she was waiting to make one final point.
posted by bunnycup on Feb 17, 2009 - 173 comments

Eisenkr is a lovely person who helped my Turk problem. [more inside]
posted by Cantdosleepy on Feb 13, 2009 - 48 comments

Thank you for deleting me. [more inside]
posted by pianomover on Dec 30, 2008 - 121 comments

Its been a tough month, but you are good people. I would like to thank you. [more inside]
posted by allkindsoftime on Dec 16, 2008 - 26 comments

Just wanted to say thanks to the mods for their patience with the links in my post about Indian architecture. [more inside]
posted by nickyskye on Oct 13, 2008 - 27 comments

Holy crap, the back tagging project (recent update) is complete! 43,000 old posts have been keyworded by a team of hundreds of volunteers here. A huge thanks to all, I never thought we'd finish up all those old MeFi posts. [more inside]
posted by mathowie on Mar 20, 2008 - 161 comments

This holiday season (yes, I said it), I'd like to give thanks for the wonderful deletions of our ruling triumvirate. By deleting mediocre junk posts, you guys make MetaFilter a better place. Thank you. Really. [more inside]
posted by Plutor on Dec 14, 2007 - 47 comments

Just wanted to give massive shout-outs to everybody at MeFi who have patiently answered many of my questions about moving from the US to Canada. I'm a week away from that move, way nervous, but infinitely better prepared due to your valuable feedback. Thank you!
posted by the dief on Jul 11, 2007 - 6 comments

Damnit, why was my Ask.Mefi question about the average diameter of kumquats deleted?
posted by WCityMike on Jul 5, 2007 - 36 comments

Last August, I asked Metafilter about launching model rockets with my young son. I received lots of encouragement and some good advice. This past weekend, we finally launched our first rockets (photos, short video) and I wanted to say thanks.
posted by bevedog on May 14, 2007 - 38 comments

Callout time- I'd like to publicly thank both Aidan Kehoe and Your Time Machine Sucks for taking time from their busy lives to help me remember some good times and help bring some memories for me into better focus.
posted by pjern on Jan 27, 2007 - 8 comments

This is the thread where we say that the "add favorites from page" icon being tested rocks.
posted by koeselitz on Jan 25, 2007 - 75 comments

I hope this is the right place to do it... I just would like to give a great big shout-out to everyone who took time to answer my newspaper job interview and tryout questions.

I'm hired!!!

You all rock, but CunningLinguist, croutonsupafreak, frogan, M.C. Lo-Carb! and game warden to the events rhino rock lots.

Thank-you.

And thanks Mr Haughey for making a place where, within minutes, people who had the exact answers I needed were chipping in advice, reassurance and perspective from all over the world. That's pretty damn amazing. You rock too.
posted by t0astie on Nov 13, 2006 - 20 comments

Hello. I just want to thank everyone who responded to my Ask Metafilter question about spouse/fiance immigration.
posted by thirteenkiller on Oct 8, 2006 - 29 comments

Thank you very much for putting the sex in space Ask.Metafilter thread on the sidebar.
posted by loquacious on Sep 27, 2006 - 14 comments

I just want to thank y2karl for making MeFi amazing and interesting. His posts never cease to impress me. Thanks Karl!!
posted by wheelieman on Sep 20, 2006 - 85 comments

Related somewhat to the post below, I'd like to thank everyone who has started adopting the custom of adding "resolved" or "updated" tags to their questions. Browsing those tags can be very interesting.
posted by CunningLinguist on Jun 28, 2006 - 15 comments

a week ago i made a post to projects of a bug-riddled site i was completely sick of working on. because of you guys, since then it's gotten like 20 bazillion visitors, been on 10 gazillion blogs (good ones, sometimes!) and even got a mention on some tv station in tennessee. the best part is that it isn't even complete enough to really be of any use to anyone! so i'd just like to thank you guys for sticking it on del.icio.us, stumbleupon, your blogs and wherever else and just plain making the internet hype machine work. metafilter rules!
p.s. feedback from projects should probably be sorted by date
posted by soma lkzx on Jun 27, 2006 - 33 comments

Not Important Just Expression: I just have to say that I love metafilter. I have been aided in so many ways for years, by this wonderful place. I don't know when I started, but I know it carried me through 9-11 for example. We all owe a debt of gratitude to the founders and maintainers, for the ethic and for helping us maintain the spirit. I thank each and every one of you.
posted by swlabr on May 21, 2006 - 16 comments

Captcha is gone. Thank you Matt.
posted by bardic on May 6, 2006 - 20 comments

Remember Marshall Oak, the star trek photoshopping guy? He found us! (email inside)
posted by mathowie on Mar 18, 2006 - 26 comments

The new Recent Activity on my Posts functionality is absolutely fantastic. Thanks for implementing this feature Matt, it adds a new aspect of functionality to tracking your recent posts.
posted by baphomet on Mar 7, 2006 - 12 comments

This guy just unknowingly hooked me up. For years I have been blown off by doctors with sypmtoms that I finally have a name for.

Thank you digaman! This may not seem like a big deal, but it is to me. To answer the question in your OP, yea, I was until I read all of your links.
posted by snsranch on Mar 4, 2006 - 18 comments

Metafilter uptime and performance has been excellent lately; Pages load in an instant and I haven't seen a JRun error in weeks. Thanks Matt!
posted by fvw on Jan 5, 2006 - 34 comments

AskMeFi followup - nearly 4 months ago, I asked this question about home theater searching. Ultimately, the guidance from that thread led me to save up for and purchase an appropriate unit. Once I got the DVD player to output the right Dolby variant, we've been basking in good sound. Thanks, Civil_Disobediant and misterbrandt!
posted by plinth on Dec 31, 2005 - 21 comments

Metafilterites rock. After posting this, I not only received a great number of helpful suggestions, but in my inbox today found a number of emails offering donations totaling to well, well, well over the amount of money I spent on the puppy. Unbeknownst to me my RL friends have also been holding a collection, so today has been a wonderful reminder of the generosity of friends and strangers and how awesome people are in general. Thank you! You guys are great! [MI]
posted by schroedinger on Dec 9, 2005 - 17 comments

Thanks for "My Comments". This is a great thing for MeFi.
posted by Miko on Dec 9, 2005 - 31 comments

AskMefi has been very good to me, especially with questions concerning my wedding. Here is a collage of some of the photos. And here is a link to my drunkenly posted photos that my "bride" hasn't approved of yet, (oh, well.) A big Thank You to those who helped us!
posted by snsranch on Dec 3, 2005 - 19 comments

Why are the users of Metafilter so great? I'm serious. I lurk a lot and have for years, but I have yet to come across an online community that actually works other than this one. Is it the 5 dollar donation? The name? What? I love metafilter!
posted by mike_bling on Nov 12, 2005 - 52 comments

I would post this over at ask.mefi, but the thread is closed, so I'll post it here.

A few months ago, I asked for suggestions with help naming my new fashion blog at work. Thanks to a suggestion from wendell, I now have a greatly named blog column! The link is inside for those who are interested -- I don't want to self-link -- but I just wanted to honor another great ask.mefi success story! Thank you, Wendell ... and thank YOU, Metafilter.
posted by arielmeadow on Oct 26, 2005 - 32 comments

Dear Matt, thank you so much for Ask Metafilter.
posted by Nelson on Oct 14, 2005 - 37 comments

Not sure if this has been done yet, but: I'd like to thank all you MeFi-type-persons for all you've done for those of us displaced by Katrina. I know the relief fund helped me out quite a bit. Kudos, folks. Kudos. You're good people. I don't care what anybody else says.
posted by brundlefly on Oct 2, 2005 - 7 comments

In amongst all the sniping and callouts I just wanted to interject that I find MetaFilter and AskMe on balance a very worthwhile place. Things can be frustrating sometimes in some of the more contentious posts, but this place has been a wellspring of information and thought.
Thank You Mathowie, Jessamyn, and thank you Metafilter community.
posted by edgeways on Sep 27, 2005 - 20 comments

I don't know if this is really an appropriate thread to post, but I feel like it has to be said: a big thank you to the Metafilter community for some really fantastic coverage and discussion on Katrina and its wake. Even though at times it may be biased, uncivil, inane and (of course) newsfilter (KatrinaFilter?), the articles and fantastic range of opinions expressed are truly awesome. My life is richer for having discovered this place. So again, thank you all.

And though a lot of MeFites cringe whenever I say it, this is NPR truly the best of the web.
posted by joshuaconner on Sep 5, 2005 - 40 comments

I LOVE Live Preview. Thanks Matt !!

It's always been so hard to imagine what your post is going to look like when you use bold, italics or worst of all with links. I think this will really improve posting readability factor.

On preview, didn't realize it wasn't in MetaTalk too. But I'm being greedy. It's wonderful to have in MeFi and AskME.

(Sorry if this is a repeat. My MetaTalk search timed out.)
posted by marsha56 on Jul 27, 2005 - 16 comments

My question started out simply asking for advice on how to make business cards, and Fandango_Matt not only called me, he helped me design a set of professional cards. I met a future business partner the other day and he was impressed; no doubt if it weren't for Fandango_Matt's help things could have swung the other way. Thank you.
posted by Dean Keaton on Jul 25, 2005 - 34 comments

OMG! Logging in from the Sidekick works now! Thanks, Matt!
posted by caitlinb on Jun 26, 2005 - 4 comments

I'd be remiss after publicly joining in the criticism of silent edits by the admins if I didn't publicly thank jessamyn for demonstrating that she does listen to complaints. Thanks jessamyn!
posted by orthogonality on May 7, 2005 - 11 comments

I'm not completely sure who is babysitting Metafilter while Matt has way more important things going on, but I just wanted to say "Thanks" to whomever is keeping an eye on things and also "Thanks" to the community for (apparently) keeping the chaos to a minimum while he's away.
posted by anastasiav on May 3, 2005 - 33 comments

Wow! Thanks!
posted by Frasermoo on Apr 26, 2005 - 17 comments